Join us on Tuesday, February 20th at 7pm PT for the release of Lauren Markham's latest book, A Map of Future Ruins: On Borders and Belonging, with Oscar Villalon at 9th Ave!
Masks Encouraged for In-Person Attendance
Or watch online at the link below
https://youtube.com/live/M8G1fILUxWg
Praise for A Map of Future Ruins
"In this brilliant, timely meditation, Markham explores how the stories we tell about borders and who belongs can harden our hearts or help to open them. The threads she follows weave a tapestry as moving as it is illuminating." --Rebecca Solnit, author of Hope in the Dark and A Field Guide to Getting Lost
"Luminous and expansive ... Markham shows us what we most urgently need to see." --Ingrid Rojas Contreras, author of Fruit of the Drunken Tree and The Man Who Could Move Clouds
"Meticulous and exuberant, this is a journalist's wayfinding journey to map a truthful account of the current refugee crisis." -Thi Bui, author of The Best We Could Do
About A Map of Future Ruins
A provocative, virtuosic inquiry that reveals how the valorization of migrations past is intimately linked to the exclusion and demonization of migrants today.
When and how did migration become a crime? Why have "Greek ideals" remained foundational to the West's idea of itself? How have our personal migration myths - and nostalgia for times past--shaped today's troubling realities of nationalism and fortified borders?
In 2021, Lauren Markham went to Greece to cover the aftermath of a fire that had burned down the largest refugee camp in Europe. Almost no one had wanted the camp--not humanitarian activists, not the country's growing neo-fascist movement, not even the government, which resented the disproportionate responsibility it bore for an overwhelming international human rights problem. But almost immediately, in spite of scant evidence, six young Afghan refugees were arrested for the crime.
As she immersed herself in the story, Markham saw that it was part of a larger tapestry, rooted not only in centuries of global history but also in the myths we tell ourselves about who we are. A mesmerizing, trailblazing synthesis of reporting, history, memoir, and essay, A Map of Future Ruins helps us see that the stories we tell about migration don't just explain what happened. They are oracles: they predict the future.
About Lauren Markham
Lauren Markham is the author of the award-winning The Far Away Brothers: Two Young Migrants and the Making of an American Life. Her work has appeared in VQR, Harper's, The New York Times Magazine, The Guardian, The New York Review of Books, and other publications. She teaches writing at the University of San Francisco and in the Ashland University MFA in Writing Program.
About Oscar Villalon
Oscar Villalon is the editor of ZYZZYVA, a recipient of the Whiting Literary Magazine Prize. His work has been published in several publications, including The Believer, Stranger's Guide, Alta, and Lit Hub, where he is a contributing editor. He lives in San Francisco with his wife and their son.
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Masks Encouraged for In-Person Attendance
Or watch online at the link below
https://youtube.com/live/M8G1fILUxWg
Praise for A Map of Future Ruins
"In this brilliant, timely meditation, Markham explores how the stories we tell about borders and who belongs can harden our hearts or help to open them. The threads she follows weave a tapestry as moving as it is illuminating." --Rebecca Solnit, author of Hope in the Dark and A Field Guide to Getting Lost
"Luminous and expansive ... Markham shows us what we most urgently need to see." --Ingrid Rojas Contreras, author of Fruit of the Drunken Tree and The Man Who Could Move Clouds
"Meticulous and exuberant, this is a journalist's wayfinding journey to map a truthful account of the current refugee crisis." -Thi Bui, author of The Best We Could Do
About A Map of Future Ruins
A provocative, virtuosic inquiry that reveals how the valorization of migrations past is intimately linked to the exclusion and demonization of migrants today.
When and how did migration become a crime? Why have "Greek ideals" remained foundational to the West's idea of itself? How have our personal migration myths - and nostalgia for times past--shaped today's troubling realities of nationalism and fortified borders?
In 2021, Lauren Markham went to Greece to cover the aftermath of a fire that had burned down the largest refugee camp in Europe. Almost no one had wanted the camp--not humanitarian activists, not the country's growing neo-fascist movement, not even the government, which resented the disproportionate responsibility it bore for an overwhelming international human rights problem. But almost immediately, in spite of scant evidence, six young Afghan refugees were arrested for the crime.
As she immersed herself in the story, Markham saw that it was part of a larger tapestry, rooted not only in centuries of global history but also in the myths we tell ourselves about who we are. A mesmerizing, trailblazing synthesis of reporting, history, memoir, and essay, A Map of Future Ruins helps us see that the stories we tell about migration don't just explain what happened. They are oracles: they predict the future.
About Lauren Markham
Lauren Markham is the author of the award-winning The Far Away Brothers: Two Young Migrants and the Making of an American Life. Her work has appeared in VQR, Harper's, The New York Times Magazine, The Guardian, The New York Review of Books, and other publications. She teaches writing at the University of San Francisco and in the Ashland University MFA in Writing Program.
About Oscar Villalon
Oscar Villalon is the editor of ZYZZYVA, a recipient of the Whiting Literary Magazine Prize. His work has been published in several publications, including The Believer, Stranger's Guide, Alta, and Lit Hub, where he is a contributing editor. He lives in San Francisco with his wife and their son.
Join us on Tuesday, February 20th at 7pm PT for the release of Lauren Markham's latest book, A Map of Future Ruins: On Borders and Belonging, with Oscar Villalon at 9th Ave!
Masks Encouraged for In-Person Attendance
Or watch online at the link below
https://youtube.com/live/M8G1fILUxWg
Praise for A Map of Future Ruins
"In this brilliant, timely meditation, Markham explores how the stories we tell about borders and who belongs can harden our hearts or help to open them. The threads she follows weave a tapestry as moving as it is illuminating." --Rebecca Solnit, author of Hope in the Dark and A Field Guide to Getting Lost
"Luminous and expansive ... Markham shows us what we most urgently need to see." --Ingrid Rojas Contreras, author of Fruit of the Drunken Tree and The Man Who Could Move Clouds
"Meticulous and exuberant, this is a journalist's wayfinding journey to map a truthful account of the current refugee crisis." -Thi Bui, author of The Best We Could Do
About A Map of Future Ruins
A provocative, virtuosic inquiry that reveals how the valorization of migrations past is intimately linked to the exclusion and demonization of migrants today.
When and how did migration become a crime? Why have "Greek ideals" remained foundational to the West's idea of itself? How have our personal migration myths - and nostalgia for times past--shaped today's troubling realities of nationalism and fortified borders?
In 2021, Lauren Markham went to Greece to cover the aftermath of a fire that had burned down the largest refugee camp in Europe. Almost no one had wanted the camp--not humanitarian activists, not the country's growing neo-fascist movement, not even the government, which resented the disproportionate responsibility it bore for an overwhelming international human rights problem. But almost immediately, in spite of scant evidence, six young Afghan refugees were arrested for the crime.
As she immersed herself in the story, Markham saw that it was part of a larger tapestry, rooted not only in centuries of global history but also in the myths we tell ourselves about who we are. A mesmerizing, trailblazing synthesis of reporting, history, memoir, and essay, A Map of Future Ruins helps us see that the stories we tell about migration don't just explain what happened. They are oracles: they predict the future.
About Lauren Markham
Lauren Markham is the author of the award-winning The Far Away Brothers: Two Young Migrants and the Making of an American Life. Her work has appeared in VQR, Harper's, The New York Times Magazine, The Guardian, The New York Review of Books, and other publications. She teaches writing at the University of San Francisco and in the Ashland University MFA in Writing Program.
About Oscar Villalon
Oscar Villalon is the editor of ZYZZYVA, a recipient of the Whiting Literary Magazine Prize. His work has been published in several publications, including The Believer, Stranger's Guide, Alta, and Lit Hub, where he is a contributing editor. He lives in San Francisco with his wife and their son.
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Masks Encouraged for In-Person Attendance
Or watch online at the link below
https://youtube.com/live/M8G1fILUxWg
Praise for A Map of Future Ruins
"In this brilliant, timely meditation, Markham explores how the stories we tell about borders and who belongs can harden our hearts or help to open them. The threads she follows weave a tapestry as moving as it is illuminating." --Rebecca Solnit, author of Hope in the Dark and A Field Guide to Getting Lost
"Luminous and expansive ... Markham shows us what we most urgently need to see." --Ingrid Rojas Contreras, author of Fruit of the Drunken Tree and The Man Who Could Move Clouds
"Meticulous and exuberant, this is a journalist's wayfinding journey to map a truthful account of the current refugee crisis." -Thi Bui, author of The Best We Could Do
About A Map of Future Ruins
A provocative, virtuosic inquiry that reveals how the valorization of migrations past is intimately linked to the exclusion and demonization of migrants today.
When and how did migration become a crime? Why have "Greek ideals" remained foundational to the West's idea of itself? How have our personal migration myths - and nostalgia for times past--shaped today's troubling realities of nationalism and fortified borders?
In 2021, Lauren Markham went to Greece to cover the aftermath of a fire that had burned down the largest refugee camp in Europe. Almost no one had wanted the camp--not humanitarian activists, not the country's growing neo-fascist movement, not even the government, which resented the disproportionate responsibility it bore for an overwhelming international human rights problem. But almost immediately, in spite of scant evidence, six young Afghan refugees were arrested for the crime.
As she immersed herself in the story, Markham saw that it was part of a larger tapestry, rooted not only in centuries of global history but also in the myths we tell ourselves about who we are. A mesmerizing, trailblazing synthesis of reporting, history, memoir, and essay, A Map of Future Ruins helps us see that the stories we tell about migration don't just explain what happened. They are oracles: they predict the future.
About Lauren Markham
Lauren Markham is the author of the award-winning The Far Away Brothers: Two Young Migrants and the Making of an American Life. Her work has appeared in VQR, Harper's, The New York Times Magazine, The Guardian, The New York Review of Books, and other publications. She teaches writing at the University of San Francisco and in the Ashland University MFA in Writing Program.
About Oscar Villalon
Oscar Villalon is the editor of ZYZZYVA, a recipient of the Whiting Literary Magazine Prize. His work has been published in several publications, including The Believer, Stranger's Guide, Alta, and Lit Hub, where he is a contributing editor. He lives in San Francisco with his wife and their son.
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