tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742591784346076543.post8705575988405959993..comments2023-10-30T03:40:33.650-04:00Comments on Tenement Museum Blog: Immigrants, Pioneers, and RevolutionariesTenement Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09979771778273094100noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742591784346076543.post-48837243055582752562009-03-24T14:31:00.000-04:002009-03-24T14:31:00.000-04:00Thanks for your question. Below are some resources...Thanks for your question. Below are some resources for finding immigration stories. They are not exclusive to NYC, but most of them have a New York focus. I'm not sure how many you will be able to find online exclusively, but you can try Google Books, as they have full text of thousands of books online. Best of luck with your class, and I hope the books below help!<BR/><BR/>Some great recommendations of short stories on contemporary immigration, which we carry in the Museum Shop:<BR/><BR/>Crossing the BLVD by Warren Lehrer and Judith Sloan(Stories of real people from the most ethnically diverse community in the United States, Queens, NY)<BR/><BR/>Words Without Borders: The World Through the Eyes of Writers, edited by Samantha Schnee, et al.(Short stories by authors previously unpublished in the U.S.)<BR/><BR/>Coming of Age in America: A Multicultural Anthology, edited by Mary Frosch<BR/>(Short stories and fiction exerpts about the myriad of coming of age stories among Americans and immigrants.)<BR/><BR/>Waking Up American: Coming of Age Biculturally, by Angela Jane Fountas<BR/>(short memoirs by first -generation American women.)<BR/><BR/>First Crossing: Stories About Teen Immigrants, edited by Donald R. Gallo<BR/>(Short Stories written by teen immigrants to the U.S.)<BR/><BR/>Here are some other online resources which may be helpful to you:<BR/><BR/>A great list of immigrant fiction from the New York Public Library, ranging from young adult to adult books:<BR/><BR/>http://www.nypl.org/branch/books/index2.cfm?ListID=133<BR/><BR/>A fiction and non-fiction list of books for adults on the immigration experience from the American Library Association:<BR/><BR/>http://publicprograms.ala.org/newimmigration/materials/readinglist_adult.htmlTenement Museumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09979771778273094100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742591784346076543.post-44453018414612787702009-03-23T15:11:00.000-04:002009-03-23T15:11:00.000-04:00I am so excited to a guest blogger focused on the ...I am so excited to a guest blogger focused on the lit! I'm teaching a course on NYC lit. I am currently looking for short stories/ writings available online by and/or focused on immigrants. Do you have any suggestions?<BR/>-We will be visiting the city in May and plan to visit the musuemmishelleybhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03693855840555345677noreply@blogger.com