A poignant and profoundly relevant examination of society’s safe places.
In this essay collection, Kalfopoulou explores the notion of refuge in all its varied facets. “Embedded in the word refugee is refuge,” the author notes in the opening lines of one of this anthology’s 14 pieces, adding that refuges consist of “the familiar and tangible, until these locations are also (dis)placed.” In this genre-defying book, the author—a poet, essayist, and educator based in Athens, Greece—blends memoir, verse, literary criticism, and biting social commentary in essays that are united in their exploration of the human quest for a safe haven…