“All cities are like you anyway. Everything is cells and bodies.” So begins Maya McOmie’s poem “Leaving Town,” and the inspiration for the title of Ohio Migration Anthology, Volume Two.

Following the smash debut of “Far From Their Eyes: Ohio Migration Anthology, Volume One,” Ohio Immigrant Alliance is back with a new compilation of visual art, literary art, and interviews—including audio recordings—from people with connections to Ohio and to migration. Volume Two includes:

Our first trilingual story, Shirley Betzaida Lopez Sanchez’ “Mi Triste Infancia / My Sad Childhood / A nchwinqlale ky’ixk’oj” — written in Spanish, English, and Mam.

Our first play, Neema Bal and Katie Beck’s “Three Countries, One Mother.”

Our first textile art, Gloria Kellon’s story quilts depicting Black history and triumphs in the United States.

More accessible formats. Both the ebook and print edition have QR codes linking to video and audio content, including behind the scenes interviews and a stop-animation video accompanying Enock Sadiki’s “The Most Essential Part of My Life.”

Sadiki’s work is one of three contributions from the Illustrated Memoirs Project, an initiative in the Cincinnati public schools that empowers teenagers born in other countries to express themselves and the experiences that brought them to Ohio. His story is also available as a stop-animation video.

Foreword by Marina Manoukian, whose hit review of Volume One can be found in Arts Fuse.