A chorus of essays from a variety of voices, backgrounds, and experiences, exploring what it means to be human and true to yourself.
What does it mean to be yourself? To be born here or somewhere else? To be from one family instead of another? What does it mean to be human? Collected by Lori Carlson-Hijuelos, A Path to the World showcases essays by a vast variety of luminaries—from Gary Soto to Nawal Nasrallah to Ying Ying Yu, from chefs to artists to teens to philosophers to politicians (keep your eyes peeled for a surprise appearance by George Washington)—all of which speak to the common thread of humanity, the desire to be your truest self, and to belong.
Contributors include: Lori Marie Carlson-Hijuelos, Joseph Bruchac, Jacinto Jesús Cardona, William Sloane Coffin, Pat Conroy, Mario Cuomo, Timothy Egan, Alan Ehrenhalt, Shadi Feddin, Ralph Fletcher, Valerie Gribben, Alexandre Hollan, Molly Ivins, Geeta Kothari, Jeremy Lee, Yuyi Li, Emily Lisker, Kamaal Majeed, Madge McKeithen, Nawal Nasrallah, Scott Pitoniak, Anna Quindlen, Michael J. Sandel, Raquel Sentíes, David E. Skaggs, Gary Soto, Alexandra Stoddard, KellyNoel Waldorf, George Washington, and Ying Ying Yu.
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Becoming You
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A Path to the World
Becoming You
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Editor’s Note
- 1. From Notes of a Translator’s Son by Joseph Bruchac
- 2. Cool Beef by Jeremy Lee
- 3. From If You Are What You Eat, Then What Am I? by Geeta Kothari
- 4. From Homemade Mayonnaise by Pat Conroy
- 5. My Tex Mex Essay by Jacinto Jesús Cardona
- 6. Practicing Medicine Can Be Grimm Work by Valerie Gribben
- 7. Being Content with Myself by Kamaal Majeed
- 8. From I Came to Duke with an Empty Wallet by KellyNoel Waldorf
- 9. I Read Poems Many Times a Day by Madge McKeithen
- 10. From ‘Poetry Matters’ by Ralph Fletcher
- 11. Turbesi Park by Emily Lisker
- 12. A Duty to Family, Heritage, and Country by Ying Ying Yu
- 13. Cakes by Nawal Nasrallah
- 14. Hispanic Heritage by Raquel Sentíes
- 15. Courtesy by Gary Soto
- 16. Get Yourself Some Credit by Shadi Feddin
- 17. From ‘What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets’ by Michael J. Sandel
- 18. Public Good by William Sloane Coffin
- 19. A Parsonage by Lori Marie Carlson-Hijuelos
- 20. The Octogenarian Cheerleader by Scott Pitoniak
- 21. From ‘Making Choices’ by Alexandra Stoddard
- 22. From ‘The United States of Ambition’ by Alan Ehrenhalt
- 23. From George Washington to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island, 18 August 1790 by George Washington
- 24. From ‘Who Let the Dogs In?: Incredible Political Animals I Have Known’ by Molly Ivins
- 25. From Cooperation in Congress? It’s in Our Constitutional DNA by David E. Skaggs
- 26. From ‘Reason to Believe’ by Mario Cuomo
- 27. Get a Life by Anna Quindlen
- 28. Puzzle Solved, Creatively by Yuyi Li
- 29. I’d Like to Recall Some Times by Alexandre Hollan
- 30. An Original Work by Timothy Egan
- Contributor Bios
- Copyrights
- Acknowledgments
- About the Editor
- About the Author
- Copyright