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Open Mic: Riffs on Life Between Cultures in Ten Voices

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Using humor as the common denominator, a multicultural cast of YA authors steps up to the mic to share stories touching on race.

Listen in as ten YA authors -- some familiar, some new -- use their own brand of humor to share their stories about growing up between cultures. Henry Choi Lee discovers that pretending to be a tai chi master or a sought-after wiz at math wins him friends for a while -- until it comically backfires. A biracial girl is amused when her dad clears seats for his family on a crowded subway in under a minute flat, simply by sitting quietly in between two uptight white women. Edited by acclaimed author and speaker Mitali Perkins, this collection of fiction and nonfiction uses a mix of styles as diverse as their authors, from laugh-out-loud funny to wry, ironic, or poingnant, in prose, poetry, and comic form.

Mitali Perkins
David Yoo
Cherry Cheva
Varian Johnson
G. Neri
Naomi Shihab Nye
Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
Debbie Rigaud
Francisco X. Stork
Gene Luen Yang

Language: English

Pages: 144

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Release: September 10, 2013

ISBN: 0763658669

ISBN 13: 9780763658663

Open Mic: Riffs on Life Between Cultures in Ten Voices

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Using humor as the common denominator, a multicultural cast of YA authors steps up to the mic to share stories touching on race.

Listen in as ten YA authors -- some familiar, some new -- use their own brand of humor to share their stories about growing up between cultures. Henry Choi Lee discovers that pretending to be a tai chi master or a sought-after wiz at math wins him friends for a while -- until it comically backfires. A biracial girl is amused when her dad clears seats for his family on a crowded subway in under a minute flat, simply by sitting quietly in between two uptight white women. Edited by acclaimed author and speaker Mitali Perkins, this collection of fiction and nonfiction uses a mix of styles as diverse as their authors, from laugh-out-loud funny to wry, ironic, or poingnant, in prose, poetry, and comic form.

Mitali Perkins
David Yoo
Cherry Cheva
Varian Johnson
G. Neri
Naomi Shihab Nye
Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
Debbie Rigaud
Francisco X. Stork
Gene Luen Yang

Language: English

Pages: 144

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Release: September 10, 2013

ISBN: 0763658669

ISBN 13: 9780763658663

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