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The writer Bharati Mukherjee once said, "My literary agenda begins by acknowledging that America has transformed me. It does not end until I show that I (along with the hundreds of thousands of immigrants like me) am minute by minute transforming America." Transformation is inherent to the immigrant narrative, a source of both drama and tension. In this class, we'll read fiction focusing on the immigrant experience in America and examine how different writers approach the idea of transformation. Students will write both critical and creative pieces in response to these works. Texts might include work by Colm Toibin, Chang-rae Lee, Jhumpa Lahiri, NoViolet Bulawayo, and others.