Open MIC: Riffs on Life Between Cultures in Ten Voices
Author(s): Mitali Perkins
Using humor as the common denominator, a multicultural cast of YA authors steps up to the mic to share stories touching on race. Listen in as ten YA authors -- some familiar, some new -- use their own brand of humor to share their stories about growing up between cultures. Henry Choi Lee discovers that pretending to be a tai chi master or a sought-after wiz at math wins him friends for a while -- until it comically backfires. A biracial girl is amused when her dad clears seats for his family on a crowded subway in under a minute flat, simply by sitting quietly in between two uptight white women. Edited by acclaimed author and speaker Mitali Perkins, this collection of fiction and nonfiction uses a mix of styles as diverse as their authors, from laugh-out-loud funny to wry, ironic, or poingnant, in prose, poetry, and comic form.
Product Information
[A] noteworthy anthology, which robustly proves Perkins's assertion that "funny is powerful."--The Horn Book
General Fields
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- : Candlewick Press (Ma)
- : Candlewick Press (Ma)
- : 0.259
- : 31 August 2013
- : 201mm X 137mm
- : United States
- : 01 February 2014
- : books
Special Fields
- : 127
- : Hardback
- : Mitali Perkins