Mixed: An Anthology of Short Fiction on the Multiracial Experience
Chandra Prasad, Rebecca Walker, Brian Ascalon Roley, Mary Yukari Waters, Cristina García, Wayde Compton, Marina Budhos, Mamle Kabu, Neela Vaswani, Kien Nguyen, Danzy Senna, Ruth Ozeki, Lucinda Roy, Peter Ho Davies, Emily Raboteau, Carmit Delman, Diana Abu-Jaber, Mat Johnson, Stewart David Ikeda
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
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· 6 ratings · 326 pages · Published: 14 Aug 2006
Every story, crafted by authors who are themselves mixed-race, broaches multiracialism through character or theme. With contributors such as Cristina Garcia, Danzy Senna, Ruth Ozeki, Mat Johnson, Wayde Compton, Diana Abu-Jaber, Emily Raboteau, Mary Yukari Waters, and Peter Ho Davies, and an illuminating introduction by Rebecca Walker, "Mixed" gives narrative voice to the multiple identities of the rising generation.
Contents:
The anthropologists' kids by Ruth Ozeki
Effigies by Lucinda Roy
Minotaur by Peter Ho Davies
Mrs. Turner's lawn Jockeys by Emily Raboteau
Footnote by Carmit Delman
My Elizabeth by Diana Abu-Jaber
Gift giving by Mat Johnson
Shadey by Stewart David Ikeda
Unacknowledged by Brian Ascalon Roley
Caste system by Mary Yukari Waters
Wayward by Chandra Prasad
Falling sky by Cristina Garcia
The non-Babylonians by Wayde Compton
Hollywood by Marina Budhos
Human mathematics by Mamle Kabu
Bing-Chen by Neela Vaswani
The lost sparrow by Kien Nguyen
Triad by Danzy Senna