Here are a few lists of different media addressing language, culture, identity, and other related topics.
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Books
- Paul Simon: The Tongue-Tied American
- Sylvia Helmer: Look at Me when I Talk to You
- Cristina Igoa: The Inner World of the Immigrant Child
- Michael Erard: Babel No More
- Wendy Lesser: The Genius of Language
- K. David Harrison: The Last Speakers
- Perry Gilmore: Kisisi
Movies
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Books
- Jean Kwok: Girl in Translation/El Silencio de las Palabras
- Cristina Henríquez: The Book of Unknown Americans/El Libro de los Americanos Desconocidos
- Eric Liu: The Accidental Asian
- Julia Alvarez: How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accents
- Beppe Severgnini: Ciao, America!
- Bill Bryson: I'm a Stranger Here Myself
- Thomas Williams: Losing my Cool
- Jamie Ford: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
- Firoozeh Dumas: Funny in Farsi
- Kim Thúy: Ru
- Alison Singh Gee: Where the Peacocks Sing
- J.D. Vance: Hillbilly Elegy
- Michael Booth: The Almost Nearly Perfect People
- Lisa See: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (El abanico de seda)
Movies
- The Hundred-Foot Journey
- Amreeka
- Brick Lane
- Gran Torino
- The Joy Luck Club
- Lost Boys of Sudan
- My Big Fat Greek Wedding
- Real Women Have Curves
- The Class
- Welcome
- McFarland, USA
- Anita Ho
- 5 to 7
- Brooklyn
- Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong
- City of Gold
- El Abrazo de la Serpiente
- A Hologram for the King
- Dough
- Chocolat
- Nowhere in Africa
- Sand Storm
- As I Open My Eyes
- A United Kingdom
- Wind River
- Tokyo Fiancee
- Crazy Rich Asians
- Pushing Hands
- Neither Wolf nor Dog
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Books
- Gus Lee: China Boy
- John Okada: No-No Boy
- Jeanne Wakatsuki: Farewell to Manzanar
- Gish Jen: Typical American
- Angela Jane Fountas: Waking Up American
- Kimi Cunnigham Grant: Silver Like Dust
- Richard Rodriguez: Hunger of Memory
- Katherine Russell: Dreaming in Hindi
- Kim Thúy: Ru
- Monica Sone: Nisei Daughter
- Saroo Brierley: A Long Way Home
Movies
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Books
- José Orduña: The Weight of Shadows
- Luis Alberto Urrea: The Devil's Highway
- Kao Kalia Yang: The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir
- Kao Kalia Yang: The Song Poet: A Memoir of My Father
- Diane Guerrero: In the Country We Love
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