For several years, Nicholls worked as a volunteer writing mentor for members of the Write to Life group at Freedom from Torture. She tried to help people to find meaning from the seemingly meaningless acts of brutality and persecution they had experienced and to remake the stories of their lives.
This experience opened the eyes and the heart and Nicholls here finds a way of paying homage to the courage of the people she met and the incredible stories people shared with her. The 'Refugee' poems attempt to draw attention to the stories that we simply cannot ignore, stories that are crucial to us as a society.
There are poems here too in which Nicholls explores her own connections with home – with Yorkshire, where she is from, with language and place. Her poems mark a way of finding home and making meaning.
- ISBN10 1844718743
- ISBN13 9781844718740
- Publish Date 2 November 2011
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 2 August 2016
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Salt Publishing
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 32
- Language English
- URL http://saltpublishing.com/products/refugee-9781844718740