Porochista Khakpour Nicole Dennis-Benn Rahawa Haile Teju Cole Priya Minhas Walé Oyéjidé Fatimah Asghar Tejal Rao Maeve Higgins Krutika Mallikarjuna Jim St. In this much-anticipated follow-up to the bestselling 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.īy turns heartbreaking and hilarious, troubling and uplifting, the essays in The Good Immigrant USA come together to create a provocative, conversation-sparking, multi-vocal portrait of America now. Bringing together 21 exciting black, Asian and minority ethnic voices emerging in Britain today, The Good Immigrant explores why immigrants come to the UK, why they stay and what it means to be ‘other’ in a country that doesn’t seem to want you, doesn’t truly accept you however many generations you’ve been here but still needs. The authors found that the drop in immigration from 2017 onwards resulted in a 5.5. ‘This collection showcases the joy, empathy and fierceness needed to adopt the country as one’s own’ Publishers WeeklyĪn urgent collection of essays exploring what it’s like to be othered in an increasingly divided America.įrom 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. The return of migrant dynamism could mean good things for American growth and the fight against inflation.

‘The you-gotta-read-this anthology’ Stylist Contributors edit Quinsy Gario Manju Reijmer Nina Kll Clark Accord Sarah Bekkali Mojdeh Feili Jeanette Chedda 13 Richard Kofi Khadija Boujbira Simone Zeefuik Olave Nduwanje Tirsa With Dino Suhonic Mia You Hasret Emine Zare Krieger Deborah Cameron Karwan Fatah-Black Yael van der Wouden Rita.

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