Publisher: W. W. Norton

Copyright Date: 1994

Edition Date: 1994 Release Date: 09/01/07

Pages: 274 pages

ISBN: Publisher: 1-565-84147-6 Perma-Bound: 0-605-19823-3

ISBN 13: Publisher: 978-1-565-84147-5 Perma-Bound: 978-0-605-19823-4

Dewey: Fic

LCCN: 93046921

Dimensions: 22 cm.

Subject Heading:
Children of minorities. United States. Literary collections.
Ethnic groups. United States. Literary collections.
American literature. Minority authors.

Language: English

Reviewing Agencies: - Find Other Reviewed Titles
Library Journal
Wilson's High School Catalog

Bibliography Index/Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-266).

Reading Level: 7.0

Interest Level: 9-12

By turns touching and hilarious, Coming of Age in America gathers together writers from fifteen different ethnic groups who, through their fiction, explore the terrain we all traverse as we come of age, no matter our race, ethnicity, gender, or class. With over twenty short stories and fiction excerpts by noted authors such as Julia Alvarez and Frank Chin, Dorothy Allison and Adam Schwartz, Reginald McNight and Tobias Wolff, Coming of Age in America shows that our common experiences are more binding than our differences are divisive. Since its initial publication in 1994, Coming of Age in America has evolved from a groundbreaking collection of underrepresented voices into a timeless album of unforgettable literature. A wonderfully readable collection, this is a marvelous resource for those looking for stories that illustrate the convergence of cultural experience and literature.

The jacket / Gary Soto
The neighborhood / Mary Gordon
The kind of light that shines on Texas / Reginald McKnight
The body politic / Theodore Weesner
The wrong lunch line / Nicholasa Mohr
Jump or dive / Peter Cameron
from Bastard out of Carolina / Dorothy Allison
Where is it written / Adam Schwartz
Summer water and Shirley / Durango Mendoza
Judgment day / Arturo Islas
from The floating world / Cynthia Kadohata
Yes, young daddy / Frank Chin
Going to school / D'Arcy McNickle
A spell of Kona weather / Sylvia Watanabe
What means switch / Gish Jen
from This boy's life / Tobias Wolff
Eyes and teeth / Wanda Coleman
A bag of oranges / Spiro Athanas
from How the Garcia girls lost their accents / Julia Alvarez
from Davita's harp / Chaim Potok
Marigolds / Eugenia Collier.