Table of Contents
Introduction Donald F. Mulcahy xvii
Coming Here
Come from Away in Newfoundland Roberta Buchanan 3
They Left Their Homes with Nothing, and Made a New life with Hard Work Dana Borcea 21
Prejudice Anton Capri 27
My First Day in Canada Chung Won Cho 31
Secrets, Lies, and the Call to Reconciliation Joan Clayton 37
The Phoenix Thuc Cong 45
Carlo and Andrea Antonio D'Alfonso 49
He Was One of Eight Irene Gargantini 59
No Return Tchitala Kamba 67
The Music of Small Things Monica Kidd 71
Excerpts from Not One of the Boys Christopher Levenson 79
My Grandmother and The Gold Mountain Ian Mah 85
Canada, Papa's Land of Opportunity: Memories of My First Year in Canada Theresia M. Quigley 91
Land of Milk and Corn Flakes Carrie-Ann Smith 99
Being Here
No Country for a Master Race Henry Beissel 107
Writing in French in Alberta Laurent Chabin 119
A Simple Wedding Ursula Delfs 123
Hundedagene and The Foxtail Phenomenon Vivian Hansen 127
"Attention Mr. Ingelwick" Vid Ingelevics 131
Mrs. Lukasiewicz and The Winter Boots Barbara Janusz 135
Letters from Ceinwen Iris Jones (Mulcahy) 149
Watchful for The Parallels and Overlaps Romeo Kaseram 153
Marking Territory Anna Mioduchowska 157
Of Death and The Immigrant: Some Journeys Michael Mirolla 171
My Immigration Medical Carol Moreira 183
The View of a Writer: "I Am Canadian Enough" Jane Rule 199
The North End Libby Simon 205
I Am an Immigrant Batia Boe Stolar 219
Between Two Tongues: Falling at The Speed of Light H. Masud Taj 235
A Dozen Reasons This American Is Celebrating Canada Day Ken Victor 239
Definitely Not the Chinatown Field-Trip to See the New Year Dragon Dance Meguido Zola 245
Going Back
Three Readings Roxanne Felix 259
Excerpts from 'Ireland's Eye' Mark Anthony Jarman 265
Writing Home Monica Kidd 275
How I Lost My Tongue Myrna Kostash 289
Going Home; Coming Home Don Mulcahy 299
Acknowledgements 313
Biographical Notes 315
