The Heart of a Stranger: An Anthology of Exile Literature

by
André Naffis-Sahely, editor
Published in 2020
by Pushkin Press

Poet and translator André Naffis-Sahely edits an anthology of literature from writers who have been forced to leave their homes, ranging from activist and writer Emma Goldman during the Red Scare in the early twentieth century, to Syrian poet Nizar Qabbani, and contemporary Eritrean writer Ribka Sibhatu. This anthology of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction with contributors drawn from twenty-four languages and six continents is a journey through themes both ancient and contemporary. 

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