Exile and Refugees

Chris Abani

NYT Bestselling Novelist
Nigerian-born Poet
PEN Freedom to Write

Osama Alomar

Acclaimed Syrian Author
Flash Fiction/Poetry
Fullblood Arabian
The Teeth of the Comb

Richard Blanco

Obama's Inaugural Poet
Cuban-American Writer
Gay Rights Advocate
FYE Memoir: Los Cocuyos

Daniel Borzutzky

Award-winning Poet
National Book Award
Translator from Spanish
Immigration Politics

Marcelo Hernandez Castillo

Mexican Poet & Translator
Immigration Advocate
LGBTQ Themes

Aminatta Forna

Award-winning Novelist
Acclaimed Memoirist
Issues of War and Peace
The Memory of Love

Cristina Garcí­a

Cuban-American Writer
Novelist & Poet
Young Adult Author
Novel: King of Cuba

Isabella Hammad

Award-winning Novelist
Palestine Book Award
O. Henry Prize
5 Under 35 Honoree

Nathalie Handal

Poet & Playwright
Nonfiction & Travel Writer
Dislocation, Home & Exile
Arab American Book Award

Li-Young Lee

Chinese American Poet
Poetry of Resilience
Poems: Behind My Eyes
Themes: Faith & Exile

Nikola Madzirov

Award-winning Poet
Macedonian Poetry Prize
Remnants of Another Age
Themes: Exile & Refugees

Hisham Matar

Pulitzer Prize for Memoir
Acclaimed Libyan Novelist
Issues of Exile
Fathers and Sons

Dunya Mikhail

Iraqi Poet & Memoirist
Arab American Book Award
Sumerian Writing
The War Works Hard

Mai Der Vang

Acclaimed Hmong Poet
W. Whitman Award-winner
Themes: Exile & Refugees
Poems: Afterland

Juan Gabriel Vásquez

NYT Bestselling Novelist
Columbian Journalist
Acclaimed Translator
Int'l IMPAC Dublin Award

Javier Zamora

Salvadoran Poet
The Migrant Experience
Themes: Exile & Refugees
Poems: Unaccompanied