How has the experience of being a refugee changed in a world of drones, 24-hour live news feeds, and text messages that zip across the globe in seconds? How does contemporary fiction capture the contradictions of being a refugee in a hyperconnected 21st century?

One of the more perplexing questions asked of academics seems to be, "how did your current project originate?" In responding to this question recently, I realized that the answer was surprisingly clear.