DiverCity global cities as a literary phenomenon : Toronto New York and Los Angeles in a globalizing age Based on the structured analysis of selected North American novels this work examines global cities as a literary phenomenon (DiverCity). By analyzing Dionne Brands Toronto What We All Long For (2005) Chang rae Lees New York Native Speaker (1995) and Karen Tei Yamashitas Los Angeles Tropic of Orange (1997) Melanie U. Pooch provides the connecting link for exploring the triad of globalization and its effects global cities as cultural nodal points and cultural diversity in a globalizing age as a literary phenomenon. Thus she contributes to a global interdisciplinary and multi perspectival understanding of literature culture and society.