Open Mic

Posted on March 16, 2015 by AnEducationInBooks

Open Mic: Riffs on Life Between Cultures in Ten Voices, edited by Mitali Perkins, includes 0763658669.medstories by Mitali Perkins, Gene Luen Yang, Francisco X. Stork and more. Each of the ten stories for teens explore race and culture–all with humour. Perkins’ introduction sets the tone, and offers important insights about humour, “especially in a tension-filled arena like race”.

This book is an important read, and a fun one.

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About AnEducationInBooks

Wendy BooydeGraaff is the author of Salad Pie, a children's picture book published by Ripple Grove Press. Her work has been published in Emrys Journal Online, The Emerson Review, Jellyfish Review, Bending Genres, SmokeLong Quarterly and Leopardskin & Limes, and is forthcoming in NOON. Read more work at wendybooydegraaff.com or find her on Twitter @BooyTweets.
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