The World and All That It Holds—in all its hilarious, heartbreaking, erotic, philosophical glory—showcases Aleksandar Hemon’s celebrated talent at its pinnacle. It is a grand, tender, sweeping story t...

Music alter ego of Aleksandar (Sasha) Hemon.

Godspotting by Aleksander Hemon explores the normalization of violence, new beginnings as a refugee, and Hemon's birthplace of Sarajevo. These poems illuminate the natural human desire to figure out o...

‘I came to this fine country from Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, in the winter of 1992, a couple of months before the war started.’ Aleksandar Hemon in Granta 108: Chicago

Prošle sedmice, u Tuzli, u posjetu mi je došao prijatelj. Aleksandar Hemon. Sjedili smo u Gradskoj kafani i razgovarali, uglavnom o književnosti. Ali moje prvo pitanje njemu bilo je: "Nedostaje li ti ...

ALEKSANDAR HEMON <br> I’ve learned that a small amount of painkill / blooms into a heartbreak, just as the moon / sinks in the ocean, smears and dissolves, / depleted by the longest of hopeful nights.

Africa Is a Country comes to New York to celebrate Africa at the World Cup and discuss the political fault lines of international football.

A Novel

Godspotting by Aleksander Hemon explores the normalization of violence, new beginnings as a refugee, and Hemon's birthplace of Sarajevo. These poems illuminate the natural human desire to figure out o...

ALEKSANDAR HEMON <br> I’ve learned that a small amount of painkill / blooms into a heartbreak, just as the moon / sinks in the ocean, smears and dissolves, / depleted by the longest of hopeful nights.