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Publisher
Gallery Books/Karen Hunter Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Keith Ellison is the first Muslim elected to Congress. In fact, the first nonwhite that Minnesota has ever elected to Congress. This memoir, while filled with delightful family ancecdotes and personal recollections, he ran for office in hopes of making a difference in the ever-changing face of America: his "sweet land of libery."
Author
Language
English
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"A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist's memoir, in the spirit of Richard Rodriquez's Hunger for Memory and Nathan McCall's Makes Me Wanna Holler--an intimate look at the mythology, experience, and psyche of the Asian American male."--
"Why do so many people find Asian women sexy but Asian men sexless? Alex Tizon's family emigrated from the Philippines when he was four. He quickly learned to be ashamed of his face, his skin color, his height. In movies...
Author
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pub. Date
c2014.
Language
English
Description
"For many Americans, the words 'American' and 'Muslim' simply do not marry well; for many the combination is an anathema, a contradiction in values, loyalties, and identities. This is the story of one American Muslim family--the story of how, through their lives, their schools, their friends, and their neighbors, they end up living the challenges, myths, fears, hopes, and dreams of all Americans. They are challenged both by Muslims who speak for them...
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