Somewhere in the Unknown World is a themed collection of stories of refugees from around the world who have converged on Minneapolis, collected and told by the award-winning author of The Latehomecomer and The Song Poet.
Back in the 1980s, Minnesota's University Avenue was barely clinging to life. Lined with church thrift stores, boarded windows, and prostitutes leaning against streetlights, the sidewalks were thick with bloody, discarded needles. Today, University Avenue is a bustling commercial center, a hub of Halal butchers, Mexican carnicerias, grocery stores selling delicacies to new arrivals from Ethiopia and Bosnia, Iraq and China. A dying strip of America has been revived by the stateless.
As the country's doors are closing and nativism is on the rise, Kao Kalia Yang--herself a refugee from Laos--set out to tell the stories of the refugees to whom University Avenue is now home. Here are people who have summoned the energy and determination to make a new life even as they carry an extraordinary burden of hardship, loss, and emotional damage: Irina, an ex-Soviet, who still hoards magical American fruit--bananas --under her bed; the Thai brothers of Vinai and their business selling purified water to gullible immigrants; the Kareni boys, who have brought Minnesota to basketball glory.
In Yang's exquisite, poetic, and necessary telling, the voices of refugees from all over the world restore humanity to America's strangers and redeem its long history of welcome.
Описание: Native women and women of color poignantly share their pain, revelations, and hope after experiencing the traumas of miscarriage and infant loss What God Is Honored Here? is the first book of its kind—and urgently necessary. This is a literary collection of voices of Indigenous women and women of color who have undergone miscarriage and infant loss, experiences that disproportionately affect women who have often been cast toward the margins in the United States of America. From the story of dashed cultural expectations in an interracial marriage to poems that speak of loss across generations, from harrowing accounts of misdiagnoses, ectopic pregnancies, and late-term stillbirths to the poignant chronicles of miscarriages and mysterious infant deaths, What God Is Honored Here? brings women together to speak to one another about the traumas and tragedies of womanhood. In its heartbreaking beauty, this book offers an integral perspective on how culture and religion, spirit and body, unite in the reproductive lives of women of color and Indigenous women as they bear witness to loss, search for what is not there, and claim for themselves and others their fundamental humanity. Powerfully and with brutal honesty, they write about what it means to reclaim life in the face of death. Editors Shannon Gibney and Kao Kalia Yang acknowledge “who we had been could not have prepared us for who we would become in the wake of these words,” yet the writings collected here offer insight, comfort, and, finally, hope for all those who, like the women gathered here, have found grief a lonely place. Contributors: Jennifer Baker, Michelle Borok, Lucille Clifton, Sidney Clifton, Taiyon J. Coleman, Arfah Daud, Rona Fernandez, Sarah Agaton Howes, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, Soniah Kamal, Diana Le-Cabrera, Janet Lee-Ortiz, Maria Elena Mahler, Chue Moua, Jami Nakamura Lin, Jen Palmares Meadows, Dania Rajendra, Marcie Rendon, Seema Reza, ? ? ? Sun Yung Shin, Kari Smalkoski, Catherine R. Squires, Elsa Valmidiano.
Автор: Yang Kao Kalia Название: The Shared Room ISBN: 1517907942 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781517907945 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 2126.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
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A family gradually moves forward after the loss of a child—a story for readers of all ages
When someone you love dies, you know what doesn’t die? Love. On the hot beach, among colorful umbrellas blooming beneath a bright sun, no one saw a little girl walk into the water. Now, many months later, her bedroom remains empty, her drawers hold her clothes, her pillows and sheets still have her scent, and her mother and father, brothers and sister carry her in their hearts, along with their grief, which takes up so much space. Then one snowy day, the mother and father ask the girl’s older brother, “Would you like a room of your own?” He wants to know, “Whose?” They say, “Your sister’s.”
Tenderly, and with refreshing authenticity, beloved Minnesota writer Kao Kalia Yang tells the story of a Hmong American family living with loss and tremendous love. Her direct and poignant words are accompanied by the evocative and expressive drawings of Hmong American artist Xee Reiter. The Shared Room brings a message of comfort and hope to readers young and old.
Автор: Shalini Kalia; Lubna Nafees Название: New age admissions strategies in business schools / ISBN: 1522590730 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781522590736 Издательство: Turpin Рейтинг: Цена: 38069.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Admissions is critical for every educational institution. However, recruiting quality students for business schools is challenging, leading to the need to identify and understand challenges that threaten admission. New Age Admissions Strategies in Business Schools provides innovative insights into the opportunities and challenges for student recruitment in business schools, such as cross-cultural nuances and attracting international applicants, while also delivering strategies for recruitment across all program types, including undergraduate, graduate, executive, and part-time admissions. While highlighting topics that include effective communication, international admission, and hybrid learning, this publication is ideal for policy directors, administration heads, researchers, and deans in education to understand the market well and design the processes of admissions.
Автор: Kao, Grace Y. Название: Grounding human rights in a pluralist world ISBN: 1589017331 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781589017337 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 13783.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Retrieving insights from a variety of approaches, the author defends an account of human rights that straddles the minimalist-maximalist divide, one that links human rights to a conception of our common humanity and to the notion that ethical realism gives the most satisfying account of our commitment to the equal moral worth of all human beings.
Автор: Yang, Kao Kalia Название: Caged ISBN: 1984816365 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781984816368 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 1746.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Yang, Kao Kalia Название: The Diamond Explorer ISBN: 1984816330 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781984816337 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 1654.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Yang, Kao Kalia Название: The Diamond Explorer ISBN: 1984816357 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781984816351 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 1011.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Kalia Ajay Название: The Adventures of Nonie Book 1: Bundle of Joy ISBN: 9382652337 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789382652335 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 5977.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The Adventures of Nonie, is the story of a little girl, Nonie, who lives on a farm. She is the only child of her ever busy but loving parents and when Nonie is not at school, she is starved for company. Her loneliness reaches new lows this winter. But then a special friend, Bundle, enters her life and everything changes like magic. Bundle's arrival brings, joy, excitement and adventures as well as misadventures that go terribly wrong. It is just the beginning of an enchanting journey. Bundle of Joy is the first in the series of the thrilling, magical adventures of Nonie and Bundle and is certain to entertain young readers.
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