The Immigrant Suite: Hey Xenophobe Who You Calling a Foreigner

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Writing from the upper west side of Manhattan, where Harlem intersects with waves of immigrants from the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Korea, Cambodia, Ivory Coast, India, Native America and from all over the globe, hattie gossett vividly invokes her neighbourhood experience. With wit and candour she questions why so many people are forced from their home countries, only to be despised as interlopers; why older immigrants see younger ones as enemies; who gets paid a living wage, who gentrifies, who send money home. A breathless tapestry.

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Irreverent, iconoclastic, and witty, hattie gossett emerges again as an artistic arbiter of America's personal and political self. Who we are, where we're going: Ms. gossett's genius provides us with answers we may not want but deeply need. This book is a must read. Sapphire


Every bittersweet page of this book astounds with its insight, humor, and broad humanity. Mike Davis, author of City of Quartz


Sassy, ironic, hilarious, profound. Essence


Like Billie Holiday, [gossett] taps into the vitality of the blues as a survival mechanism. ArtForum


"Speaks to societal-political issues through satire and humor while remaining free of rhetoric and didacticism. Alternately bitingly caustic, zanily funny, poignantly sad." Publishers Weekly

Author Bio

hattie gossett, author of presenting sister noblues and the pussy & cash suite, is a co-founding editor of Essence magazine and Kitchen Table Press. She lives in New York City.