United States

Post-Race: Contemporary Black Writing by Karina Vernon
  • Race and Racism: Canada’s Challenge by Leo Driedger and Shiva S. Halli
  • Dreaming Black Writing White: The Hagar Myth in American Cultural History by Janet Gabler-Hover
  • Being Black: Essays by Althea Prince
  • Writing from the Borderlands: A Study of Chicano, Afro-Caribbean and Native Literatures in North America by Carmen Cáliz-Montoro
Review Afro-Canadian Nationalism Native Studies United States

On the Nature of Legacies by Taiwo Adetunji Osinubi
  • In the Shadow of a Saint: A Son’s Journey to Understanding His Father’s Legacy by Ken Wiwa
  • Richard Wright’s Travel Writings: New Reflections by Virginia Whatley Smith
  • Abolitionists Abroad: American Blacks and the Making of Modern West Africa by Lamin Sanneh
Review Afro-Canadian Diaspora Life Writing Travel Writing United States

War of Words by Susan Fisher
Last Pages United States War World War I World War II
Who’s for Dinner by Marilyn Iwama
  • My Year of Meats by Ruth L. Ozeki
  • The Way We Ate: Pacific Northwest Cooking, 1843- 1900 by Jacqueline B. Williams
  • We Are What We Eat: Ethnic Food and the Making of Americans by Donna R. Gabaccia
Review Asian Culture Ethnic History Food Nineteenth Century United States

Handling the Past by Tamas Dobozy
  • On the Case: Explorations in Social History by Franca Lacovetta and Wendy Mitchinson
  • The Suburb of Dissent: Cultural Politics in the United States and Canada During the 1930s by Caren Irr
Review Cultural Studies Life Writing Politics Twentieth Century United States

Constructing American Biography by Victoria Lamont
  • Constructing American Lives: Biography and Culture in Nineteenth-Century America by Scott E. Casper
Review Biography Cultural Studies Nineteenth Century United States

Liminal Voices by Catherine Rainwater
  • Feminist Readings of Native American Literature: Coming to Voice by Kathleen M. Donovan
  • Bloodlines: Odyssey of a Native Daughter by Janet Campbell Hale
Review Autobiography Essays First Nations Gender Immigrant Life Writing Native Studies United States

U.S./Canadian Writers’ Perspectives On The Multiculturalism Debate: A Round-Table Discussion at Harvard University by Graham Huggan and Winfried Siemerling
Article Canadian Studies Multiculturalism United States
Women Writing Women by Susanna Egan
  • Masking Selves, Making Subjects: Japanese American Women, Identity, and the Body by Traise Yamamoto
  • In Her Own Words: Japanese American Women, Identity, and the Body by Jill Ker Conway
Review Asian Canadian Autobiography Body & Health Life Writing Northern Canada United States Women’s Literature Women’s Studies

Varied Stories by Rita Wong
  • A Larger Memory: A History of Our Diversity, With Voices by Ronald Takaki
  • Choose Me by Evelyn Lau
Review Asian American Multiculturalism Native Studies Politics Short Fiction United States Working Class