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Unsettling America

Name: Unsettling America
ISBN: 9780140237788

An Anthology of Contemporary Multicultural Poetry

Maria Mazziotti Gillan, Jennifer Gillan

Penguin Publishing Group · Print & ebook · November 1, 1994

Reading lane: Political & Protest Poetry

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Good for readers interested in contemporary multicultural poetryReaders exploring the lives and experiences of ethnic Americans

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Authors: Maria Mazziotti Gillan, Jennifer Gillan
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: November 1, 1994
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: Political & Protest Poetry · Place Poetry
Reading lane: Political & Protest Poetry

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Poetry Anthologies
American Poetry
African American Poetry

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A multicultural array of poets explore what it is means to be American This powerful and moving collection of poems stretches across the boundaries of skin color, language, ethnicity, and religion to give voice to the lives and experiences of ethnic Americans. With extraordinary honesty, dignity, and insight, these poems address common themes of assimilation, communication, and self-perception. In recording everyday life in our many American cultures, they displace the myths and stereotypes that pervade our culture. Unsettling America includes work by: Amiri Baraka Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Rita Dove Louise Erdich Jessica Hagedorn Joy Harjo Garrett Hongo Li-Young Lee Pat Mora Naomi Shihab Nye Marye Percy Ishmael Reed Alberto Rios Ntozake Shange Gary Soto Lawrence Ferlinghetti Nellie Wong David Hernandez Mary TallMountain ...and many more.