Reading for Empathy and Immigrant Experience

Below is the list of literature from our August Lunch and Learn. Learn more about these titles at the Salina Public Library’s Blog as well at https://bit.ly/34fMcdk

Photos courtesy of the Salina Public Library

FICTION

Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue

Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín

Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina Garcia

How the García Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez

Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok

Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri (short story collection)

My Ántonia by Willa Cather

The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri

The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henríquez

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

NONFICTION

Not for Everyday Use by Elizabeth Nunez

Love, Loss, and What We Ate by Padma Lakshmi

Purpose: An Immigrant’s Story by Wyclef Jean

Brother, I’m Dying by Edwidge Danticat

History of the World Map by Map by DK Publishing

POETRY

Omeros by Derek Walcott

Un Mango Grows in Kansas by Huascar Medina

Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong

Unaccompanied by Javier Zamora

Eye Level by Jenny Xie

GRAPHIC NOVELS

Almost American Girl by Robin Ha

Anya’s Ghost by Vera Brosgol

Illegal by Eoin Colfer & Andrew Donkin; Illustrated by Giovanni Rigano

The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees by Don Brown

Alpha Abidjan to Paris by Bessora Illustrated by Barroux

Vietnamerica: A Family’s Journey by G.B. Tran

The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang

Here by Richard McGuire

The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui

The Arrival by Shaun Tan

The Photographer by Emmanuel Guibert

Laguardia by Nnedi Okorafor Illustrated by Tana Ford & James Devlin

The Boat by Nam Le (http://www.sbs.com.au/theboat/)

MORE LIBRARY RESOURCES

Your Next Read | Interlibrary Loan (ILL) | Suggest a Purchase www.salinapubliclibrary.org

Off-the-Shelf Library Blog: https://salinapubliclibrary.org/off-the-shelf/

Salina Art CenterAugust 20, 2020