We will read these books during the course, in this order. Using these exact editions (confirmable via ISBN number) will make referencing specific pages in class easier. Using other editions is fine, but you may need to do a little more legwork in class to find or guide your classmates to specific passages.

• American Zombie, dir. Grace Lee (2007). Film, available to stream for rent or purchase on Amazon.com.
• Severance: A Novel, Ma, Ling, 9781250214997, Reprint, Picador
• Alif the Unseen: A Novel, G. Willow Wilson, 978-0802121226, Illustrated edition (April 2, 2013), Grove Press
• The Underground Railroad, Whitehead, Colson, 978-0345804327, Anchor; Reprint edition, paperback(January 30, 2016), Anchor
• Encanto, dir. Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Charise Castro Smith (2021). Disney. Film, available to stream for rent or purchase online, or with a Disney+ subscription.
• The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Díaz, Junot, 978-1594483295, Reprint edition (September 2, 2008), Riverhead Books
• The Magic Fish: (A Graphic Novel), Nguyen, Trung Le, 978-1984851598, Paperback, Random House Graphic