Chicago Quarterly Review Vol. 24 (Paperback)

Moazzam Sheikh

ISBN 10: 1542925592 / ISBN 13: 9781542925594

Published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

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Paperback. Names a Notable Special Issue of 2017 in Best American Essays 2018"There was a time when the South Asian writer treaded the linguistic register rather carefully. Rushdie's Midnight's Children shook things up and made many of us his children. Not anymore! The new South Asian American writer is a wild beast."-from the Introduction by guest editor Moazzam SheikhFeaturing Vidhu Aggarwal * Kazim Ali * Meher Ali * Neelanjana Banerjee *Nadia Chaney *Sayantani Dasgupta *Tara Dorabji *Ali Eteraz *Saadia Faruqi *Mala Gaonkar *Madhushree Ghosh *Ro Gunetilleke *S. Afzal Haider *Syed Ishaq Haider *Minal Hajratwala *Soniah Kamal *Kirun Kapur *Maya Khosla *Swati Khurana *Waqas Khwaja *Anu Kumar *Aditi Machado *Amit Majmudar *Shikha Malaviya * Zafar Malik * Vikas Menon *Faisal Mohyuddin *Dipika Mukherjee *Somnath Mukherji *Naomi Munaweera *Shabnam Nadiya *Shivani Narang *Ifti Nasim *Sophia Naz *Toni Nealie *Mahmud Rahman *Reema Rajbanshi *Roshni Rustomji-Kerns *Chaitali Sen *Moazzam Sheikh *Ravibala Shenoy *Ranbir Singh Sidhu *Pireeni Sundaralingam *Sadia Uqaili *Sachin Waikar *Tanu Mehrotra Wakefield"This rich issue of Chicago Quarterly Review is the perfect antidote for the cultural ignorance of those who demonize immigrants and fear the inevitable browning of America. In these memorable stories, essays, poems, and photos, we see past differences of culture, country, and religion straight into the heart of South Asian Americans, realizing that it is our own heart, one that powerfully reminds us of our shared humanity." -Charles Johnson, author of Middle Passage and The Way of the Writer"In a time of mounting distrust of foreign cultures and unprecedented attacks against immigrants, this sweeping collection of writing by a new wave of South Asian writers is an antidote that both transports and illuminates. The irrepressible voices within rage against widely diverse assumptions and stereotypes and yet unite to remind us of the universalityof the human condition." -Manil Suri, author of The Death of Vishnu This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Chicago Quarterly Review Vol. 24 (Paperback)
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1542925592
• ISBN 13: 9781542925594
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Names a Notable Special Issue of 2017 in Best American Essays 2018“There was a time when the South Asian writer treaded the linguistic register rather carefully. Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children shook things up and made many of us his children. Not anymore! The new South Asian American writer is a wild beast.”–from the Introduction by guest editor Moazzam SheikhFeaturing Vidhu Aggarwal * Kazim Ali * Meher Ali * Neelanjana Banerjee *Nadia Chaney *Sayantani Dasgupta *Tara Dorabji *Ali Eteraz *Saadia Faruqi *Mala Gaonkar *Madhushree Ghosh *Ro Gunetilleke *S. Afzal Haider *Syed Ishaq Haider *Minal Hajratwala *Soniah Kamal *Kirun Kapur *Maya Khosla *Swati Khurana *Waqas Khwaja *Anu Kumar *Aditi Machado *Amit Majmudar *Shikha Malaviya * Zafar Malik * Vikas Menon *Faisal Mohyuddin *Dipika Mukherjee *Somnath Mukherji *Naomi Munaweera *Shabnam Nadiya *Shivani Narang *Ifti Nasim *Sophia Naz *Toni Nealie *Mahmud Rahman *Reema Rajbanshi *Roshni Rustomji-Kerns *Chaitali Sen *Moazzam Sheikh *Ravibala Shenoy *Ranbir Singh Sidhu *Pireeni Sundaralingam *Sadia Uqaili *Sachin Waikar *Tanu Mehrotra Wakefield“This rich issue of Chicago Quarterly Review is the perfect antidote for the cultural ignorance of those who demonize immigrants and fear the inevitable browning of America. In these memorable stories, essays, poems, and photos, we see past differences of culture, country, and religion straight into the heart of South Asian Americans, realizing that it is our own heart, one that powerfully reminds us of our shared humanity.” –Charles Johnson, author of Middle Passage and The Way of the Writer“In a time of mounting distrust of foreign cultures and unprecedented attacks against immigrants, this sweeping collection of writing by a new wave of South Asian writers is an antidote that both transports and illuminates. The irrepressible voices within rage against widely diverse assumptions and stereotypes and yet unite to remind us of the universalityof the human condition.” –Manil Suri, author of The Death of Vishnu