Ink Knows No Borders: Poems of the Immigrant and Refugee Experience

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With authenticity, integrity, and insight, this collection of poems addresses the many issues confronting first and second generation young adult immigrants and refugees, such as cultural and language differences, homesickness, social exclusion, human rights, racism, stereotyping, and questions of identity.

Poems by Elizabeth Acevedo, Erika L. Sanchez, Samira Ahmed, Chen Chen, Ocean Vuong, Fatimah Asghar, Carlos Andres Gomez, Bao Phi, Kaveh Akbar, Hala Alyan, and Ada Limon, among others, encourage readers to honour their roots as well as explore new paths, offering empathy and hope for those who are struggling to overcome discrimination.

Many of the struggles immigrant and refugee teens face head-on are also experienced by young people everywhere as they contend with isolation, self-doubt, confusion, and emotional dislocation. Ink Knows No Borders is the first book of its kind and features 65 poems and a foreword by poet Javier Zamora, who crossed the border, unaccompanied, at the age of nine, and an afterword by Emtithal Mahmoud, World Poetry Slam Champion and Honorary Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.

Brief biographies of the poets are included, as well. It's a hopeful, beautiful, and meaningful book for any reader.
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Weight 0.000000
Author Vecchione, Patrice
Availability IP
Department Children's
Format Paperback
ISBN 9781609809072
Pages 156
Published 28/03/2019
Publisher Seven Stories Press
Section Children Books
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