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Contents Introduction 000 How We Are Bound by Patricia Sarrafian Ward 000 The New World by Susan Muaddi Darraj 000 A Frame for the Sky by Randa Jarrar 000 Lost in Freakin' Yonkers by Randa Jarrar 000 Oh, Lebanon by Evelyn Shakir 000 Fire and Sand by Laila Halaby 000 News from Phoenix by Joseph Geha 000 And What Else? by Joseph Geha 000 The Salad Lady by Rawi Hage 000 The Coal Bin by D. H. Melhem 000 Manar of Hama by Mohja Kahf 000 The Spiced Chicken Queen of Mickaweaquah, Iowa by Mohja Kahf 000 Stage Directions for an Extended Conversation by Yussef El Guindi 000 It's Not about That by Samia Serageldin 000 Airport by Pauline Kaldas 000 Bluebird by Pauline Kaldas 000 Edge of Rock by May Mansoor Munn 000 Shakespeare in the Gaza Strip by Sahar Kayyal 000 Arabic Lessons by David Williams 000 The Temptation of Lugman Abdallah by Nabeel Abraham 000 First Snow by Khaled Mattawa 000 The Hike to Heart Rock by Frances Khirallah Noble 000 The American Way by Frances Khirallah Noble 000 My Elizabeth by Diana Abu-Jaber 000 Contributors' Notes 000 Selected Bibliography of Arab American Literature 00 Acknowledgments Our sincerest thanks goes to everyone who has supported this project, especially Lisa Suhair Majaj and T. J. Anderson III. Thanks also goes to Alyssa Antonelli and Amelia Boldaji. Their dedication and attention to detail helped us to bring this book to life. Our appreciation goes to the University of Arkansas Press, especially Larry Malley, for his encouragement and belief in the importance of this book. Credits "My Elizabeth," by Diana Abu-Jaber, was originally published in the Kenyon Review 17 (Winter 1995). "And What Else" and "News from Phoenix" copyright 1990 by Joseph Geha. Reprinted from Through and Through with the permission of Graywolf Press, Saint Paul, Minnesota. "Stage Directions for an Extended Conversation," by Yussef El Guindi, was originally published in Mizna 3.3 (2001). "Fire and Sand" copyright 2003 by Laila Halaby. Reprinted from West of the Jordan by permission of Beacon Press, Boston. "Edge of Rock," by May Mansoor Munn, was originally published in Ms. 3 (October 1992). "The American Way" and "The Hike to Heart Rock" copyright 2000 by Frances Khirallah Noble. Reprinted from The Situe Stories with the permission of Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, New York. "Oh, Lebanon," by Evelyn Shakir, was originally published in Flyway 7 (Fall/Winter 2002). "How We Are Bound," by Patricia Sarrafian Ward, was originally published in Ararat (Autumn 1996). "Arabic Lessons," by David Williams, was originally published in Flyway 7 (Fall/Winter 2002).
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
American fiction -- Arab American authors.
American fiction -- 20th century.
American fiction -- 21st century.
Arab Americans -- Fiction.
Short stories, American.