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1 HOME |
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3 | (7) |
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10 | (16) |
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26 | (11) |
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37 | (15) |
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Escape the Ghettos of New York |
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37 | (1) |
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38 | (2) |
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40 | (2) |
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42 | (2) |
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44 | (1) |
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In a Polish Home for the Aged (Chicago, 1983) |
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45 | (2) |
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47 | (2) |
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49 | (1) |
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50 | (1) |
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51 | (1) |
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52 | (41) |
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52 | (41) |
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93 | (22) |
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The ``Gentle Wholeness'' of Home |
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93 | (2) |
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Migrants: Transients or Settlers? |
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95 | (6) |
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101 | (14) |
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107 | (3) |
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Writing about the Reading |
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110 | (2) |
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112 | (1) |
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112 | (3) |
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2 FAMILY |
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115 | (68) |
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117 | (26) |
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Charlie-O, My Mother's Stories |
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117 | (10) |
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127 | (9) |
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136 | (7) |
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143 | (16) |
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143 | (2) |
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145 | (2) |
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Chinese Fireworks Banned in Hawaii |
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147 | (2) |
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149 | (1) |
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150 | (2) |
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Little Sister Born in This Land |
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152 | (3) |
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155 | (1) |
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156 | (2) |
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158 | (1) |
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159 | (24) |
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159 | (8) |
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167 | (3) |
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170 | (13) |
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Afterword: Characterization |
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174 | (3) |
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Writing about the Reading |
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177 | (2) |
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179 | (1) |
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``Letter to Ma'': The Chasms Between Mothers and Daughters |
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179 | (4) |
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3 HERITAGE |
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183 | (74) |
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185 | (23) |
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Najari Levon's Old Country Advice to the Young Americans on How to Live with a Snake |
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185 | (5) |
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190 | (10) |
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200 | (8) |
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208 | (19) |
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208 | (1) |
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209 | (2) |
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211 | (2) |
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213 | (1) |
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To Be a Jew in the Twentieth Century (from Letter to the Front) |
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214 | (2) |
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216 | (1) |
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in the first place of my life |
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217 | (3) |
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220 | (1) |
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[we who carry the endless seasons] |
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221 | (2) |
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Grandmother, a Caribbean Indian, Described by My Father |
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223 | (1) |
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224 | (2) |
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226 | (1) |
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227 | (7) |
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227 | (7) |
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234 | (23) |
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234 | (4) |
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238 | (4) |
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242 | (15) |
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246 | (3) |
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Writing about the Reading |
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249 | (2) |
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251 | (1) |
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Withholding Consent or The Art of Non-Conformity |
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251 | (6) |
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4 LANGUAGE |
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257 | (104) |
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260 | (26) |
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260 | (10) |
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270 | (13) |
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Tahotahontanekentseratkerontakwenhakie |
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283 | (3) |
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286 | (17) |
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286 | (1) |
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287 | (1) |
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288 | (1) |
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289 | (3) |
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292 | (2) |
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294 | (3) |
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297 | (2) |
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299 | (1) |
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300 | (2) |
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302 | (1) |
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303 | (23) |
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The Indian Wants the Bronx |
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303 | (23) |
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326 | (35) |
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Aria: A Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood |
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326 | (18) |
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``Mommy, What Does `Nigger' Mean?'' |
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344 | (3) |
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Next to Brzezinski, Chelminski's a Cinch |
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347 | (14) |
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350 | (5) |
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Writing about the Reading |
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355 | (2) |
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357 | (1) |
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Identity, and Violence in Israel Horovitz's The Indian Wants the Bronx |
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357 | (4) |
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5 ALIENS |
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361 | (104) |
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364 | (37) |
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364 | (17) |
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381 | (6) |
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There Are a Lot of Ways to Die |
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387 | (14) |
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401 | (21) |
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Sure You Can Ask Me a Personal Question |
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401 | (1) |
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I Think the New Teacher's Queer |
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402 | (2) |
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404 | (1) |
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Roseville, Minn., U. S. A. |
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404 | (2) |
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Marcela Christine Lucero-Trujillo |
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406 | (2) |
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408 | (3) |
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411 | (6) |
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Discovery of the New World |
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417 | (2) |
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419 | (2) |
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Hard Rock Returns to Prison from the Hospital for the Criminal Insane |
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421 | (1) |
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422 | (43) |
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The Media's Image of Arabs |
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422 | (4) |
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The Japanese Are Different from You and Me |
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426 | (12) |
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438 | (10) |
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My Brother Bailey and Kay Francis |
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448 | (17) |
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454 | (5) |
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Writing about the Reading |
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459 | (1) |
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460 | (1) |
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Carter Revard's ``Discovery'' |
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460 | (5) |
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6 FENCES |
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465 | (140) |
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467 | (43) |
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467 | (16) |
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483 | (12) |
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What Happened to Red Deer |
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495 | (15) |
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510 | (13) |
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510 | (1) |
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511 | (2) |
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513 | (2) |
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515 | (2) |
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517 | (1) |
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In the Dungeon of My Skin |
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518 | (1) |
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In Response to Executive Order 9066: All Americans of Japanese Descent Must Report To Relocation Centers |
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519 | (2) |
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521 | (2) |
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523 | (53) |
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523 | (53) |
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576 | (29) |
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I Forgot the Words to the National Anthem |
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576 | (2) |
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578 | (27) |
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If I Could Write This in Fire I Would Write This in Fire |
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581 | (14) |
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Afterword: Conflict and Structure |
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595 | (4) |
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Writing about the Reading |
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599 | (2) |
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601 | (1) |
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Alone in the Midst of 100,000 People |
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601 | (4) |
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7 CROSSING |
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605 | (114) |
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607 | (21) |
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607 | (1) |
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608 | (4) |
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612 | (16) |
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Pocahontas to Her English Husband, John Rolfe |
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628 | (2) |
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630 | (2) |
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632 | (5) |
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637 | (1) |
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638 | (3) |
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641 | (2) |
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643 | (1) |
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643 | (1) |
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644 | (3) |
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How to Watch Your Brother Die |
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647 | (3) |
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650 | (2) |
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652 | (43) |
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652 | (43) |
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695 | (24) |
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695 | (4) |
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699 | (3) |
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Is It Okay to Date Someone of Another Race? |
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702 | (4) |
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Not Black, Not White, but Biracial |
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706 | (13) |
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715 | (1) |
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716 | (1) |
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716 | (3) |
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8 AMERICANS |
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723 | (27) |
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723 | (7) |
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730 | (13) |
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743 | (7) |
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750 | (26) |
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Coming of Age on the Harlem |
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750 | (6) |
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756 | (2) |
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Christopher St. Liberation Day, June 28, 1970 |
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758 | (3) |
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Black Hills Survival Gathering, 1980 |
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761 | (3) |
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764 | (1) |
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765 | (5) |
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770 | (1) |
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[I'm sitting in my history class] |
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771 | (1) |
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The Friday Ladies of the Pay Envelope |
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772 | (2) |
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So Mexicans Are Taking Jobs from Americans |
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774 | (2) |
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776 | (29) |
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From Korea to Heaven Country |
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776 | (2) |
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778 | (8) |
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If Not with Others, How? (1985) |
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792 | (4) |
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796 | (1) |
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797 | (1) |
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The Context of ``Hindus'': Bharati Mukherjee's Volume of Short Stories, Darkness |
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797 | (8) |
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9 BELIEFS |
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807 | (38) |
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Abalone, Abalone, Abalone |
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807 | (3) |
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810 | (5) |
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815 | (11) |
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826 | (19) |
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845 | (19) |
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845 | (1) |
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846 | (1) |
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I Am a Cowboy in the Boat of Ra |
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847 | (3) |
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850 | (2) |
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852 | (2) |
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854 | (2) |
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856 | (3) |
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859 | (2) |
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861 | (1) |
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862 | (2) |
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864 | (33) |
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864 | (33) |
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897 | (64) |
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897 | (11) |
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908 | (9) |
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917 | (4) |
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Afterword: Myth and Symbol |
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921 | (3) |
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924 | (1) |
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925 | (4) |
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Macaroni, Macaroni...and Chalcedony |
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925 | (4) |
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929 | (32) |
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929 | (1) |
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Representing the Literary Text |
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930 | (3) |
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933 | (2) |
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935 | (10) |
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Deciding What to Write About |
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945 | (3) |
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From Topic to Rough Draft |
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948 | (5) |
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From Rough Draft to Completed Paper |
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953 | (4) |
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957 | (4) |
Acknowledgments |
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Glossary |
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969 | (6) |
Index of Authors and Titles |
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