Books and films:

I am aware that the cost of books is high. I have selected books for our use that I think someone would like to have on her or his bookshelf after the course is over. You may wish to buy books cooperatively and/or you may wish to use library copies of these texts.

Films may be purchased locally or on-line or they may be rented locally. Films for this course will also be available for viewing in Norlin Library Academic Media. Most of these books are required for use in our course:

1. Sapphire. Push. Vintage. 1996.
2. Gish Jen. Mona in the Promised Land. Random House. 1996.
3. Jhumpa Lahiri. Interpreter of Maladies. 1999.
4. Margaret Edson. W;t. 1999.
5. Zadie Smith. White Teeth. 2000.
6. Patricia Volk. Stuffed: Adventures of a Restaurant Family. 2001.
7. Monica Ali. Brick Lane. 2003.
8. Amulya Malladi. A Breath of Fresh Air. 2002.
9. Leila Aboulela. Minaret. 2005.
10. Zadie Smith. On Beauty. 2005.
11. Nadine Gordimer. get a life. 2006.
12. optional purchase: Diana Hacker. A Pocket Manual of Style. most recent edition.
13. optional purchase. Patricia O'Conner. Woe Is I..
14. other texts may include the films Twilight Los Angeles (1994), Go Fish (1994), Ratcatcher (1999) or Morvern Callar (2002), or Bend It Like Beckham, which can be rented or purchased or viewed in libraries.