THE GRAYWOLF ANNUAL SEVEN STORIES FROM THE AMERICAN MOSAIC PAPERBACK

This paperback is in very good condition. No rips folds tears. It does have a small inscription on inside front cover which I will cover with black marker. Copyright 1990 Graywolf Press 211 pages If the notion of our culture as a "melting pot" were ever true, it certainly is no longer. It is more accurate to see the cultures that make up the United States as a sort of "salad bowl" or "mosaic" where each retains its individual characteristics while adding to the richness of the whole. This book can be seen as a companion to our Graywolf Annual Five: Mulh-Cultural Literacy The short stories included in this volume illustrate in various ways how people from nonmainstream cultures encounter and struggle with mainstream culture and with a society that more often than not seeks to exclude them. At a time of great racial tension, when fear of the unknown blocks mutual understanding, it is increasingly important to remain open to, curious about, and interested in our neighbors. Stories from the American Mosaic is a celebration in lic-tion of many of the different viewpoints that enrich our cultural mosaic. included are stories by Louise Erdrich, Jamaica Kincaid, Bharati Mukherjee. Eko-neskaka, Salvatore La Puma, Nahid Rachlin, Amy Tan, Gayl Jones, Jim Sagel, Joseph Geha, Mary Helen Ponce, Kim Chi-won, K.C. Frederick, Susan Nunes, and Yoshiko Uchida