Posts tagged with ‘Race and Ethnicity’
June 1, 2013
TAIWANESE-AMERICAN FOOD CELEBRITY Eddie Huang’s memoir is candid, irreverent, and funny as hell. Sharp stuff!
Grade: B PLUS
FRESH OFF THE BOAT: A MEMOIR
Spiegel & Grau
2013
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Food Writing, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Race and Ethnicity
May 24, 2013
SEEKING A “PROMISED LAND” in Israel, Africa, and the US South, a writer looks compellingly at race and faith.
Grade: B PLUS
SEARCHING FOR ZION: THE QUEST FOR HOME IN THE AFRICAN DIASPORA
Grove/Atlantic
2013
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Black History, Ethiopia, Ghana, History, Israel, Jamaica, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Race and Ethnicity, Religion and Spirituality, Social and Cultural Commentary, United States
April 25, 2013
TOUCHING, GRACEFUL NOVEL about adult children caring for aging parents, connecting with their Indian heritage.
Grade: B PLUS
THE ABUNDANCE
Henry Holt & Company
2013
Tags: B Plus Reviews, India, Novels, Race and Ethnicity, South Asian-American Authors
April 23, 2013
THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE of Eslanda Robeson, influential writer, civil rights activist, and wife of Paul Robeson.
Grade: B PLUS
ESLANDA: THE LARGE AND UNCONVENTIONAL LIFE OF MRS. PAUL ROBESON
Yale University Press
2013
Tags: Africa, African American Writers, African Diaspora, B Plus Reviews, Biography, Black History, Black Writers, Literary History, Race and Ethnicity, Social and Cultural Commentary
April 12, 2013
DOMINICAN-AMERICAN FILMMAKER Raquel Cepeda explores her family history, her Latina identity in charming memoir.
Grade: B PLUS
BIRD OF PARADISE: HOW I BECAME LATINA
Simon and Schuster/Atria
2013
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Dominican Republic, Latino and Latina Writers, Memoirs, New York City, Non-Fiction, Race and Ethnicity, Social and Cultural Commentary, Social History
April 1, 2013
INCISIVE, IRREVERENT EXPLORATION of the challenges South Asian Americans have faced since the 9/11 attacks.
Grade: B PLUS
UNCLE SWAMI: SOUTH ASIANS IN AMERICA TODAY
New Press
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Non-Fiction, Politics, Race and Ethnicity, Social and Cultural Commentary, South Asian Americans
March 14, 2013
A GENEALOGICAL MYSTERY, UNRAVELED, reveals much about US ideas of race. Thought-provoking and engaging.
Grade: SOLID B
THE FIDDLER ON PANTICO RUN: AN AFRICAN WARRIOR, HIS WHITE DESCENDANTS, A SEARCH FOR FAMILY
Free Press
2012
Tags: Biography, Cameroon, Genealogy, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Race and Ethnicity, Social and Cultural Commentary, Solid B Reviews, US History