Coming Here, Being Here: A Canadian Migration Anthology

Coming Here, Being Here: A Canadian Migration Anthology

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Overview

This migration anthology is an entertaining miscellany of factual stories, essays, newspaper reportage, and even a poem, all of which highlight the humour, as well as the ironies and agonies generated when humans seek a new homeland. The authors, and their stories, are as diverse as our Canadian population itself, and help to tell who we all are within this amazing, tolerant, nurturing geographic space called Canada. All migrants have stories, but not all are writers, so although most authors here are academics and/or widely published, the voices of others are well represented.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781771831178
Publisher: Guernica Editions Inc
Publication date: 08/01/2016
Series: Essential Anthologies Series , #8
Pages: 400
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Don Mulcahy, born in Clydach, Wales, and a Canadian citizen since 1969, lives in Strathroy, Ontario, where he writes poetry, prose, book reviews and newspaper articles following an academic career in dentistry. He is a book reviewer for Ninnau, the Welsh-American newspaper.

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

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