Voices on the move : an anthology by and about refugees /
Radulescu, Domnica,1961-editor.
Cazan, Roxana L.(Roxana Lucia),editor.
This multi-genre anthology is a collection of diverse artistic works ranging from poetry to creative fiction and non-fiction, from drama to photography. The collection is inspired by the multilayered experience of displacement, with a focus on the migration of what Edward Said calls "large aggregates of humanity" of the last several decades. Most of the contributors to the collection are themselves immigrants or refugees, or have worked with displaced peoples, such as migrants unfairly kept in detention centers or struggling to resettle in their host countries. This offers an added level of authenticity and truthfulness to their work. The multifaceted artistic exploration of the trauma of migration unfolds with a sense of urgency that engages and awakens readers to the harsh realities faced by millions as they escape war, famine, and gang violence only to encounter new and unexpected difficulties in the countries where they have asked for refuge. This book could not be more relevant and necessary today, having arisen as a direct and impassioned response to the present realities of the migration of peoples, in the belief that artistic expression in all its forms has the power to transform, heal, raise consciousness, and incite to real action in the world. -- Back cover.
Foreword / by Ruth Behar -- Introduction / by Domnica Radulescu and Roxana Cazan -- Part 1. Waterways. Human Cries Keep Falling Like Summer Rain / by Florinda Ruiz -- Upon Realizing There Are Ghosts in the Water / by Leila Chatti -- Tristeza/Sadness / by Marjorie Agosín -- Bienvenus à la Jungle de Calais/Welcome to the Jungle of Calais / by Domnica Radulescu -- Refugee Song / by Mihaela Moscaliuc -- Boat / by Khaled Al-Maqtari -- The Refugee Considers the Faucet / by Philip Metres -- Yemeni Fisherman / by Khaled Al-Maqtari -- Part 2. Journeys. Okay When Are We Going / by Leila Chatti -- Where Do I Go? / by Eric Garcia -- A Strange(r's) Dress / by Jennifer Schneider -- A Map of Migration Routes / by Philip Metres -- Refugee Snow / by Matthew Murrey -- Home Is Where They Let You Live / by Jasmin Darznik -- Refugee / by Kenneth Hada -- Alien Resident / by Mihaela Moscaliuc -- Part 3. Estrangement. In the Promised Land / by Mihaela Moscaliuc -- J'y suis J'y reste/Here I Am, Here I Stay / by Cristina A. Bejan -- Ban Jesus / by Eric Garcia -- Swallows Sing the Night to Sleep at Lansing Station / by D.A. Lockhart -- Geography of Peaks, and Dips, and Lights / by Lana Spendl -- Mujeres/Women / by Marjorie Agosín -- Sanchez across the Street / by Bárbara Mujica -- Children / by Khaled Al-Maqtari -- Miss Me Forever / by Eugene Garcia-Cross -- That's Not Nostalgia / by Olga Livshin -- Part 4. Voices. Elegy for My Mother's Employer/ by Mihaela Moscaliuc -- Confiar/Trust / by Marjorie Agosín -- Montage: Iran Present Tense / by Elizabeth Eslami -- La Bestia/The Beast / by Claudia Bernardi -- The Language of Water / by Lee Peterson -- Chalk/La Tiza (A One-act Play) / by Catalina Florina Florescu -- When the East and the West Collapse: Poetry and Ruminations on Immigration, Exile, and Refuge / by Roxana Cazan -- Biographies of contributors.
This multi-genre anthology is a collection of diverse artistic works ranging from poetry to creative fiction and non-fiction, from drama to photography. The collection is inspired by the multilayered experience of displacement, with a focus on the migration of what Edward Said calls "large aggregates of humanity" of the last several decades. Most of the contributors to the collection are themselves immigrants or refugees, or have worked with displaced peoples, such as migrants unfairly kept in detention centers or struggling to resettle in their host countries. This offers an added level of authenticity and truthfulness to their work. The multifaceted artistic exploration of the trauma of migration unfolds with a sense of urgency that engages and awakens readers to the harsh realities faced by millions as they escape war, famine, and gang violence only to encounter new and unexpected difficulties in the countries where they have asked for refuge. This book could not be more relevant and necessary today, having arisen as a direct and impassioned response to the present realities of the migration of peoples, in the belief that artistic expression in all its forms has the power to transform, heal, raise consciousness, and incite to real action in the world. -- Back cover.
Poetry
Poetry, Modern
Refugees
Refugees
Alienation (Social psychology)
Drama