American Voices: Culture and Community Book

* New to this editionORIENTATION: Reading, Thinking, and Writing 1. INITIATION: Growing Up American * Ana Veciana-Suarez, A Place Where We Belong Garrison Keillor, "Born among the Born Again" Susan J. Miller, "My Father's Other Life" Mary Crow Dog, "Lakota Woman" Sandra Cisneros, Mericans [short story] Lorna Dee Cervantes, Refugee Ship [poem] FORUM: Bridging Two Cultures Caroline Hwang, "The Good Daughter" Nguyen Louie, "A Daughter's Story" [student essay] * Mara Joseph, On Being White [student essay] Writing Workshop 1: Writing from Experience 2. LEARNING: School and Life * Thessaly La Force, No Rest for the Overachiever Going to School in East L.A. [student editorial] * Mike Rose, Going to School in East L.A. * Michael J. Sandel, Marketers Are Storming the Schoolhouse * Stanford Report, Electronic Communication May Aid Social Interaction [newsletter] Nell Bernstein, Learning to Love * Kenyatta Matthews, Black College in (White) America (and more...)