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100 1 $aSleigh, Tom.
245 14$aThe land between two rivers :$bwriting in an age of refugees /$cTom Sleigh.
246 3 $aLand between 2 rivers.
260 $aMinneapolis, Minnesota :$bGraywolf Press,$c[2018].
300 $a255 p. ;$c23 cm.
505 00$tThe deeds --$t"A violent prone, poor people zone" --$tThe land between two rivers --$tTales of the marvelous, news of the strange --$tTo be incarnational --$tHow to make a toilet-paper-roll blowgun --$tDisappearing act --$t"Where's the football?" --$tMomma's boy --$tA man of care.
520 $a"These essays recount Tom Sleigh's experiences working as a journalist during several tours in Africa and in the Middle Eastern region once called Mesopotamia, "the land between two rivers." Sleigh asks three central questions: Whatdid I see? How could I write about it? Why did I write about it? The first essays focus on the lives of refugees in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Kenya, Somalia, and Iraq. Under the conditions of military occupation, famine, and war, their stories can be harrowing, even desperate. But unlike their depiction in mass media, their stories are often laced with an undeluded hopefulness. The second part of this book explores how writing might be capable of honoring the texture of these individuals' experiences while remaining faithful to political emotions, rather than political convictions. The final essays meditate on youth, restlessness, illness, and Sleigh's motivations for writing his own experiences in order to moveout into the world."--Back cover.
600 10$aSleigh, Tom.
600 10$aSleigh, Tom$xTravel.
650 0$aRefugees$zMiddle East.
650 0$aRefugees$zAfrica, East.
650 0$aRefugees in literature.
650 0$aPoetry$xHistory and criticism.
650 0$aAuthorship.
650 0$aAmerican essays$y21st century.