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Turning Japanese
by David Mura…sansei–a third generation Japanese-American . . . Drawing on his own history of repressed racial self-consciousness, Mr. Mura is quite good on the sexual politics of race. . . .His…
Fresh Medicine
by Phil Bredesen“Philip Bredesen knows the American health care system inside and out. He knows both the theory and, more importantly, how things really work. His perspective is unique and wise. If…
Chinese Prodigal
by David ShihFrom an exciting and sharp-voiced new observer of American culture, a forthright and probing debut exploring Asian American identity in a racially codified country
Wilmington’s Lie
by David ZucchinoFrom Pulitzer Prize-winner David Zucchino comes a searing account of the Wilmington riot and coup of 1898, an extraordinary event unknown to most Americans
Jean-Claude van Itallie
…Atlantic Books, San Francisco. Jean-Claude van Itallie’s 1985 translation of Jean Genet’s The Balcony was commissioned and produced by the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Traveller, van Itallie’s…
Amy Alexander
…and classic American musicals (including “Kiss Me Kate,” “The Boyfriend,” “Gypsy,” “Mame,” “A Chorus Line,” and “Chicago.”) Alexander is also a big fan of American cinema, particularly films of the…
Francisco Goldman
…at the American Academy. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He received a 2017 Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Prize, was named a…
Lucien Stryk
…50 anthologies and textbooks, including Contemporary American Poetry, ed. A. Poulin, Jr., Houghton Mifflin. His work has also appeared in American Poetry Review, Encounter, Georgia Review, The Listener, London Magazine,…
The Indispensables
by Patrick K. O'DonnellFrom the bestselling author of Washington’s Immortals and The Unknowns, an important new chronicle of the American Revolution heralding the heroic actions of the Marbleheaders from Massachusetts…
