Karen Tei Yamashita’s novels, essays, and performance scripts have garnered considerable praise from scholars and reviewers, and are taught not only in the United States but in at least half a dozen countries in Asia, South America, and Europe. Her work has been written about in numerous disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. Karen Tei Yamashita: Fictions of Magic and Memory is the first anthology given over to Yamashita’s writing. It contains newly commissioned essays...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.When Maria began her first job as a preschool teacher, she was filled with excitement—and nerves. She had studied child development, prepared detailed lesson plans, and decorated her classroom with care. But what surprised her most during those first few weeks was not the behavior of the children. It was the complexity of working with their families. One parent expected daily updates, another rarely responded to messages, and a third qu...