Far From Their Eyes: Ohio Migration Anthology, Volume One

Alabama and Argentina. Cleveland, Columbus, Cuba, and Czechoslovakia. Guinea, Haiti, and Kent. Mauritania and Mexico. New Jersey, New York, Panama, and Romania. Sierra Leone and South Sudan. Youngstown and Vietnam. 

What do these places have in common?

Find out as you read Far From Their Eyes: Ohio Migration Anthology, Volume One, a collection of essays, short stories, poems, interviews, and artwork from people with connections to Ohio and to migration. Hear from a descendant of African Americans who moved to Cleveland during the Great Migration, a daughter of Holocaust survivors, a future leader of Sierra Leone, and a fifth grader who wrote her grandpa’s life story. Paintings from Cuban-born Eldis Rodriguez-Baez and Bol Aweng of Sudan line the cover and pages. They are stunning.

Proceeds from the book sales are divided among contributors, with a portion donated to the Ohio Center for Strategic Immigration Litigation & Outreach (OCSILiO) and the Cleveland Association of Black Storytellers (CABS).

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Now accepting submissions for Volume Two! Read more here.

P.S. Check out the buzz about the anthology on Sound of Ideas, Ideastream Public Media and in the Columbus Free Press, La Mega Nota, Columbus Dispatch, Baptist News Global, The Arts Fuse, and Spectrum News. Follow the Ohio Immigrant Alliance on Facebook and Instagram and read their website.