SUGGESTED FICTION, ETC.

Sherman Alexie, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian: A Novel, Art by Ellen Fornoy (New York: Little Brown,  2007) ("'I used to think the world was broken down by tribes,' I said. 'By black and white. By Indian and white. But I know that isn't true. The world is only broken into two tribes. The people who are assholes and the people who are not.'" Id. at 176.).

J. G. Ballard, The Day of Creation: A Novel (New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1987).

Emma Donoghue, Frog Music (New York: Little Brown, 2014) (See Patrick McGrath, "Gomorrah by the Bay," NYT Book Review, Sunday, 5/4/2014.).

Kimberly Elkins, What Is Visible: A Novel (New York: Twelve, 2014) (See Barbara Kingsolver, "The Way She Saw It," NYT Book Review, Sunday, 6/8/2014.).

Jules Feiffer, Kill My Mother: A Graphic Novel (New York: Liveright, 2013) (See Laura Lippman, "Them Dames," NYT Book Review, Sunday,  8/17/2014.).

Joshua Ferris, To Rise Again at a Decent Hour: A Novel (New York: Little, Brown, 2014).

Charles Jackson, The Sunnier Side and Other Stories (New York: Vintage Books, 2013).

Ha Jin, Between Silences: A Voice From China (Chicago & London: U. of Chicago Press, 1990).

Ha Jin, In the Pond: A Novel (New York: Vintage International/Vintage Books, 2000).

Ha Jin, Ocean of Words: Stories (New York: Vintage International/Vintage Books, 1998).

Ha Jin, Waiting: A Novel (New York: Pantheon, 1999).

Ha Jin, Under the Red Flag: Stories by Ha Jin (Hanover, NH: Zoland Books, 1999).

Ha Jin, The Writer as Migrant (Chicago & London: U. of Chicago Press, 2008).

Ward Just, American Romantic: A Novel (New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014) ("Listen. Listen damn hard. Listen to every nuance. Take notes, if they agree to note-taking, which I doubt. [] Go in a skeptic, stay a skeptic. Look on it as a visit to an especially disagreeable lawyer whom you might learn something from. How's your memory?" Id. at 60. "American can be anything . . . They take pride in their makeovers, a nation of actors, or should I say playwrights, each examining her own story. That's the myth, anyhow. A nation in an eternal state of rewrite." Id. at 142. Also, see, Gail Godwin, "Conrad in Vietnam," NYT Book Review, Sunday. 6/8/2014.).

A. L. Kennedy, All The Rage: Stories (Boston & New York: New Harvest/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014) (See Molly Young, "Love Is Strange," NYT Book Review, Sunday, 7/27/2014.).

Lily King, Euphoria: A Novel (New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2014) (See Barbara Kingsolver, "The Way She Saw It," NYT Book Review, Sunday, 6/8/2014.).

Edan Lepucki, California: A Novel (New York: Little, Brown, 2014).

Francesca Marciano, The Other Language: Stories (New York: Pantheon, 2014) (From " The Presence of Men": "'Yoga. You didn't give that up yet, did you?' It's not like I'm doing heroin,' she said breezily, yet she regretted having mentioned the word yoga. He'd always found the subject--with its obsessive concerns about hips, knees and shoulder openings, breathing techniques, mantras and especially the smugness that came with an advanced practice--deeply irritating." Id. at 111, 152. Also, see Erica Wagner, "Border Crossings," NYT Book Review, Sunday, 6/8/2014.).

Peter Matthiessen, At Play in the Field of the Lord: A Novel (New York: Vintage Books, 1987) ("So long as he kept moving he would be all right. For men like himself the ends of the earth had this great allure: that one was never asked about a past or a future but could live as freely as an animal, close to the gut, and day by day by day." Id. at 2.).

Dinaw Mengestu, All Our Names: A Novel (New York: Knopf, 2014).

Dinaw Mengestu, The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears: A Novel (New York: Riverhead Books, 2007) ("What was it my father used to say? A bird stuck between two branches gets bitten on both wings. I would like to add my own saying to the list now, Father: a man stuck between two worlds lives and dies alone." Id. at 228.).
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Dinaw Mengestu, How to Read the Air (New York: Riverhead Press, 2010).

Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor, Dust: A Novel (New York: Knopf, 2014) (See Taiye Selasi, "The Unvanquished," NYT Book Review, Sunday, 3/2/2014.).

Helen Oyeyemi, Boy, Snow, Bird: A Novel (New York: Riverhead, 2014) ("Most of her heroes are colored . . . like me. Aunt Mia says she didn't go out looking for colored heroes. She says that's just the way it worked out. Mom and Aunt Mia murmured to each other and I studied the faces of journalists who spoke out against inequalities and wouldn't shut up even when people threatened to kill them. If someone threatens to kill you for speaking up about something they've done, they must be feeling their guilt. So maybe that's how you know you're on the right track." Id. at 151. "Very rew people can watch others endure humiliation without recognizing the part they play in increasing it." Id. at 223. Also, see Porochista Khakpour, "White Lies" NYT Book Review, Sunday, 3/2/2014.).

Brian Payton, The Wind Is Not a River: A Novel (New York: Ecco, 2014) ("Some men have the great misfortune to stand at life's continental divide and see that the land beyond is barren. There is no hope of turning back. What does one do with this view? It takes the rest of the day, but then the answer descends on him like a revelation. . . . The wind is not a river. . . . And our suffering? This to shall pass. The wind is not a river." Id. at 186.).

Julie Schumacher, Dear Committee Members: A Novel (New York: Doubleday, 2014).

Akhil Sharma, Family Life: A Novel (New York: Norton, 2014).