Books to Read for World Refugee Day
Every year on June 20th, the world comes together to honor the bravery of individuals who had to leave their home country to escape conflict or persecution. The titles below, available at WashU Libraries, explore the challenges faced by refugees.
Self-Mythology: Poems by Saba Keramati
The Status of Refugees in International Law by Atle Grahl-Madsen
Displacing Kinship: The Intimacies of Intergenerational Trauma in Vietnamese American Cultural Production by Linh Thuʼy Nguyên
Eight Million Exiles: Missional Action Research and the Crisis of Forced Migration by Christopher Hays
Choice: A Novel by Neel Mukherjee
Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes by Chantha Nguon
Forced migration across Mexico: organized violence, migrant struggles, and life trajectories by Ximena Alba Villalever, et al
Where Rivers Part: A Story of My Mother’s Life by Kao Kalia Yang
A Map of Future Ruins: On Borders and Belonging by Lauren Markham
African Migration and the Novel: Exploring Race, Civil War and Environmental Destruction by Jack Taylor
Blessed are the Activists: Catholic Advocacy, Human Rights and Genocide in Guatemala by Michael J. Cangemi
