Ayad Akhtar: Homeland Elegies
About the Event:
Homeland Elegies is Pulitzer-winning playwright and novelist Ayad Akhtar’s lyrical response to post-9/11, Trump-era American politics. Drawing on his perspective as the child of Muslim immigrants, Akhtar pens an elegy to the American dream. Part memoir, part fiction, this novel about a father and son searching for belonging paints a picture of disillusionment. Akhtar is joined at CHF by Obama-administration alumnus and founder of Interfaith Youth Core Eboo Patel to discuss his latest book and what it means to call a country home.
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This program is presented in partnership with PEN America.
This program is generously underwritten by Anita and Prabhakant Sinha.
About the Book:
- The Chicago Humanities Festival is pleased to partner with the Seminary Co-op Bookstores, a not-for-profit bookstore whose mission is bookselling.
- When you purchase your copy of Homeland Elegies from Seminary Co-op you are directly supporting independent bookselling in Chicago and a vital space for book browsing, discovery, and community.
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