“I saw Sonora before me, so otherworldly, so desolate, some cast-out mistress on the pale blue planet, and longed suddenly to stay.” HomeMetaphorSettingDesertDescriptionSonoraHannah Lillith Assadi Book:Sonora Source: Sonora
“You and I, your mother, Ahlam, we are from up there,' my father continued. 'We come from the stunning stars. We were just born in the wrong place. We were meant to live on another planet. The people who come to the desert are those who know this, deep inside of them, we are from up there. From far, far away.” StarsSpaceSettingDesertFar AwayRefugeesSonoraHannah Lillith AssadiDisplaced Book:Sonora Source: Sonora
“I loved the abandoned subway stations, rushing past the darkened platforms, the sprawl of graffiti like old letters. Letters left by ghosts.” SettingNew York CitySubwaySonoraHannah Lillith Assadi Book:Sonora Source: Sonora
“I look out at the reservation, still and glittering with casinos, and think of all the death dried up and buried in its dirt.” DeathHistorySettingDescriptionSonoraHannah Lillith AssadiWhat Lies Beneath Book:Sonora Source: Sonora