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1. Southeast Asian Refugees and Immigrants
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2. Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story
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3. Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man,

1. Southeast Asian Refugees and Immigrants in the Mill City: Changing Families, Communities, Institutions -- Thirty Years Afterward
Hardcover: 250 Pages (2008-01-31)
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This timely volume examines the influx immigrants from Southeast Asia to Lowell, Massachusetts, over the past thirty or so years. Numbering about 20,000 people--a very significant one-fifth of the city's population--these are primarily refugees and their offspring who fled genocide, war, and oppression in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam in the late 1970s and resettled in the United States. The Lowell experience is representative of a truly national phenomenon: communities in Long Beach, Orange County, and San Diego, California; Seattle, Washington; Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota; Houston and Dallas, Texas; New Orleans, Louisiana; Northern Virginia; and Southern Florida have experienced similar population growth.

The historical and contemporary essays chronicle the formidable efforts of Lowell's Southeast Asian community to recreate itself and its identity amid poverty, discrimination, and pressures to assimilate.
They also examine the transformation that has occurred of both newcomers and the community at large.
This process provides opportunities for growth but also challenges past practices in the city and state. In this volume, contributors approach the subject from points of view rooted in anthropology, political science, economics, sociology, education, and community psychology. Their work contributes to a broader understanding of U.S. refugee policy, migration, identity and group formation, political adaptation, social acculturation, and community conflict--major issues today in New England and the nation. ... Read more


2. Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story
by Paul Monette
Paperback: 278 Pages (1993-06-11)
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Asin: 0062507249
Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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The critically and popularly acclaimed coming of age/coming out story from the author of Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir. "Witty as it is anguished and as full of understanding as of anger, this is Monette's best book."--BooklistAmazon.com Review
Paul Monette first made a name for himself in 1978 with hisdebut novel, Taking Care of Mrs. Carroll, a comic romp withserious overtones. He established himself as a writer of popularfiction with three more novels before he and his lover were bothdiagnosed with HIV. In 1988 he wrote On Borrowed Time, a memoirof living with AIDS and of his lover's death. The passion and angerthat fueled On Borrowed Time surfaces again in 1992'sBecoming a Man: Half a Life Story, his National BookAward-winning autobiography. Although it follows the traditionalstructure of the autobiography and bildungsroman--early family life,education, reflections on how art influenced the subject's view oflife--Becoming a Man also filters Monette's story through twocentral facts: the closet and AIDS. Monette writes of the pain ofbeing closeted, the effect it had on his writing, and how it shaped(and often destroyed) his relationships. Monette's fear and fury atAIDS and homophobia heighten the same skill and imagination he putinto his fiction. This vision--poetic yet highly political, angry yetinfused with the love of life--is what transforms Becoming aMan from simple autobiography into an intense record of struggleand salvation. Paul Monette did not lead a life different from manygay men--he struggled courageously with his family, his sexuality, hisAIDS diagnosis--but in bearing witness to his and others' pain, hecreates a personal testimony that illuminates the darkest corners ofour culture even as it finds unexpected reserves of hope. ... Read more

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5-0 out of 5 stars Paul Monette--Disingenuous?
Labeling Paul Monette as "disingenuous" is a fallacy in itself.First of all, the opinion disregards years of study that has been done on institutionalized oppression and compulsory heterosexuality.Second, and foremost--it should be noted that Paul Monette did a great deal to overcome the "privilege" he became heir to, turning it on itself--and making it into a weapon against oppression which stands to this day.

Unless you are familiar with the statistics about GLBTQ persons in the workplace, it is difficult to understand why someone would stay in the closet...stigma still persists, and still destroys the personal--and public-- lives of people who come out.The Southern Poverty Law Center has estimated that gay men and lesbians are six times as likely to be physically attacked as Jews and Hispanics in America, and twice as likely as African Americans. Valerie Jenness and Kendal Broad note: "By many accounts, violence motivated by homophobia and heterosexism represents the most visible, violent, and culturally legitimated type of `hate crime' in this country" (1994, p. 402)(as cited in Peace, Conflict, and Violence: Peace Psychology for the 21st Century,Christie, D. J., Wagner, R. V., & Winter, D. A. (Eds.).(2001).According to hate crime statistics, the number of hate crimes based on sexual orientation is rising (See the link below for more recent statistics.Also, another link for the hate crime statistics for 2008).

The Tri-County Domestic & Sexual Violence Intervention Network Anti-Oppression Training manual states:Institutional Oppression is "the systematic mistreatment of people within a social identity group, supported and enforced by the society and its institutions, solely based on the person's membership in the social identity group. InstitutionalOppression occurs when established laws, customs, and practices systematically reflect and produce inequities based on one's membership in targeted social identity groups. If oppressive consequences accrue to institutional laws, customs, or practices, the institution is oppressive whether or not the individuals maintaining those practices have oppressive intentions.Institutional Oppression creates a system of invisible barriers limiting people based on their membership in unfavored social identity groups. The barriers are only invisible to those "seemingly" unaffected by it.

Blaming the victim is a way to avoid personal responsibility for the problem.It seems to me that Paul Monette has done everything in his power to overcome these forces for himself, and for all of us--why question his intentions? It's time that we all become accountable for the education of our opinions.

2-0 out of 5 stars Anger, Vitriol, and Immaturity
This disturbing and polemical memoir is filled to the brim with anger, vitriol, and hate -- directed at not only the world around him, but at the author himself. This is the story of a dying man who chose to live in a closet rather than as an "out, open, and proud" androphile. Monette believed the closet was his friend, privacy was his screed, and anonymity his entitlement. In his final days, he wishes to indict himself and others for his terminal illness because of the choices HE made. It reads like an angry teenager, convinced every paranoid delusion, social slight, and his own self-loathing is his mystogical revelation.

I can only recommend this book to people that find the closet constricting and need an impulse -- albeit a very angry and destructive impulse -- to "come out." Yet, even here I hedge my recommendation, as the last thing the world needs is another "angry queer" whose own choices -- as much as society's opprobrium -- cause so much unhappiness. But then the deception, the closet, and concealment can either be a matter of personal privacy or sequestering one's self from life itself. For Monette, we cannot tell whether his anger is at the former or the latter, if not both.

If you hate the world and everything in it, believe you're own mistakes are the fault of others, and that your birthright "entitles" you to special attention -- you'll probably relate to his venomous tract. 19 years later, it is beyond dated, and hopefully, in the intervening years opened more windows than compelled slammed doors. It's ultimately the saddest memoir I've ever read, but proves that inauthenticity leaves everyone unhappy -- including this reader.

2-0 out of 5 stars passionate but poisoned
I read this book years ago and recently came across it in an old box and reread a chapter in the middle.It is rather brilliantly written--the author is a great raconteur, and has style and wit; reading it is like spending a few hours with a cantankerous and opinionated old guy who never lets anyone else get a word in edgewise.But finally the prejudice and self-righteousness become overbearing.

1-0 out of 5 stars Hack writer kindly informs world that it isn't worth his time
Paul Monette is not a subtle man. There is nothing in this trite tome to think about; Monette has already thought for you. He fully expects you to follow his two-hundred-and-seventy-eight-page diatribe to the end, and that you will not laugh at any point of the duration. Regardless of the fact that he has no, well, FACTS on which to rest his shallow, imperceptive, and generally useless memoir, this "man" thinks he has something useful to tell the world, gay and otherwise. ("Booklist" seems to agree: "[Monette's is a] book...which will powerfully move the parents, siblings, and friends of gays...." The idea of any straight man reading this tripe and genuinely enjoying it is comparable to that of a Jew reading "Mein Kampf" and feeling giddy. Apparently, "Booklist" thinks that speech can only be "hateful" if it's someone who isn't liberal doing the speaking.)

Monette hates everyone who is not already like him, or refuses to promptly conform to his narrow worldview. Sound familiar? Here's a man who believes that "[g]enocide is...the national sport of straight men," (pg. 2); that gays who die of AIDS are actually dying "of homophobia, [being] murdered by barbaric priests and petty bureaucrats" who refuse to pay for their lascivious, self-destructive lifestyles (ibid.); that straights have "let [gays] die [of AIDS]...collaborating by indifference," (ibid.); that all evil in the world is caused by men (ibid. and pg. 4); and, to add to his initial appearance as a raving lunatic whose mind runs on neither rhyme nor reason, that the witches burned in Salem were "mostly gay and lesbian," (pg. 5). Anyone who happens to disagree with Monette's rant is a Nazi in his eyes. And yet this trash is hailed as the Second Coming of Stonewall in the gay community. Let's ask ourselves: Why?

5-0 out of 5 stars A most moving account
A frank, honest and very moving memoir, it is beautifully written (which makes the odd grammatical error all the more perplexing) with prose which flow almost seamlessly. The writer describes a varied and colourful life searching for Mr Right, and while he eventually finds fulfilment and happiness, the ultimate conclusion is nothing short of tear inducing. A most captivating read. ... Read more


3. Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
by Mitch Albom
Hardcover: 224 Pages (1997-08-18)
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Asin: 0385484518
Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague.Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it.

For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly twenty years ago.

Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you made your way, and the insights faded, and the world seemed colder.Wouldn't you like to see that person again, ask the bigger questions that still haunt you, receive wisdom for your busy life today the way you once did when you were younger?

Mitch Albom had that second chance.He rediscovered Morrie in the last months of the older man's life.Knowing he was dying, Morrie visited with Mitch in his study every Tuesday, just as they used to back in college.Their rekindled relationship turned into one final "class": lessons in how to live.

Tuesdays with Morrie is a magical chronicle of their time together, through which Mitch shares Morrie's lasting gift with the world.Amazon.com Review
This true story about the love between a spiritual mentor andhis pupil has soared to the bestseller list for many reasons. Forstarters: it reminds us of the affection and gratitude that many of usstill feel for the significant mentors of our past. It also plays outa fantasy many of us have entertained: what would it be like to lookthose people up again, tell them how much they meant to us, maybe evenresume the mentorship? Plus, we meet Morrie Schwartz--a one of a kindprofessor, whom the author describes as looking like a cross between abiblical prophet and Christmas elf. And finally we are privy tointimate moments of Morrie's final days as he lies dying from aterminal illness. Even on his deathbed, this twinkling-eyed menschmanages to teach us all about living robustly and fully. Kudos toauthor and acclaimed sports columnist Mitch Albom for telling thisuniversally touching story with such grace and humility. --GailHudson ... Read more

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5-0 out of 5 stars Be the change..
Not quite sure what to say...did a little laughing, did a little crying...but overall, covers everything on how to lead a fulfilling life...You won't be disappointed in this read!

5-0 out of 5 stars You should DEFINITELY read it.
This is a book that is very touching, easy to read, and gently encourages you to think about what's really important in your life.Definitely worth reading, and maybe even worth giving to all your friends, too! I highly recommend.

3-0 out of 5 stars The courage of a dying man
For the sole purpose of making this review worth something as a stand-alone essay, I'll assume that you, the reader, like me, are one of the few people who didn't know what TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE was all about.

Twenty years before the actual events of the book, Mitch Albom had the privilege of struggling through a university sociology course under the tutelage of a special and very talented teacher, Morrie Schwartz. Despite progressing well beyond a mere student/professor relationship into a deep friendship, despite bestowing on Morrie the endearment "Coach", and despite his promise to stay in close contact after graduation, Morrie, like so many other self-centered graduates, went his own way in the world. He lost track of someone who had been very special to him and it was only a television news interview that let him know his past friend was now dying of ALS, Lou Gehrig's disease.

TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE depicts the 14 Tuesday afternoon visits that Albom made to his dying mentor and relates the substance of the conversations that they had about the vicissitudes of life and death before Morrie's death at the unrelenting hands of the implacable neurological disease that stole his mobility and even his very ability to breathe.

I wanted to like TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE ... I really did! But, while I was moved and often deeply touched as I read it, I also knew that there was something nagging at me that left me unsatisfied with the book! It took me quite a while before I figured out what it was.

Insofar as Morrie's ability to deal with his own ill health and his inevitable death was concerned, I was profoundly moved and singularly impressed. His ability to look at the silver lining of every cloud, to constantly perceive every glass as half full instead of half empty, to always find a reason to celebrate the entirety of his life as opposed to decrying the pain and the miserably small amount of time left to him was truly inspiring.

But I found Albom's ability to pass along the nuggets of wisdom in a fashion that would allow a reader to apply them to their own life looking forward (a life, that is, not looking down the barrel of a shotgun of death sawed-off virtually to the shoulder) was distinctly lacking. Platitudes and aphorisms were plentiful but I found them maudlin and distinctly lacking in meaning or method that could be applied. "Be at peace with yourself" ... well, yes, of course, but HOW does one do that? He would tell us that "love" is the answer! Well, for goodness sake, the Beatles told me that over 40 years ago! Well, you get the idea!

So, how do we find this particular glass half full? Let's say I thoroughly enjoyed the story of Morrie's pluck and courage in the face of his own slow death but found little to constructively apply to my own life.

Paul Weiss

1-0 out of 5 stars Tuesdays with Morrie
The book did come in good condition.But I ordered it on Aug 22, 2010 and didn't receive it until October 6, 2010.That is unacceptable.Will not order from them again!!!I only gave it one star because I did get the book and it looks in fair to good condition. If I thought it would have taken sooo long I would not have ordered at all.

5-0 out of 5 stars An inspiration
I never heard nor saw this book anywhere.I saw an Interview of Mitch Albom on a Korean TV Station I always watch the Heart to Heart of Arirang program. I was at first fascinated with the title of the book when he mentioned about it and more encourage to keep on watching when I saw him signing book in a korean bookstore in Korea.I giggled when he said he is in Korea when he doesn't even understand the language but still the way he carried himself and interacted with the customers who wanted his signature on this book.When the host ask him what made him write this book, he mentioned that no one really wants to publish it because it doesn't fall into any category and the only reason is to help Morrie's family in his mounting medical bill and his funeral and as a tribute to the greatest man he had ever known and regretted he didn't keep in touch early on he would have missed a lot in life, and if he didn't see Morrie being interviewed by Ted Koppel what was already far ahead of his ALS he would just have been a long forgotten person in his past and probably not even missed it.His demeanor while being interviewed was one to be admired.He was so composed and was talking about Morrie as if he is still well and alive.Until the time of his interview he can't possibly believe the result of publishing this book, it went to an unknown story to a blockbuster.

I went to Borders looking for this book out of curiousity, flip to look how it is to read a few pages here and there, so I sat comfortably on a couch with my feet tucked under by behind.I didn't realized I was already reading pages by pages, not just flipping it.I shed a few tears in silence but cannot hide my giggles.In a matter of couple of hours, I realized I was already at his supposedly last interview so I just decided to finished it to the end.Having read the book from cover to, I should have just left it and not bought it, but because of what the book stands for, I ended up buying it, while on the bus on my way home, I can't help flipping pages to pages rereading parts that seems to have missed but not.There is a magical mystery of this book about Morries's philosophy of there is no life without death. This is really a very touching story of a dying man leaving a legacy that we shouldn't be afraid of death but instead embrace it. I am encouraging everyone to read this book as it deals with the everyday challenges of life. ... Read more


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