Make Me A World

“I grew up obsessed with this alternate version of myself”: A conversation with Safia Elhillo

Safia Elhillo on the inspiration behind Home is Not a Country and writing a world that reflects the one she grew up in.

Home is Not a Country: A novel-in-verse about the meaning of home

verse novel, YA

Here is a lyrical love letter to the children of the diaspora, teaching us that there are other ways to find home. Home is not a country: it exists within all of us.