1993.001.053

Presents stories written by authors of diverse cultural backgrounds, including Alice Walker, Oscar Hijuelos, Cynthia Ozick, Gary Soto and others.
In the land of the free / Sui Sin Far -- Whipping / Marita Bonner -- English lesson / Nicholasa Mohr -- German refugee / Bernard Malamud -- they won't crack it open / Kim Yong Il -- Eileen / Mary Gordon -- A wife's story / Bharati Mukherjee -- Cariboo cafe / Helena Maria Viramontes -- Immigration blues / Bienvenido Santos -- Soap and water / Anzia Yezierska -- His Grace / Mikhail Naimy -- New year for Fong Wing / Monfoon Leong -- Japanese hamlet / Toshio Mori -- Seventeen syllables / Hisaye Yamamoto -- Lesson / Toni Cade Bambara -- Death of Horatio Alger / LeRoi Jones, Amiri Baraka -- Only approved Indians can play : made in USA / Jack Forbes -- In the American society / Gish Jen -- Loudest voice / Grace Paley -- Opiate of the people / Lynne Sharon Schwartz -- Man to send rain clouds / Leslie Marmon Silko -- American horse / Louise Erdrich -- Playgroundof hostility / Howard Gordon -- El Patr�n / Nash Candelaria -- Thank God for the Jews / Tahira Naqvi -- Gussuk / Mei Mei Evans. Security / Joseph Papaleo -- Barbie-Q / Sandra Cisneros -- Old West / Richard Bausch -- Return to the source / Jo Pagano -- Elethia / Alice Walker -- Visitors, 1965 / Oscar Hijuelos -- Disappearance / Jeanne Schinto -- Chandelier / Gregory Orfalea -- Five jack cool / Michael Stephens -- Grandma's wake / Emilio D�az Valc�rcel -- To Da-Duh, in memoriam / Paule Marshall.

notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-365).

publication place: New York