Safia Elhillo Books in Order
Safia Elhillo is a Sudanese-American poet known for her written and spoken poetry. Elhillo received a BA degree from the Gallatin School at New York University and an MFA in poetry from The New School. Elhillo has performed all around the world. She has won acclaim for her work and has been the recipient of several prestigious poetry awards. Elhillo has shared the stage with notable poets such as Sonia Sanchez and has taught at Split This Rock and Tin House Summer Workshop.
Bibliography verified: January 2026
Book Series by Safia Elhillo
- #1AmazonThe Future Has an Appointment with the Dawn (By: Honorée Fanonne Jeffers,Tanella Boni,Todd Fredson)(2011)
- #2AmazonThe Promise of Hope: New and Selected Poems, 1964-2013 (By: Kofi Awoonor)(2014)
- #3AmazonMadman at Kilifi (By: Clifton Gachagua)(2014)
- #4AmazonThe Kitchen-Dweller's Testimony (By: Kwame Dawes,Ladan Osman)(2015)
- #5AmazonFuchsia (By: Kwame Dawes,Mahtem Shiferraw)(2016)
- #6AmazonGabriel Okara: Collected Poems (By: Gabriel Okara)(2016)
- #7AmazonLogotherapy (By: Mukoma wa Ngugi)(2016)
- #8AmazonWhen the Wanderers Come Home (By: Patricia Jabbeh Wesley)(2016)
- #9AmazonThe January Children(2017)
- #10AmazonAfter the Ceremonies: New and Selected Poems (By: Ama Ata Aidoo,Helen Yitah)(2017)
- #11AmazonBeating the Graves (By: Tsitsi Ella Jaji)(2017)
- #12AmazonIn a Language That You Know (By: Len Verwey)(2017)
- #13AmazonThink of Lampedusa (By: Todd Fredson,John Keene,Josué Guébo)(2017)
- #14AmazonStray (By: Kwame Dawes,Bernard Farai Matambo)(2018)
- #15AmazonThe Careless Seamstress (By: Kwame Dawes,Tjawangwa Dema)(2019)
- #16AmazonYour Body Is War (By: Mahtem Shiferraw)(2019)
- #17AmazonModern Sudanese Poetry: An Anthology (By: Matthew Shenoda,Adil Babikir)(2019)
- #18AmazonSacrament of Bodies (By: Oluwasegun Romeo Oriogun)(2020)
- #19Amazon‘mamaseko (By: Thabile Makue)(2020)
- #20AmazonThe Rinehart Frames (By: Kwame Dawes,Cheswayo Mphanza)(2021)
- #21AmazonYour Crib, My Qibla (By: Saddiq Dzukogi)(2021)
- #22AmazonIn the Net (By: Christopher Wise,Mahmoudan Hawad,Helene Hawad)(2022)
- #23AmazonMummy Eaters (By: Kwame Dawes,Sherry Shenoda)(2022)
- #24AmazonThere Where It's So Bright in Me (By: Tanella Boni)(2022)
- #25AmazonKeorapetse Kgositsile: Collected Poems, 1969–2018 (By: Keorapetse Kgositsile,Phillippa Yaa de Villiers,Uhuru Portia Phalafala)(2023)
- #26AmazonWomen of Resistance(2018)
- #27AmazonHalal If You Hear Me(2019)
- #28AmazonBright Before Us Like a Flame: Igniting a New Generation of Writers(2025)
About Safia Elhillo
Safia Elhillo is a Sudanese-American poet known for her written and spoken poetry. Elhillo received a BA degree from the Gallatin School at New York University and an MFA in poetry from The New School. Elhillo has performed all around the world. She has won acclaim for her work and has been the recipient of several prestigious poetry awards. Elhillo has shared the stage with notable poets such as Sonia Sanchez and has taught at Split This Rock and Tin House Summer Workshop.
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