The Freshmen Recommended Reading List


Afro-American Cultural Readings

Author				Title
			
Achebe, Chinua 			Things Fall Apart 
Baldwin, James			Go Tell It On The Mountain
Barrett, William 		The Lilies of the Field
Brooks, Bruce			The Moves Make The Man
Childress, Alice		A Hero Ain't Nothin But A Sandwich
Childress, Alice		Those Other People
Fox, Paula			How Many Miles To Babylon?
Fox, Paula			The Slave Dancer
Gaines, Ernest J.		Autobiography Of Miss Jane Pitman
Gaines, Ernest J.		A Gathering Of Old Men
Haley, Alex			Roots
Hamilton, Virginia		Justice And Her Brothers
Hamilton, Virginia		A Little Love
Hamilton, Virginia		M.C. Higgins The Great
Hamilton, Virginia		The Mystery Of Drear House
Hamilton, Virginia		Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush
Kincaid, Jamaica		Annie John
Marshall, Paule			Brown Girl, Brownstones
Mathis, Charon B.		Listen For The Fig Tree
Mathis, Charon B.		Teacup Full Of Roses
Meyers, Walter Dean		Motown and Didi: A Love Story
Petry, Ann			Tituba Of Salem Village
Sebestyen, Ouida		Words By Heart
Shange, Ntozake			Betsy Brown
Taylor, Mildred			Let The Circle Be Unbroken
Taylor, Mildred			The Road To Memphis
Taylor, Theodore		The Cay
Thomas, Joyce C.		Marked By Fire
Walker, Margaret		Jubilee
Wilkinson, Brenda		Ludell And Willie
Williams, John			The Man Who Cried I Am

Hispanic Cultural Readings

Author				Title

Anaya, Rudolfo A. 		Heart of Aztlan
Azuela, Mariano			The Underdogs
Barrio, Raymond			The Plum-Plum Pickers
Fuentes, Carlos			The Old Gringo
Islas, Arturo			The Rain God
Jones, Douglas			Remember Santiago
Mohr, Nicholas			El Bronx Remembered
Mohr, Nicholas			In Nueva York
Villareal, Jose A.		Pocho
Villasenor, Edmund		Macho

Asian Cultural Readings

Author				Title

Kogawa, Joy			Obasan
McCunn, Ruthanne L.		Thousand Pieces of Gold
Mishima, Yukio			The Sound of Waves
Tan, Amy			The Joy Luck Club
Tan, Amy			The Kitchen God's Wife
Uchida, Yoshiko			Desert Exile
Wartski, Maureen C.		A Boat to Nowhere
Watkins, Yoko			So Far From The Bamboo Grove
Watkins, Yoko			My Brother, My Sister, and I
Yep, Lawrence			Dragonwings
Yep, Lawrence			Dragon's Gate

Native American Cultural Readings

Author				Title

Borland, Hal			When Legends Die
Brown, Dee			Creek Mary's Blood
Brown, Dee			Killdeer Mountain
Craven, Margaret		I Heard The Owl Call My Name
Dorris, Michael			A Yellow Raft In Blue Water
Erdrich, Louise			Love Medicine
Forman, James			People Of The Dream
Hale, Janet Campbell		The Owl's Song
Harris, Marilyn			Hatter Fox
Hillerman, Tony			The Blessing Way
Hillerman, Tony			Coyote Waits
Hillerman, Tony			The Dark Wind
Hillerman, Tony			The Joe Leaphorn Mysteries
Hillerman, Tony			Sacred Clowns
Hillerman, Tony			A Thief Of Time
Hillerman, Tony			Three Jim Chee Mysteries
Jackson, Helen Hunt		Ramona
Johnson, Dorothy		All The Buffalo Returning
LaFarge, Oliver			Door In The Wall

Other Cultural Readings

Author				Title

Palmer, Catherine		Falcon Moon



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