Immigrant Voices

Immigrant Voices: 21st Century Stories, an exciting new anthology from the Great Books Foundation, features eighteen provocative and entertaining short stories by contemporary authors such as Junot Díaz, Edwidge Danticat, Daniel Alarcón, and many others. 


Each selection in this anthology, coedited by award-winning author Achy Obejas and Megan Bayles, addresses perennial questions about society and the individual that the authors of the Great Books have pondered for centuries. Discussion groups, academic audiences, and general readers interested in stories that focus on the immigrant experience in the twenty-first century will find that this anthology prompts thoughtful reflection and lively conversation.


Letting Go to America
M. Evelina Galang



Absence
Daniel Alarcón



Mother the Big
Porochista Khakpour



The Bees, Part 1
Aleksandar Hemon



Otravida, Otravez
Junot Díaz



Wal-Mart Has Plantains
Sefi Atta



Fischer vs. Spassky
Lara Vapnyar



The Stations of the Sun
Reese Okyong Kwon



Echo
Laila Lalami



No Subject
Carolina De Robertis



The Science of Flight
Yiyun Li



Hot-Air Balloons
Edwidge Danticat



Home Safe
Emma Ruby-Sach



SJU–ATL–DTW (San Juan–Atlanta–Detroit)
Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes



Diógenes
Pablo Helguera



Bamboo
Eduardo Halfon



Encrucijada
Roberto G. Fernández