Ink Knows No Borders: Poems of the Immigrant and Refugee Experience [Paperback]

Contributors to Ink Knows No Borders:

ELIZABETH ACEVEDO | SAMIRA AHMED | KAVEH AKBAR | EAVAN BOLAND | CHEN CHEN | SAFIA ELHILLO | MARTÍN ESPADA | CARLOS ANDRÉS GÓMEZ | JOSEPH O. LEGASPI | ADA LIMÓN | EMTITHAL MAHMOUD | BAO PHI | ALBERTO RÍOS | ERIKA L. SÁNCHEZ | GARY SOTO | CHRYSANTHEMUM TRAN | OCEAN VUONG | JAVIER ZAMORA . . . and many others.

This collection of sixty-four poems by poets who come from all over the world shares the experience of first- and second-generation young adult immigrants and refugees. Whether it’s cultural and language differences, homesickness, social exclusion, racism, stereotyping, or questions of identity, the Dreamers, immigrants, and refugee poets included here encourage readers to honor their roots as well as explore new paths, offering empathy and hope. Many of the struggles described are faced by young people everywhere: isolation, self-doubt, confusion, and emotional dislocation. But also joy, discovery, safety, and family. This is a hopeful, beautiful, and meaningful book for any reader.Editors’ Note 
Patrice Vecchione and Alyssa Raymond

Foreword
Javier Zamora

Departure: July 30, 1984 
Joseph O. Legaspi

Immigrant 
Lena Khalaf Tuffaha

First Light 
Chen Chen

Origin / Adoption 
Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello

Dear America 
Sholeh Wolpé

Second Attempt Crossing 
Javier Zamora

Bent to the Earth 
Blas Manuel De Luna

A Hymn to Childhood 
Li-Young Lee

Immigrant Aria 
Rajiv Mohabir

On Being Americanlc(