{"id":1507,"date":"2015-11-20T12:33:44","date_gmt":"2015-11-20T18:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/library\/?p=1507"},"modified":"2015-11-20T15:00:45","modified_gmt":"2015-11-20T21:00:45","slug":"the-immigrant-experience-nonfiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/library\/the-immigrant-experience-nonfiction\/","title":{"rendered":"The Immigrant Experience – Nonfiction"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Immigrant Experience – Nonfiction<\/h1>\n
In light of the news that the US House of Representatives passed a bill<\/a> that could limit Syrian and Iraqi refugees, let’s pause to recollect our compassion. Below, you’ll find a number of titles available that will\u00a0remind you that most Americans are here because someone in their family immigrated to the United States.<\/div>\n
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This list was created by:<\/i> KCLS Librarians Diversity<\/a><\/div>\n
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Memoirs and personal accounts that illuminate the joys and complexity of immigrant life.<\/div>\n
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\"Russian<\/a><\/div>\n
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Russian Tattoo<\/a><\/h2>\n
A Memoir<\/div>\n
by Gorokhova, Elena<\/a><\/div>\n
<\/i> Book – 2015<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The Rose Hotel<\/a><\/h2>\n
A Memoir of Secrets, Loss, and Love From Iran to America<\/div>\n
by Andalibian, Rahimeh<\/a><\/div>\n
<\/i> Book – 2015<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"The<\/a><\/div>\n
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The Prince of Los Cocuyos<\/a><\/h2>\n
A Miami Childhood<\/div>\n
by Blanco, Richard<\/a><\/div>\n
<\/i> Book – 2014<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"Brotherhood\"<\/a><\/div>\n
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Brotherhood<\/a><\/h2>\n
Dharma, Destiny, and the American Dream<\/div>\n
by Chopra, Deepak<\/a><\/div>\n
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\"Fresh<\/a><\/div>\n
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Fresh Off the Boat<\/a><\/h2>\n
A Memoir<\/div>\n
by Huang, Eddie<\/a><\/div>\n
<\/i> Book – 2013<\/div>\n
Eddie Huang burned his way through American culture, defying every \u201cmodel minority\u201d stereotype along the way. His book is the immigrant’s story for the twenty-first century; a story of food, family, and the forging of a new notion of what it means to be an American.<\/div>\n
Available <\/span>in some locations<\/a><\/span>Holds: 3 on 58 copies<\/span><\/span>Place a Hold<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The Distance Between Us<\/a><\/h2>\n
A Memoir<\/div>\n
by Grande, Reyna<\/a><\/div>\n
<\/i> Book – 2012<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"Illegal\"<\/a><\/div>\n
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Illegal<\/a><\/h2>\n
Reflections of An Undocumented Immigrant<\/div>\n
by N., Jos\u00e9 \u00c1ngel<\/a><\/div>\n
<\/i> Book – 2014<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"Little<\/a><\/div>\n
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Little Failure<\/a><\/h2>\n
A Memoir<\/div>\n
by Shteyngart, Gary<\/a><\/div>\n
<\/i> Book – 2014<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"Purpose\"<\/a><\/div>\n
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Purpose<\/a><\/h2>\n
An Immigrant’s Story<\/div>\n
by Jean, Wyclef<\/a><\/div>\n
<\/i> Book – 2012<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"97<\/a><\/div>\n
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97 Orchard<\/a><\/h2>\n
An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in One New York Tenement<\/div>\n
by Ziegelman, Jane<\/a><\/div>\n
<\/i> Book – 2010<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"Thoughts<\/a><\/div>\n
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Thoughts Without Cigarettes<\/a><\/h2>\n
A Memoir<\/div>\n
by Hijuelos, Oscar<\/a><\/div>\n
<\/i> Book – 2011<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"Out<\/a><\/div>\n
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Out of Place<\/a><\/h2>\n
A Memoir<\/div>\n
by Said, Edward W.<\/a><\/div>\n
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Book – 2000, 1999<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"Funny<\/a><\/div>\n
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Funny in Farsi<\/a><\/h2>\n
A Memoir of Growing up Iranian in America<\/div>\n
by Dumas, Firoozeh<\/a><\/div>\n
<\/i> eBook – 2004<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The Good Daughter<\/a><\/h2>\n
A Memoir of My Mother’s Hidden Life<\/div>\n
by Darznik, Jasmin<\/a><\/div>\n
<\/i> Book – 2011<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"When<\/a><\/div>\n
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When Heaven and Earth Changed Places<\/a><\/h2>\n
A Vietnamese Woman’s Journey From War to Peace<\/div>\n
by Hayslip, Le Ly<\/a><\/div>\n
<\/i> eBook – 1989<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"On<\/a><\/div>\n
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On Gold Mountain<\/a><\/h2>\n
The One-hundred-year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family<\/div>\n
by See, Lisa<\/a><\/div>\n
<\/i>Book –\u00a01995<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"Running<\/a><\/div>\n
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Running for My Life<\/a><\/h2>\n
One Lost Boy’s Journey From the Killing Fields of Sudan to the Olympic Games<\/div>\n
by Lomong, Lopez<\/a><\/div>\n
<\/i> Book – 2012<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"Beloved<\/a><\/div>\n
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Beloved Strangers<\/a><\/h2>\n
A Memoir<\/div>\n
by Chaudhuri, Maria<\/a><\/div>\n
<\/i> eBook – 2014<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"Not<\/a><\/div>\n
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Not for Everyday Use<\/a><\/h2>\n
A Memoir<\/div>\n
by Nunez, Elizabeth<\/a><\/div>\n
<\/i> Book – 2014<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"American<\/a><\/div>\n
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American Gypsy<\/a><\/h2>\n
by Marafioti, Oksana<\/a><\/div>\n
<\/i> Book – 2012<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"A<\/a><\/div>\n
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A Chinaman’s Chance<\/a><\/h2>\n
One Family’s Journey and the Chinese American Dream<\/div>\n
by Liu, Eric<\/a><\/div>\n
<\/i> Book – 2014<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"Enrique's<\/a><\/div>\n
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Enrique’s Journey<\/a><\/h2>\n
The True Story of A Boy Determined to Reunite With His Mother<\/div>\n
by Nazario, Sonia<\/a><\/div>\n
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The Latehomecomer<\/a><\/h2>\n
A Hmong Family Memoir<\/div>\n
by Yang, Kao Kalia<\/a><\/div>\n
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The Cooked Seed<\/a><\/h2>\n
A Memoir<\/div>\n
by Min, Anchee<\/a><\/div>\n
<\/i> Book – 2013<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"Strength<\/a><\/div>\n
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Strength in What Remains<\/a><\/h2>\n
by Kidder, Tracy<\/a><\/div>\n
<\/i> Book – 2009<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"Alek\"<\/a><\/div>\n
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Alek<\/a><\/h2>\n
My Life From Sudanese Refugee to International Supermodel<\/div>\n
by Wek, Alek<\/a><\/div>\n
<\/i> Book – 2008<\/div>\n
Traces the life story of the Sudanese-born international supermodel, describing the civil war-torn childhood that ill prepared her for her life in high fashion, her daring escape to London, and her discovery at a street fair at the age of nineteen.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"Not<\/a><\/div>\n
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Not Fit for Our Society<\/a><\/h2>\n
Nativism and Immigration<\/div>\n
by Schrag, Peter<\/a><\/div>\n
<\/i> Book – 2010<\/div>\n
In a book of deep and telling ironies, Peter Schrag provides essential background for understanding the fractious debate over immigration. Schrag sets the modern immigration controversy within the context of two centuries of debate over the same questions about who exactly is fit for citizenship.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The Other Face of America<\/a><\/h2>\n
Chronicles of the Immigrants Shaping Our Future<\/div>\n
by Ramos, Jorge<\/a><\/div>\n
<\/i> Book – 2002<\/div>\n
In these essays, Ramos delves into Latino culture throughout the U.S. and seeks to understand what fuels the immigrants’ dreams.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"Outcasts<\/a><\/div>\n
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Outcasts United<\/a><\/h2>\n
The Story of A Refugee Soccer Team That Changed A Town<\/div>\n
by St. John, Warren<\/a><\/div>\n
<\/i>Book – 2009<\/div>\n
A reporter for The New York Times and author of Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer documents the lives of a wildly diverse group of young kids who miraculously unite as a team, against the backdrop of a fading American town struggling to make a haven for its new arrivals–refugees.<\/div>\n
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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down<\/a><\/h2>\n
A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collison of Two Cultures<\/div>\n
by Fadiman, Anne<\/a><\/div>\n
<\/i> Book – 2012<\/div>\n
Misunderstandings between American Doctors and the very traditional Hmong family of a little girl prone to seizures displays exquisitely the cultural barriers that can sometimes hinder even the best efforts.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"Strangers<\/a><\/div>\n
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Strangers From A Different Shore<\/a><\/h2>\n
A History of Asian Americans<\/div>\n
by Takaki, Ronald T.<\/a><\/div>\n
<\/i> Book – 1998<\/div>\n
In an extraordinary blend of eloquent narrative history, vivid personal recollection, and oral testimony, Ronald Takaki relates the diverse 150-year history of Asian Americans. Through richly detailed vignettes–by turns bitter, funny, and inspiring–he offers a stunning panorama of a neglected part of American history.<\/div>\n
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