Safia Elhillo

Safia Elhillo is a Sudanese-American poet known for both written and spoken work. She holds a BA from the Gallatin School at New York University and an MFA in poetry from The New School, and has performed around the world and shared the stage with Sonia Sanchez. Her books include the poetry collection Girls That Never Die: Poems and the fiction title Home Is Not a Country, and she has taught at Split This Rock and the Tin House Summer Workshop.