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- Book Club Kit:American Refuge: [kit] True stories of the Refugee Experience by Abdo, Diya Author; Abdo, Diya Author;
The lives explored in American Refuge include the artist who, before he created the illustration on the cover of this book, narrowly escaped two assassination attempts in Iraq and now works at Tyson cutting chicken.A Few Years Later ("From Camp to Campus")Arrival/Resettlement ("Back to the Margins")Bookended by Diya's powerful essay "Radical Hospitality" and the inspiring coda "Names and Numbers," each chapter weaves the individual stories into a powerful journey along a common theme:Forced to leave their homes, they came to America...In this intimate and eye-opening book, Diya Abdo-daughter of refugees, U.S. immigrant, English professor, and activist-shares the stories of seven refugees. Coming from around the world, they're welcomed by Every Campus A Refuge (ECAR), an organization Diya founded to leverage existing resources at colleges to provide temporary shelter to refugee families.Life Before ("The Body Leaves its Soul Behind")The Journey ("Right Next Door")The Moment of Rupture ("Proof and Persecution")We learn that these refugees from Burma, Burundi, Iraq, Palestine, Syria, and Uganda lived in homes they loved, left against their will, moved to countries without access or rights, and were among the 1% of the "lucky" few to resettle after a long wait, almost certain never to return to the homes they never wanted to leave. We learn that anybody, at any time, can become a refugee.- Subjects: Biographies.; Refugee families; Refuge (Humanitarian assistance); Refugees; Refugees; Refugees; Forced migration.;
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- American refuge : true stories of the refugee experience / by Abdo, Diya,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-157).Radical hospitality -- The body leaves its soul behind -- Proof and persecution -- Right next door -- Back to the margins -- From camp to campus -- Names and numbers"Diya Abdo shares the stories of seven refugees from around the world who begin their American journeys in North Carolina. They are welcomed there by Every Campus A Refuge (ECAR), an organization Diya founded to leverage existing resources at colleges to provide temporary shelter to refugee families."- Subjects: Biographies.; Every Campus a Refuge (Program); Refugee families; Refuge (Humanitarian assistance); Refugees; Refugees; Refugees; Forced migration.;
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- 27 views of Greensboro : the Gate City in prose & poetry / by Gingher, Marianne.(CARDINAL)185445;
"27 VIEWS of GREENSBORO: The Gate City in Prose & Poetry, an anthology of the city once known for textile mills and as a train hub, now known for diversity, education, and sports. Twenty-seven journalists, novelists, poets, and essayists offer a broad and varied picture of life, present and past, in the Southern city--from the city's brief stint as capital of the Confederacy to stories of its famous and less well-known civil rights protests, from reflections on Greensboro's overwhelming growth to a profile of the man who created Vicks VapoRub. Authors appreciate Greensboro's cultural richness and vitality, yet do not shy away from its ongoing struggles: cultural, political, and economic. 27 Views is "part personal history, part fact, part fiction, part reminiscence, part advocacy, part deconstruction, part inquisition, part celebration," says Marianne Gingher, the novelist and almost-lifelong resident who writes the book's introduction. "In delightfully variant voices, these twenty-seven writers deliver a chorus of resonant impressions, insights, and clear-eyed truths about Greensboro as they have known it.""--Publisher's website.Preface / Elizabeth Woodman -- Introduction / Marianne Gingher -- Beyond the limits of the city / Michael Parker -- Our house has two stories / Allen Johnson -- The bad old days / Drew Perry -- Sayf / Diya Abdo -- Sweet Magnolia / Logie Meachum -- Ghost city / Edward Cone -- "Fish store mural relocated" / Mark Smith-Soto -- Gentrification and its discontents: forty years in Fisher Park / Richie Zweigenhaft -- A grave situation / Maria Johnson -- Hamburger Square has a past / Jim Schlosser -- A nice nasty town / Linda Beatrice Brown -- Safely home / Jim Dodson -- A family remedy / Ashley Kaufman -- If these walls could talk: gone to seed and back again at 400 Gorrell / Lorraine Ahearn -- Ice / Fred Chappell -- The hunted / Quinn Dalton -- On a rocky inland coast / Lee Zacharias -- Why I live where I live / John L. Robinson -- Losing ground / Valerie Nieman -- Ellen and the great trees / Ann Deagon -- "Grub" / Josephus III -- Home becoming / Tina Firesheets -- Greensboro beautiful / Stuart Dischell -- Cake heaven / Katie Saintsing -- What-A-Burger: the hamburger of the Gate City / Jeri Rowe -- Sense of place: a short story / Steve Mitchell -- "Greensboro, a poem in prose" / Verónica Grossi.- Subjects: Poetry.; Short stories.; Essays.; Literature.; Fiction.; American essays; Short stories, American; American poetry; North Caroliniana.;
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