false 4067531 1 <B>A follow-up to the critically acclaimed and bestselling multicultural collection of stories about growing up in America&#151;with new selections for a new century.</B><BR><BR><I>"All of us, at some moment, have had a vision of our existence as something unique, untransferable, and very precious. This revelation almost always takes place during adolescence. Self-discovery is above all the realization that we are alone: it is the opening of an impalpable, transparent wall&#151;that of our consciousness&#151;between the world and ourselves."</I>&#151;Octavio Paz, <I>The Labyrinth of Solitude</I><BR><BR>Following in the footsteps of the highly successful <I>Coming of Age in America</I> and <I>Coming of Age Around the World</I>, this new anthology of fiction and memoir explores coming of age in the new millennium.<BR><BR>Twenty-one stories by noted authors including Sherman Alexie, Mary F. Chen, Junot Diaz, Louise Erdrich, Seth Kantner, and ZZ Packer explore the trials and tribulations of growing up in our increasingly fragmented world. Issues of identity, sexuality, solitude, and conflict are beautifully presented through the voices of writers of all ages and ethnicities, from Lan Samantha Chang tackling absent or dead parents in "The Eve of the Spirit Festival" to Emily Rabateau addressing race in "Mrs. Turner's Lawn Jockeys."<BR><BR>With a preface and introductions to each piece by Mary Frosch providing cultural context, this collection is a stunning literary tribute to a new generation of global citizens that provides a distinctively American sense of hope. 4114630 6 10 2008 Coming of Age in the 21st Century: Growing Up in America Today total:2|5:1|4:1| 2 9 12 1 5 0 false false Wed Dec 31 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 17:10:01 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 08:34:01 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri May 15 07:48:08 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 07:48:08 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Mar 14 10:22:10 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 10:22:10 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jan 02 07:30:35 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 07:30:46 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Dec 31 09:54:55 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 09:54:55 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Tue Dec 30 14:08:44 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 14:08:50 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sat Dec 27 21:31:35 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 21:31:39 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sun Dec 21 14:26:54 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 21 14:26:56 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Mon Nov 24 13:58:02 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 13:58:02 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Wed Nov 05 22:10:12 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 05 22:10:12 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sat Sep 27 20:01:12 -0700 2008 Sun Dec 14 16:52:06 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Mon Aug 11 11:55:44 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 11 11:55:44 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=4067531