{"product_id":"my-time-among-the-whites-notes-from-an-unfinished-education-9781250299437","title":"My Time Among the Whites: Notes from an Unfinished Education","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eMake Your Home Among Strangers\u003c\/i\u003e, essays on being an \"accidental\" American--an incisive look at the edges of identity for a woman of color in a society centered on whiteness\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this sharp and candid collection of essays, critically acclaimed writer and first-generation American Jennine Capó Crucet explores the condition of finding herself a stranger in the country where she was born. Raised in Miami and the daughter of Cuban refugees, Crucet examines the political and personal contours of American identity and the physical places where those contours find themselves smashed: be it a rodeo town in Nebraska, a university campus in upstate New York, or Disney World in Florida. Crucet illuminates how she came to see her exclusion from aspects of the theoretical American Dream, despite her family's attempts to fit in with white American culture--beginning with their ill-fated plan to name her after the winner of the Miss America pageant. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn prose that is both fearless and slyly humorous, \u003ci\u003eMy Time Among the Whites \u003c\/i\u003eexamines the sometimes hopeful, sometimes deeply flawed ways in which many Americans have learned to adapt, exist, and--in the face of all signals saying otherwise--perhaps even thrive in a country that never imagined them here.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jennine Capó Crucet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/03\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250299437\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2019 pg. 7\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2019 pg. 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/14\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennine Capó Crucet\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of two previous books and is a contributing opinion writer for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. Her novel, \u003ci\u003eMake Your Home Among Strangers\u003c\/i\u003e, was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice book, the winner of the 2016 International Latino Book Award, and was cited as a best book of the year by NBC Latino, the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eMiami Herald\u003c\/i\u003e; it has been adopted as an all-campus read at over twenty-five American universities. Her short stories have been honored with the Iowa Short Fiction Award, an O. Henry Prize, and other awards. Raised in Miami, Florida, she is an associate professor in the Department of English and the Institute for Ethnic Studies at the University of Nebraska.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Jennine Cap\u0026#195;\u0026#179; Crucet \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47284862714013,"sku":"9781250299437","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_15bfd9f3-8c95-4a5e-bc72-167baee8894d.jpg?v=1759995769","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/my-time-among-the-whites-notes-from-an-unfinished-education-9781250299437","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}