The Bookshelf: A Poet Reflects on the Migrant Crisis in Greece
Podcast |
The Bookshelf
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NHPR
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audio
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Publication Date |
Jan 18, 2019
Episode Duration |
00:04:30
Poet Becky Dennison Sakellariou of Peterborough is no stranger to writing about Greece where she spent four decades. In her last collection, she wrote about feeling the pull of that country while living here in New Hampshire. In her new collection, she writes of a different Greece -- one that recently has been grappling with an influx of migrants. The book is called Undressing the Earth and she spoke about it with NHPR's Peter Biello. Read Becky Dennison Sakellariou's Top Five Reading Recommendations: 1. Go, Went, Gone by Jenny Erpenbeck. "A poignant and understated story of a retired German professor who gets involved in the lives of a group of African immigrants in Berlin who have gone on strike. A beautifully written, meditative and very credible portrait of the immigrant mind and spirit that resonates with my own experiences of the migrants, and puts a very human face on the issues they face. 2. A Long Way Gone: Memoir of a Boy Soldier by Ismail Beah . "I have loved this book since
Poet Becky Dennison Sakellariou of Peterborough is no stranger to writing about Greece where she spent four decades. In her last collection, she wrote about feeling the pull of that country while living here in New Hampshire. In her new collection, she writes of a different Greece -- one that recently has been grappling with an influx of migrants. The book is called Undressing the Earth and she spoke about it with NHPR's Peter Biello. Read Becky Dennison Sakellariou's Top Five Reading

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