Immigrant Writings: Adult and YA
Annotation:Fiction, memoir, poetry, and personal essays by new immigrants.
Annotation:Two documentary artists produce a vibrant portrait of Queens, New York City’s most ethnically diverse borough.
Annotation:A Haitian immigrant to New York cannot escape his dark political past.
Annotation:A journalist chronicles the hardships and joys of his Polish Jewish family, Holocaust survivors who migrated to New York City in 1950. Autobiography.
Annotation:After obtaining permission from her family, 33-year-old Anju leaves Bombay to look for a husband in America.
Annotation:While translating a witness’s testimony from Korean to English, Suzy Park discovers that her parents’ deaths were not a result of random violence.
Annotation:Thirteen stories bearing testimony of the author’s setting roots in the U.S.
Annotation:A journalistic collection of 49 pieces depicting the lives and cultures of Hispanics in the U.S.
Annotation:East meets west in the poet’s vivid reflections of being an immigrant and a woman.
Annotation:The tragedy of Graciela, a young Dominican woman, provides the backdrop for this provocative intergenerational story.
Annotation:Diawara, a Malian native, revisits his early years and reflects on the racism confronting today’s immigrants. Autobiography.
Annotation:Nadira’s father is arrested and detained at the Canadian border.
Annotation:Celiane’s diary records her journey from Haiti to Brooklyn.
Annotation:Adopted and now living in Vermont, Milagros explores her Latino heritage.
Annotation:Stories of immigrant teens from many nations reveal unique and common experiences of coming to America.
Annotation:Young African men start life over after years on the run.
Annotation:A refugee family fleeing ethnic hatred in Kosovo confronts racism in Maine in this novel written as poetry.
Annotation:A young woman works to bridge two worlds: Korea and America.
Annotation:Ahmedi, Farah with Tamim Ansary | Simon Spotlight, © 2005 | B Ahmedi A feisty teen and her mother flee war-torn Kabul, ending up in Chicago.
Annotation:Growing up Nuyorican in El Barrio, a scholar honors revered traditions.
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This booklist was prepared by the following staff members of the The New York Public Library: Ismael Alicea, Susan Gitman, Sandra Payne, Susan Pine. Selected titles appearing on this booklist may be available in recorded, Braille, or large print versions. Please contact the Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library, 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211, 212.206.5400, 212.206.5458 (TTY) This booklist is supported in part by the New York State Coordinated Outreach Services Grant. (March 2006).
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