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The Good Immigrant USA

By: Nikesh Shukla, Chimene Suleyman
Narrated by: Porochista Khakpour, Nicole Dennis-Benn, Rahawa Haile, Teju Cole, Priya Minhas, Walé Oyéjidé, Fatimah Asghar, Tejal Rao, Maeve Higgins, Krutika Mallikarjuna, Jim St. Germain, Jenny Zhang, Chigozie Obioma, Alexander Chee, Emily Woo Zeller
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Summary

The Good Immigrant USA is a collection of 26 personal essays by writers and personalities exploring race, identity and culture, a follow up to the British Book Award nominated and crowdfunded publishing phenomenon, The Good Immigrant.

Guardian Must Read Books of 2019.

An urgent collection of essays by first- and second-generation immigrants, exploring what it's like to be othered in an increasingly divided America. 

From Trump's proposed border wall and travel ban to the marching of white supremacists in Charlottesville, America is consumed by tensions over immigration and the question of which bodies are welcome. In this much-anticipated follow-up to the best-selling UK edition, hailed by Zadie Smith as 'lively and vital', editors Nikesh Shukla and Chimene Suleyman hand the microphone to an incredible range of writers whose humanity and right to be in the US is under attack. 

Chigozie Obioma unpacks an Igbo proverb that helped him navigate his journey to America from Nigeria. Jenny Zhang analyses cultural appropriation in nineties fashion, recalling her own pain and confusion as a teenager trying to fit in. Fatimah Asghar describes the flood of memory and emotion triggered by an encounter with an Uber driver from Kashmir. Alexander Chee writes of a visit to Korea that changed his relationship to his heritage. These writers, and the many others in this singular collection, share powerful personal stories of living between cultures and languages while struggling to figure out who they are and where they belong.

By turns heartbreaking and hilarious, troubling and uplifting, the essays in The Good Immigrant USA come together to create a provocative, conversation-sparking, multivocal portrait of America now.

Essays from:

  • Porochista Khakpour
  • Nicole Dennis-Benn
  • Rahawa Haile
  • Teju Cole
  • Priya Minhas
  • Walé Oyéjidé
  • Fatimah Asghar
  • Tejal Rao
  • Maeve Higgins
  • Krutika Mallikarjuna
  • Jim St. Germain 
  • Jenny Zhang
  • Chigozie Obioma
  • Alexander Chee
  • Yann Demange
  • Jean Hannah Edelstein
  • Chimene Suleyman
  • Basim Usmani
  • Daniel José Older
  • Adrián Villar Rojas
  • Sebastián Villar Rojas
  • Dani Fernandez
  • Fatima Farheen Mirza
  • Susanne Ramírez de Arellano
  • Mona Chalabi
  • Jade Chang

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©2019 Nikesh Shukla & Chimene Suleyman (P)2019 Hachette Audio UK

Critic reviews

"The you-gotta-read-this anthology." (Stylist)

"This collection showcases the joy, empathy and fierceness needed to adopt the country as one's own." (Publishers Weekly)

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