The Silver Throat of the Moon: Writing in Exile Laura Fusco Men dropped down dead in

Men dropped down dead in the street by day and night

poems about bats

a young Egyptian writer and journalist visiting the war-ridden city for the first time

slow hours under candle-light

shrunken heads

The Silver Throat of the Moon: Writing in Exile Laura Fusco Men dropped down dead inRefugees and asylum seekers are rarely out of the headlines, or political debate, but only rarely do people in exile have the opportunity to speak for themselves. The Silver Throat of the Moon includes material from writers originating in countries as diverse as Algeria and Zimbabwe, Somalia and Iran, Kurdistan and Afghanistan. Some authors, like Choman Hardi, Sousa Jamba, Reza Baraheni and the late Miroslav Jancic are now well known internationally