The Displaced : Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives

In January 2017, Donald Trump signed an executive order stopping entry to the United States from seven predominantly Muslim countries and dramatically cutting the number of refugees allowed to resettle in the United States each year. The American people spoke up, with protests, marches, donations, and lawsuits that quickly overturned the order. But the refugee caps remained. In __The Displaced,__ Pulitzer Prize–winning writer Viet Thanh Nguyen, himself a refugee, brings together a host of prominent refugee writers to explore and illuminate the refugee experience. Featuring original essays by a collection of writers from around the world, __The Displaced__ is an indictment of closing our doors, and a powerful look at what it means to be forced to leave home and find a place of refuge. "Powerful and deeply moving personal stories about the physical and emotional toll one endures when forced out of one's homeland." — PBS Online In January 2017, Donald Trump signed an executive order stopping entry to the United States from seven predominantly Muslim countries and dramatically cutting the number of refugees allowed to resettle in the United States each year. The American people spoke up, with protests, marches, donations, and lawsuits that quickly overturned the order. Though the refugee caps have been raised under President Biden, admissions so far have fallen short. In The Displaced, Pulitzer Prize–winning writer Viet Thanh Nguyen, himself a refugee, brings together a host of prominent refugee writers to explore and illuminate the refugee experience. Featuring original essays by a collection of writers from around the world, The Displaced is an indictment of closing our doors, and a powerful look at what it means to be forced to leave home and find a place of refuge. "One of the Ten Best Books of the Year." — Minneapolis Star-Tribune "Together, the stories share similar threads of loss and adjustment, of the confusion of identity, of wounds that heal and those that don't, of the scars that remain." — San Francisco Chronicle "Poignant and timely, these essays ask us to live with our eyes wide open during a time of geo-political crisis. Also, 10% of the cover price of the book will be donated annually to the International Rescue Committee, so I hope readers will help support this book and the vast range of voices that fill its pages." — Electric Literature Pulitzer Prize-winning Author Viet Thanh Nguyen, Himself A Refugee, Brings Together A Host Of Prominent Refugee Writers From Around The World To Explore And Illuminate Their Experiences. Poignant And Insightful, This Collection Of Essays Reveals Moments Of Uncertainty, Resilience Int He Face Of Trauma, And A Reimagining Of Identity. The Displaced Is A Powerful Look At What It Means To Be Forced To Leave Home And Find A Place Of Refuge. -- Adapted From Book Jacket. Introduction / Viet Thanh Nguyen -- Last, First, Middle / Joseph Azam -- Common Story / David Bezmozgis -- Flesh And Sand / Fatima Bhutto -- Perspective And What Gets Lost / Thi Bui -- How Succulent Food Defeated Trump's Wall Before It Has Been Built / Ariel Dorfman -- Guests Of The Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa / Lev Golinkin -- The Parent Who Stays / Reyna Grande -- To Walk In Their Shoes / Meron Hadero -- God's Fate / Aleksandar Hemon -- Second Country / Joseph Kertes -- 13 Ways Of Being An Immigrant / Porochista Khakpour -- Refugees And Exiles / Marina Lewycka -- This Is What The Journey Does / Maaza Mengiste -- The Ungrateful Refugee / Dina Nayeri -- A Refugee Again / Vu Tran -- New Lands, New Selves / Novuyo Rosa Tshuma -- Refugee Children : The Yang Warriors / Kao Kalia Yang. Edited By Viet Thanh Nguyen. An anthology of personal essays on the refugee experience from twenty leading refugee writers, edited by Viet Thanh Nguyen, the critically-acclaimed, best-selling author of The Sympathizer.