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Tables of Contents for Imagining America
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
ix
I. ARRIVING
In the Land of the Free
3
9
Sui Sin Far
The Whipping
12
9
Marita Bonner
The English Lesson
21
14
Nicholasa Mohr
The German Refugee
35
12
Bernard Malamud
They Won't Crack It Open
47
10
Kim Yong Ik
A Wife's Story
57
13
Bharati Mukherjee
Silver Pavements, Golden Roofs
70
14
Chitra Divakaruni
The Blossoming of Bongbong
84
14
Jessica Hagedorn
Children of the Sea
98
17
Edwidge Danticat
II. BELONGING
His Grace
115
6
Mikhail Naimy
Japanese Hamlet
121
3
Toshio Mori
New Year for Fong Wing
124
9
Monfoon Leong
Seventeen Syllables
133
12
Hisaye Yamamoto
The Lesson
145
8
Toni Cade Bambara
The Death of Horatio Alger
153
5
LeRoi Jones
Amiri Baraka
In the American Society
158
14
Gish Jen
Near the End of the World
172
10
Bruce Morrow
Don't Explain
182
9
Jewelle Gomez
Hungry Dog
191
8
Agnes Rossi
III. CROSSINGS
The Loudest Voice
199
6
Grace Paley
The Man to Send Rain Clouds
205
5
Leslie Marmon Silko
American Horse
210
11
Louise Erdrich
El Patron
221
8
Nash Candelaria
Thank God for the Jews
229
8
Tahira Naqvi
Gussuk
237
15
Mei Mei Evans
Barbie-Q
252
2
Sandra Cisneros
Birthday
254
11
David Wong Louie
Borders
265
11
Thomas King
How to Date a Browngirl, Blackgirl, Whitegirl, or Halfie
276
7
Junot Diaz
IV. REMEMBERING
Old West
283
24
Richard Bausch
Elethia
307
3
Alice Walker
Visitors, 1965
310
16
Oscar Hijuelos
The Disappearance
326
19
Jeanne Schinto
The Chandelier
345
11
Gregory Orfalea
Five Jack Cool
356
12
Michael Stephens
To Da-duh, In Memoriam
368
10
Paule Marshall
Election Day, 1984
378
9
Michelle Cliff
A Drug Called Tradition
387
8
Sherman Alexie
Biographical Notes
395