Home is Not a Country with Safia Elhillo
Seen Jeem
English - November 16, 2021 05:00 - 46 minutes - 63.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsBooks Arts Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In this episode of the Seen Jeem Podcast, Sally Howell interviews author Safia Elhillo about her latest book, Home is Not a Country. The novel in verse explores themes of diasporic belonging through the experiences of the main character, 15-year-old Nima. Elhillo reads several excerpts from the book including "America," "Nostalgia Monster," "Haytham," and "Baba." Recordings of the readings are available on our website at seenjeempodcast.org.
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