Reflection on food and identity, childhood. Useful to use with Henriquez,” Lunch” and Lahiri, “Rice.”
For original See September 3, 2007 Issue https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/09/03/real-food
(WoR): Borderlands/ La Frontera: The New Mestiza (1987). Reflections on the author’s childhood and cultural background, mixed genres and languages, multiple arguments.
From Narrative of the Life of a Slave: Commentary on literacy, race, and slavery from the most well-known of slave narratives.
(50E): Classic reflection on racial identity and race relations.
(MfW): Reflections on education and identity.
(50E): Long meditation on living with disability.
(RA): Short and funny essay reflecting family, class and ethnicity, and television.
Short, funny essay about immigration, family, and place. Original at: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/04/18/map-quest:
(50E): Short essay about family, language, and perception.
Lyric essay about family, literacy, and trauma. Original at: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/personal-history/a-letter-to-my-mother-that-she-will-never-read
