<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[author results for "Elhillo, Safia"]]></title><description><![CDATA[author results for "Elhillo, Safia"]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/ssfpl/rss/search?query=%22Elhillo%2C%20Safia%22&amp;searchType=author&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 03:20:39 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Home Is Not A Country]]></title><description><![CDATA["Nima doesn't feel understood. By her mother, who grew up far away in a different land. By her suburban town, which makes her feel too much like an outsider to fit in and not enough like an outsider to feel like that she belongs somewhere else. At least she has her childhood friend Haitham, with whom she can let her guard down and be herself. Until she doesn't. As the ground is pulled out from under her, Nima must grapple with the phantom of a life not chosen, the name her parents didn't give her at birth: Yasmeen. But that other name, that other girl, might just be more real than Nima knows. And more hungry. And the life Nima has, the one she keeps wishing were someone else's...she might have to fight for it with a fierceness she never knew she had."-- Publisher's description.]]></description><link>https://ssfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C3610134</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ssfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C3610134</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Elhillo, Safia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ssfpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3610134076</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593177051/MC.GIF&amp;client=penlibsys&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bright Red Fruit]]></title><description><![CDATA["Samira is determined to have a perfect summer filled with fun parties, exploring DC, and growing as a poet--until a scandalous rumor has her grounded and unable to leave her house. When Samira turns to a poetry forum for solace, she catches the eye of an older, charismatic poet named Horus. For the first time, Samira feels wanted. But soon she's keeping a bigger secret than ever before--one that that could prove her reputation and jeopardize her place in her community"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://ssfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C3584594</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ssfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C3584594</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Elhillo, Safia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ssfpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3584594076</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593381205/MC.GIF&amp;client=penlibsys&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Home Is Not A Country]]></title><link>https://ssfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C3492718</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ssfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C3492718</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Elhillo, Safia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ssfpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3492718076</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593343715/MC.GIF&amp;client=penlibsys&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bright Red Fruit]]></title><link>https://ssfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C3659107</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ssfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C3659107</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Elhillo, Safia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ssfpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3659107076</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593746318/MC.GIF&amp;client=penlibsys&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bright Red Fruit]]></title><link>https://ssfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C3659183</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ssfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C3659183</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Elhillo, Safia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ssfpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3659183076</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593381229/MC.GIF&amp;client=penlibsys&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Girls That Never Die]]></title><description><![CDATA["In Girls That Never Die, award-winning poet Safia Elhillo reinvents the epic to explore Muslim girlhood and shame, the dangers of being a woman, and the myriad violences enacted and imagined against women's bodies. Drawing from her own life and family histories, as well as cultural myths and news stories about honor killings and genital mutilation, she interlaces the everyday traumas of growing up a girl under patriarchy with magical realist imaginings of rebellion, autonomy, and power. Elhillo writes a new world: women escape their stonings by birds that carry the rocks away; slain girls grow into two, like the hydra of lore, sprouting too numerous to ever be eradicated; circles of women are deemed holy, protected. Ultimately, Girls That Never Die is about wrestling ourselves from the threats of violence that constrain our lives, and instead looking to freedom and questioning: [what if i will not die] [what will govern me then]"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://ssfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C3482473</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ssfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C3482473</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Elhillo, Safia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ssfpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3482473076</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Poems</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593229484/MC.GIF&amp;client=penlibsys&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The January Children]]></title><link>https://ssfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C2561303</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ssfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C2561303</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Elhillo, Safia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ssfpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2561303076</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780803295988/MC.GIF&amp;client=penlibsys&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Halal If You Hear Me]]></title><description><![CDATA[The collected poems dispel the notion that there is one correct way to be a Muslim by holding space for multiple, intersecting identities while celebrating and protecting those identities.]]></description><link>https://ssfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C2798977</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ssfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C2798977</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ssfpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2798977076</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781608466085/MC.GIF&amp;client=penlibsys&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tesoro]]></title><description><![CDATA["Tesoro is a story of family, survival, and the formative power of the women in Salgado's life. It is a telling of the balance between love and perseverance. Tesoro is an unearthing of the sacred connections that make a person whole; the treasure we forever keep with us when we learn from those we love, when we mourn those we've lost, and what grows in between."-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://ssfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C2798052</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ssfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C2798052</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Salgado, Yesika]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ssfpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2798052076</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781945649233/MC.GIF&amp;client=penlibsys&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[You Don't Have to Be Everything]]></title><description><![CDATA["A contemporary poetry anthology that offers girls and young women wisdom and compassion for a vital, formative time in their lives."-- Publisher's description.]]></description><link>https://ssfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C3263233</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ssfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C3263233</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ssfpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3263233076</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Poems for Girls Becoming Themselves</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781523510993/MC.GIF&amp;client=penlibsys&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[44 Poems on Being With Each Other]]></title><description><![CDATA["This celebratory anthology explores human connection through forty-four poems curated by Pádraig Ó Tuama, the host of On Being's 'Poetry unbound' podcast. '44 poems on being with each other' is a new volume that offers immersive reflections on the human connection. With an observant eye, Pádraig Ó Tuama shares an enlightening meditation on each poem, revealing the ways we relate to each other, the world around us, and ourselves"--Inside jacket flap.]]></description><link>https://ssfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C3662858</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ssfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C3662858</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ó Tuama, Padraig]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ssfpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3662858076</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Poetry Unbound Collection</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781324086161/MC.GIF&amp;client=penlibsys&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Is the Honey]]></title><description><![CDATA[A comprehensive collection featuring over 150 poems, including works that explore joy, love, origin, race, resistance, and praise.]]></description><link>https://ssfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C3575958</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ssfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C3575958</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ssfpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3575958076</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780316417525/MC.GIF&amp;client=penlibsys&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nonwhite and Woman]]></title><description><![CDATA[Editors Darien Hsu Gee and Carla Crujido bring together 131 personal narratives written by established and emerging women of color. In 300 words or less, these true stories speak to otherness, familial relationships, impossible beauty standards, ancestral heritage, coming of age, and owning one's place in the world. This singular collection, inspired by Lucille Clifton's luminous poem, "won't you celebrate with me," sings to the beauty of how these women live and thrive in the world, and how they make their lives their own. Includes author commentaries, discussion questions for further exploration, resources for additional reading, and a guide to writing micro essays.]]></description><link>https://ssfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C3493305</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ssfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C3493305</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ssfpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3493305076</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>131 Micro Essays on Being in the World</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781949116694/MC.GIF&amp;client=penlibsys&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ink Knows No Borders]]></title><description><![CDATA["With authenticity, integrity, and insight, this collection of poems addresses the many issues confronting first- and second- generation young adult immigrants and refugees, such as cultural and language differences, homesickness, social exclusion, human rights, racism, stereotyping, and questions of identity. Poems by Elizabeth Acevedo, Erika L. Sánchez, Samira Ahmed, Chen Chen, Ocean Vuong, Fatimah Asghar, Carlos Andrés Gómez, Bao Phi, Kaveh Akbar, Hala Alyan, and Ada Limón, among others, encourage readers to honor their roots as well as explore new paths, offering empathy and hope for those who are struggling to overcome discrimination. Many of the struggles immigrant and refugee teens face head-on are also experienced by young people everywhere as they contend with isolation, self-doubt, confusion, and emotional dislocation. Ink Knows No Borders is the first book of its kind and features 65 poems and a foreword by poet Javier Zamora, who crossed the border, unaccompanied, at the age of nine, and an afterword by Emtithal Mahmoud, World Poetry Slam Champion and Honorary Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. Brief biographies of the poets are included, as well. It's a hopeful, beautiful, and meaningful book for any reader"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://ssfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C2669110</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ssfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C2669110</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ssfpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2669110076</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Poems of the Immigrant and Refugee Experience</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781609809072/MC.GIF&amp;client=penlibsys&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item></channel></rss>