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Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus»Der Fall McNeal« — Ayad Akhtar im Gespräch mit Philipp Rosendahl und Daniel BrackerDer vielfach ausgezeichnete New Yorker Dramatiker Ayad Akhtar war zur Premiere seines Stücks »Der Fall McNeal« zu Gast im D’haus und sprach mit Regisseur Philipp Rosendahl und dem Philosophen Daniel Bracker über die Inszenierung, Künstliche Intelligenz und Autor:innenschaft. Welche Rolle spielte KI in der Entstehung des Textes und der Produktion hier am Haus? Wie kann man die Präsenz von KI auf der Bühne spürbar machen? Wo liegen die Grenzen? Und ist die Nutzung von KI eher eine Chance oder ein Risiko? Moderiert wurde das Gespräch von Tina Lorenz.
2025-10-0946 min
No Script: The Podcast"McNeal" by Ayad Akhtar | S15.E02Jackson and Jacob discuss Ayad Akhtar's new play "McNeal" which starred Robert Downey Jr. in its Broadway debut. In the play, Akhtar takes on the issue everyone's talking about: AI.
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2025-09-0856 min
Ö1 KulturjournalAyad Akhtar ++ Theater Nestroyhof Hamakom ++ Arno FrankModeration: Wolfgang Popp ++ Für das am Wochenende aufgeführte Stück „Der Fall Mc Neal“ kehrt Joachim Meyerhoff zurück ans Burgtheater geholt, geschrieben hat es der US-amerikanische Autor und Pulitzer-Preisträger Ayad Akhtar. Katharina Menhofer ++ Wie kann man weiterleben, wenn man mit gerade einmal 20 Jahren schon Krieg und Verfolgung erlebt hat, dem Vernichtungslager Auschwitz entkommen ist? In „Langsam, ohne zu zögern“ wird versucht, das zu beantworten. Das Stück von Elise Hofner und Samuel Machto ist ab heute Abend im Theater Nestroyhof Hamakom zu sehen. Julia Sahlender ++ Für seinen neuen Roman „Ginsterburg“ hat der Journalist und Autor Arno Frank...
2025-03-0420 min
On with Kara SwisherRobert Downey Jr., Ayad Akhtar and Bartlett Sher on “Truthful Lies” in AI, Art and Politics“Digital machines are not just remaking stories, they're remaking us.” So says Oscar-winning actor Robert Downey Jr. as the titular character in his Broadway debut, MCNEAL. Kara talks with Downey Jr., Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Ayad Akhtar and Tony-winning director Bartlett Sher about the play and the thorny questions it raises around truth, lies and power in the AI age. They also discuss who is responsible for creating a new “social contract” around AI. Plus: Kara and Robert get into the Marvel Cinematic Universe and whether Downey is more like Elon Musk as Tony Stark aka Iron Man or in his upco...
2024-10-2155 min
Beyond the Page: The Best of the Sun Valley Writers’ ConferenceAndrea Elliott in conversation with Ayad AkhtarPulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist Andrea Elliot sits down with another Pulitzer winner, novelist and playwright Ayad Akhtar, at the 2023 Writers’ Conference to talk about Elliot’s book, Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival, and Hope in an American City. The subject of the book is a Black girl in New York City named Dasani, whose story – told through the lens of almost a decade of Elliot’s deep reporting – brings to vivid and devastating life the realities of how poverty and race and the moral failings of our institutions impact the most marginal among us. Elliott tells us about Dasani's li...
2023-12-1542 min
Voices of Interfaith AmericaIs the Concept of 'Victimhood' Detrimental to Free Speech?Ayad Akhtar, American playwright, novelist, and screenwriter, joins Eboo Patel at the Chicago Humanities Festival to discuss art, creativity, and cultural sensitivity. They emphasize the need to engage with and respect different identities in a diverse democracy rather than resorting to simplistic labels like "victim" or "racist." Bio: Ayad Akhtar is a novelist and playwright. His work has been published and performed in over two dozen languages. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Edith Wharton Citation of Merit for Fiction, and an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Ak...
2023-11-211h 08
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2023-09-1900 min
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2023-09-1900 min
doyanutangREAD [PDF] Homeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar READ [PDF] Homeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar Read Online Homeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar is a great book to read and that's why I recommend reading or downloading ebook Homeland Elegies for free in any format with visit the link button below. **Read Book Here ==> https://kesusuberi.blogspot.com/50358133-homeland-elegies **Download Book Here ==> https://kesusuberi.blogspot.com/50358133-homeland-elegies Book Synopsis : A deeply personal work about hope and identity in a nation coming apart at the seams, Homeland Elegies blends fact and fiction to tell an epic story of belonging and dispossession in...
2023-09-0100 min
💥BÜCHERALARM@school: Der Bücher-Podcast aus der Schule💥BÜCHERALARM@school💥"Disgraced: A Play" von Ayad Akhtar | Erschienen bei WestermannWillkommen am Otto-von-Taube-Gymnasium Gauting bei München. Wir, das P-Seminar „Podcasts Literatur“ der 12. Klasse machen mit bei der bundesweiten Aktion 💥BÜCHERALARM💥und haben für euch zu zweit einen spannenden Podcast produziert! Diesmal wir euch das Buch „Disgraced“ von Ayad Akhtar vorstellen, das im Westermann-Verlag veröffentlicht wurde.Worum geht es? Das Theaterstück Disgraced (Deutsch: "Geächtet") erzählt von religiösen Konflikten, Freundschaft, Liebe, Familie und Konkurrenz. Amir versteckt seinen muslimischen Hintergrund und hat seinen Nachnamen geändert, um als Nachkomme pakistanischer Einwanderer in einer jüdischen Anwaltskanzlei beruflich erfolgreich sein zu können. Das führt nicht...
2022-11-1136 minBeyond the Page: The Best of the Sun Valley Writers’ ConferenceBeing American in the World We've Made: Ben Rhodes in Conversation with Ayad AkhtarIn this episode of Beyond the Page, BEN RHODES, Barack Obama’s former Deputy National Security Advisor, sits down at the Sun Valley Writers’ Conference with Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and playwright AYAD AKHTAR for a deeply informed conversation about the state of the world we are living in today, with the rise of authoritarian leaders and ethno-nationalism and the flood of disinformation enabling them — and what responsibility America must take for these threats to freedom across the globe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2022-10-2129 min
Modern LoveA Mother's SecretAyad Akhtar’s parents met in Pakistan in the early ’60s, when they were both medical students and “ridiculously attractive” — or so their friends say. Despite having a love marriage (against the wishes of their parents), theirs was rocky from the start.“By the time I was 4, I already knew my father had ‘other women,’ as my mother used to call them,” Ayad wrote in his Modern Love essay. But it wasn’t until years later, when Ayad was an adult, that his mother shared her own confession with him. Today, Ayad tells his story about seeing his moth...
2022-07-1317 min
Modern LoveA Mother's SecretAyad Akhtar’s parents met in Pakistan in the early ’60s, when they were both medical students and “ridiculously attractive” — or so their friends say. Despite having a love marriage (against the wishes of their parents), theirs was rocky from the start.“By the time I was 4, I already knew my father had ‘other women,’ as my mother used to call them,” Ayad wrote in his Modern Love essay. But it wasn’t until years later, when Ayad was an adult, that his mother shared her own confession with him. Today, Ayad tells his story about seeing his mother in a new light. Then, we...
2022-07-1317 min
Modern LoveA Mother's SecretAyad Akhtar’s parents met in Pakistan in the early ’60s, when they were both medical students and “ridiculously attractive” — or so their friends say. Despite having a love marriage (against the wishes of their parents), theirs was rocky from the start.“By the time I was 4, I already knew my father had ‘other women,’ as my mother used to call them,” Ayad wrote in his Modern Love essay. But it wasn’t until years later, when Ayad was an adult, that his mother shared her own confession with him. Today, Ayad tells his story about seeing his mother in a new light. Then, we...
2022-07-1318 min
Modern LoveA Mother's SecretAyad Akhtar’s parents met in Pakistan in the early ’60s, when they were both medical students and “ridiculously attractive” — or so their friends say. Despite having a love marriage (against the wishes of their parents), theirs was rocky from the start.“By the time I was 4, I already knew my father had ‘other women,’ as my mother used to call them,” Ayad wrote in his Modern Love essay. But it wasn’t until years later, when Ayad was an adult, that his mother shared her own confession with him. Today, Ayad tells his story about seeing his mother in a new light. Then, we...
2022-07-1318 min
Modern LoveA Mother's SecretAyad Akhtar’s parents met in Pakistan in the early ’60s, when they were both medical students and “ridiculously attractive” — or so their friends say. Despite having a love marriage (against the wishes of their parents), theirs was rocky from the start.“By the time I was 4, I already knew my father had ‘other women,’ as my mother used to call them,” Ayad wrote in his Modern Love essay. But it wasn’t until years later, when Ayad was an adult, that his mother shared her own confession with him. Today, Ayad tells his story about seeing his mother in a new light. Then, we...
2022-07-1317 min
Modern LoveA Mother's SecretAyad Akhtar’s parents met in Pakistan in the early ’60s, when they were both medical students and “ridiculously attractive” — or so their friends say. Despite having a love marriage (against the wishes of their parents), theirs was rocky from the start.“By the time I was 4, I already knew my father had ‘other women,’ as my mother used to call them,” Ayad wrote in his Modern Love essay. But it wasn’t until years later, when Ayad was an adult, that his mother shared her own confession with him. Today, Ayad tells his story about seeing his mother in a new light. Then, we...
2022-07-1318 min
Theatre CouchEpisode 4 - Disgraced by Ayad AkhtarHow much does one Muslim man have to give up in order to be accepted by American society? Join Nathan and Nikki as they tackle this and other complex questions posed by Ayad Akhtar's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Disgraced, published by Back Bay Books | Little, Brown and Company. Topics include: Islamophobia, covert racism, and the dangers of religious fundamentalism. Produced and hosted by Nathan Inzerillo and Nikki Jacobs. Theme song written and performed by Nathan Inzerillo and Nikki Jacobs. Visit Us: nathaninzerillo.comnikkijacobs.comSupport the show
2022-02-2140 min
Long Overdue: A Franklin Public Library PodcastEnd of the 2021 Wrap Up EpisodeIn this episode librarians Andy, Keri, Sam, and Sarah talk about their favorite books they've read during 2021 and preview some books they're excited about in 2022.
In this episode we talked about:
Don't Believe It by Charlie Donlea
The Girl Who Was Taken by Charlie Donlea
The Suicide House by Charlie Donlea
Some Choose Darkness by Charlie Donlea
Twenty Years Later by Charlie Donlea
Sergeant Salinger by Jerome Charyn
Cool Town: How Athens, Georgia, Launched Alternative Music and Changed American Culture...
2021-12-1754 minLong Overdue: A Franklin Public Library PodcastWisconsin Library Association Award Winning BooksIn this episode of Long Overdue librarians Sam and Briony discuss their work on the Wisconsin Library Association (WLA) Literary Award and Children's Book Award committees. They discuss the overall winners and some of their favorites. For more information about the awards and links to all of the winners visit: https://www.wisconsinlibraries.org/wla-literary-awards
The books we talked about were:
Homeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar (Literary Award Winner)
All Adults Here by Emma Straub
Real Life by Brandon Taylor
The Coyotes of Carthage by Steven...
2021-09-2930 min
Dialogue with Marcia FranklinPlaywright Ayad Akhtar: Our Tribal IdentitiesPulitzer Prize-winning playwright Ayad Akhtar talks with Marcia Franklin about his trajectory from Milwaukee to Broadway, and the often controversial themes of his works. Akhtar won the Pulitzer Prize in 2013 for his play "Disgraced." Don't forget to subscribe, and visit the Dialogue website for more conversations that matter. Originally Aired: 9/8/2017 The interview is part of Dialogue's series "Conversations from the Sun Valley Writers' Conference" and was taped at the 2017 conference. Since 1995, the conference has been bringing together some of the world's most well-known and illuminating authors to discuss literature and life.
2021-08-2929 min
The PEN PodNavigating the Debacle in Afghanistan: George Packer and Ayad Akhtar, Plus the Future for Afghan WomenOn this special edition of The PEN Pod, we focus on the fall of the US-backed government in Afghanistan. First, we have a conversation between PEN America president Ayad Akhtar and journalist and author George Packer. They discuss the fate of Afghanistan's writers and translators, reflect on the decline of American power globally, and discuss more broadly the future of defending free expression. Then, we preview a PEN.org conversation with Afghan American author Nadia Hashimi—and outline how you can take action to defend Afghanistan's writers, artists, and free speech defenders.
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2021-08-2018 min
Work in Progress with Christopher Wong MichaelsonWho is Capitalism? A conversation about Homeland Elegies with Ayad Akhtar and Azish FilabiWork in Progress with Christopher Michaelson, discusses every working person’s work in progress, namely, our quest to be fully human in a working world that all too often makes us feel like machines, in which we often don’t even have time to think, and that, in the words of Studs Terkel, too often feels like “a Monday through Friday sort of dying.”Our third podcast episode airs with host Michaelson and two guests: Playwright, novelist, screenwriter, Pulitzer Prize winner, and the author of Homeland Elegies, Ayad Akhtar as well as the reviewer of Homeland Elegies, Associat...
2021-08-051h 01
Poured OverAyad Akhtar on HOMELAND ELEGIESAyad Akhtar's plays—Disgraced (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama), The Who and the What, and Junk¬—and his novels, American Dervish and Homeland Elegies, are electrifying, unforgettable works of art that push audiences and readers to think about community and power, money and success, and what it means to be American. He joins us on the show to talk about the inspiration for the outrageous and wildly funny Homeland Elegies (now available in paperback), Shakespeare and more. Featured books: Homeland Elegies, American Dervish, Disgraced and Junk by Ayad Akhtar; Ravelstein and The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bello...
2021-07-0135 min
DeScriptedEp12 - Disgraced by Ayad Ahktar [2013 Winner]In this episode, Randy and Tyler discuss the 2013 Pulitzer Prizewinning Play, Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar.Synopsis from Lincoln Center Theatre: DISGRACED is the story of Amir Kapoor, a successful Pakistani-American lawyer who is rapidly moving up the corporate ladder while distancing himself from his cultural roots. When Amir and his wife Emily, a white artist influenced by Islamic imagery, host a dinner party, what starts out as a friendly conversation escalates into something far more damaging.******* IN OUR NEXT EPISODE *******Join us as we discuss They Knew What They Wanted by Sidney Howard, winner of t...
2021-06-2719 min
Aspen Ideas to GoAn Outsider's Search for Belonging in AmericaAward-winning author and playwright Ayad Akhtar grapples with identity and belonging just like the protagonist in his book "Homeland Elegies." "In some ways being an outsider has given me a freedom to be able to withstand and bear some of the forced outsiderness. It gives me a perspective," he says. His fictional book, named one of the 10 Best Books of the Year by the New York Times, draws from Akhtar's personal experiences and the political climate in the United States. Through the story of an immigrant father and his son, the book responds to issues of our time like the...
2021-06-0249 min
Aspen Ideas to GoAn Outsider's Search for Belonging in AmericaAward-winning author and playwright Ayad Akhtar grapples with identity and belonging just like the protagonist in his book Homeland Elegies. "In some ways being an outsider has given me a freedom to be able to withstand and bear some of the forced outsiderness. It gives me a perspective," he says. His fictional book, named one of the 10 Best Books of the Year by the New York Times, draws from Akhtar's personal experiences and the political climate in the United States. Through the story of an immigrant father and his son, the book responds to issues of our time like...
2021-06-0247 minThe PEN PodFestival Day One: Masha Gessen, Ayad Akhtar, and the PEN World Voices FestivalAs we dive into the first day of the 2021 PEN World Voices Festival, we talk to virtual co-hosts Ayad Akhtar and Masha Gessen, who share their thoughts on a global virtual festival as we still contend with global crises. Then, we preview the week ahead for the festival—tickets are on sale at pen.org/festival.
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2021-05-1817 min
Adelaide Writers' WeekAWW21 Homeland Elegies - Ayad AkhtarDescribed by Richard Flanagan as the “best American novel I’ve read in years”, Pulitzer Prize-winner Ayad Akhtar’s Homeland Elegies combines memoir and essay, fact and fiction to deliver a tour de force. How, his narrator asks, can he “express the complex, often contradictory alchemy at work in translating experience into art?”. This powerful, courageous and extraordinarily timely work is his answer, exploring not just the state of contemporary America in the Trump era, and the relationship between East and West, but searing questions of identity, family and art.Chaired by Ben Brooker
2021-03-231h 00
Pb Living - A daily book reviewA Book Review - Homeland Elegies by Ayad AkhtarPublisher: Little, Brown, 2020"Passionate, disturbing, unputdownable." - Salman RushdieA deeply personal work about hope and identity in a nation coming apart at the seams, Homeland Elegies blends fact and fiction to tell an epic story of belonging and dispossession in the world that 9/11 made. Part family drama, part social essay, part picaresque adventure -- at its heart, it is the story of a father, a son, and the country they both call home.Akhtar forges a new narrative voice to capture a country in which debt has ruined countless lives and our...
2020-12-1403 min
WorkingWhy Writer Ayad Akhtar Reads Shakespeare Every DayThis week, host Isaac Butler talks to playwright Ayad Akhtar about dream journals, beginning the workday by reading Shakespeare, and other creative rituals and techniques. Then Ayad discusses the origins of his new novel, Homeland Elegies, and explains how he was able to blend autobiographical elements with fictional ones. After the interview, Isaac and co-host June Thomas talk about one of Ayad’s mentors, legendary theater director Jerzy Grotowski.In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, Ayad recommends two books that transformed the way he thinks about writing. Send your questions about creativity and any...
2020-12-0647 minWorkingWhy Writer Ayad Akhtar Reads Shakespeare Every DayThis week, host Isaac Butler talks to playwright Ayad Akhtar about dream journals, beginning the workday by reading Shakespeare, and other creative rituals and techniques. Then Ayad discusses the origins of his new novel, Homeland Elegies, and explains how he was able to blend autobiographical elements with fictional ones. After the interview, Isaac and co-host June Thomas talk about one of Ayad’s mentors, legendary theater director Jerzy Grotowski.In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, Ayad recommends two books that transformed the way he thinks about writing. Send your questions about creativity and any...
2020-12-0651 min
La Jolla Playhouse PresentsCOFFEE WITH THE PLAYHOUSE Ft. Ayad AkhtarAward-Winning Playwright Ayad Akhtar Joins Us! Watch the full video here: https://youtu.be/0vxs2XI2I5QTime Stamp for Straight-to-Interview content: 06:00Rich Family Artistic Director of La Jolla Playhouse Christopher Ashley catches up with Ayad Akhtar - the acclaimed screenwriter, novelist and playwright of two Playhouse world premieres: 2014's The Who & The What, which went on to Lincoln Center Theater and was subsequently produced around the world, and 2016's Junk: The Golden Age of Debt, which enjoyed a second life on Broadway before receiving a Tony nomination for Best Play. Named American Theatre...
2020-12-0556 min
PapercutsIs this the Real Life?The gang are back with their usual witches brew of book news, insightful book reviews and discussions, not-book reviews and their dangerously teetering TBR piles.
Books reviewed this episode:
KD: Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart (Picador/Grove Atlantic)
LK: Real Life by Brandon Taylor (Daunt Books)
JT: Earthlings by Sayaka Murata (Granta)
Not books:
KD: Magazines are back! Welcome back Metro and North & South
LK: Season Two of His Dark Materials and Daisy Johnson’s horror fiction recommendations.
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2020-12-011h 20
Self Evident: Asian America's StoriesI VotedDuring the 48 hours of uncertainty after November 3, 2020, our producer James called over a dozen people — not to talk about Trump vs. Biden, but about the more systemic problems that would stick with us after all the votes were counted. These conversations with family and friends led him to reexamine a pivotal moment in his civic education: When he founded a chapter of the Junior State of America in the midst of the 2000 Presidential race, and learned that the act of democracy was a lot tougher than it seemed. After speaking with Cris Aguila and Karl Kr...
2020-11-1745 min
BookableCathy Park Hong & Ayad AkhtarWhat happens when you write about the American experience from two opposing viewpoints? In novelist and playwright Ayad Akhtar’s latest book, we follow the rise of Trump, White Supremacy and the consequences of falling prey to American Capitalism when you’re a hard working immigrant. We asked Cathy Park Hong, poet and author of the critically acclaimed essay collection Minor Feelings, to talk to Ayad about his new novel Homeland Elegies. Their conversation is smart, insightful, political and profound. Episode Credits:This episode was produced by Andrew Dunn and Amanda Stern. I...
2020-11-101h 02
The Weekly ReaderNew Fiction from Chinese-American author Susie Yang and Pakistani-American playwright Ayad AkhtarAmerican Identity is often complex, and sometimes, hyphenated! On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review Chinese-American author Susie Yang's White Ivy and Pakistani-American playwright Ayad Akhtar's Homeland Elegies.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2020-11-0303 min
Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & PoetryAyad Akhtar : Homeland Elegies“An urgent, intimate hybrid of memoir and fiction, Homeland Elegies lays bare the broken heart of our American dream turned reality TV nightmare. The book . . . brilliantly captures how we got to this exact moment in time and at what cost. Stunning.” —A. M. Homes
“An unflinchingly honest self-portrait by a brilliant Muslim-American writer, and, beyond that, an unsparing examination of both sides of that fraught hyphenated reality. Passionate, disturbing, unputdownable.” —Salman Rushdie
2020-11-011h 59
The Maris ReviewEpisode 74: Rumaan AlamRumaan Alam is the author of Leave the World Behind, Rich and Pretty, and That Kind of Mother. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Elle, New York Magazine, The Los Angeles Review of Books, The Wall Street Journal, The Rumpus, Buzzfeed, and elsewhere. He studied at Oberlin College, and lives in Brooklyn, New York.Recommended Reading:Memorial by Bryan WashingtonHomeland Elegies by Ayad AkhtarThis Episode's Sponsors:This episode is brought to you by Amazon Publishing and the new short story collection Nothing Like I Im...
2020-10-2244 min
Books & Ideas AudioAyad Akhtar in Conversation with Eleanor Wachtel“The weight of politics in our country had coalesced and summoned a response out of me,” said Ayad Akhtar, the Pulitzer Prize-winning, Pakistani American novelist, playwright and screenwriter explained of his latest work, Homeland Elegies. Is it, he wondered, possible to write a letter to America in such a time—a letter to all Americans? Judging by the acclaim for this title, the answer is Yes. The story of the son of an immigrant father who searches for belonging in post-Trump America has been called “a revelation,” “profound and provocative” and “An unflinchingly honest self-portrait by a brilliant Muslim-American writer,” and the...
2020-10-141h 27
LA Review of BooksHomeland Elegies: Ayad Akhtar on mourning AmericaAkhtar talks about his new book Homeland Elegies, a hybrid of memoir, cultural criticism, psychological study, and loosely plotted novel that uniquely responds to the chaos and confusion of contemporary American life. The hosts also talk with Akhtar about the political, social, and affective entanglements of diaspora consciousness and experience (in this case, for Muslims from Pakistan living in the US), and about the Whitmanian fantasy of a diverse nation.
Also, Vivian Gornick, author of Unfinished Business: Notes of a Chronic Re-Reader, returns to recommend a collection she has returned to her entire life, Natalia Ginzburg's The Little Virtues.
2020-10-0943 min
Chicago Humanities TapesAyad Akhtar: Homeland ElegiesHomeland 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. This program was livestreamed on September 23, 2020.
This program is generously underwritten by Anita an...
2020-10-0755 minThe Maris ReviewEpisode 71: Ayad AkhtarAyad Akhtar is a playwright, novelist, and the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is the author of American Dervish, named a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2012. As a playwright, he has written numerous award-winning works. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2020-10-0127 min
Pod Save the WorldTrump’s foreign IOUsTrump’s taxes reveal foreign income and liabilities, why Armenia and Azerbaijan are at war, the White House’s efforts to bribe Sudan, politically-charged corruption charges in Pakistan, Europe’s Covid spike, the US threatens to close its embassy in Baghdad, new sanctions on Iran and Cuba, Bibi Netanyahu’s dirty laundry, why Yelp reviews are dangerous in Thailand and the story of a heroic rat. Then Ben’s interview with Ayad Akhtar, Pulitzer Prize winning playwright and author of the new novel Homeland Elegies, about what it means to be an American, and how global attitudes about the United Sta...
2020-09-301h 17
South Asian Films and BooksAyad Akhtar Ep. 11In this episode I interview playwright and author Ayad Akhtar about his new book "Homeland Elegies: A Novel". Akhtar's writing covers various themes including the American-Pakistani experience, Islam, identity, immigration, nationalism, globalization, and economy. In 2013 he won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play "Disgraced."
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2020-09-2642 min
The Book ReviewAyad Akhtar on Truth and FictionAkhtar discusses "Homeland Elegies," and Marc Lacey talks about "Cry Havoc," by Michael Signer, and "The Violence Inside Us," by Chris Murphy.
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2020-09-1859 min
The Literary Life with Mitchell KaplanAyad Akhtar on Why Deep Reading Really Matters (Now More Than Ever)Ayad Akhtar joins Mitchell Kaplan on this new episode of The Literary Life. Akhtar shares Homeland Elegies, “part memoir, part novel,” about an American son, his immigrant father, and their life in a post-9/11 America. Akhtar is a playwright, novelist Pulitzer Prize recipient who will serve as the next president of PEN America. Recorded in Miami and New York City.Host: Mitchell KaplanProducer: Carmen LucasEditor: Justin Alvarez, Lit Hub Radiohttps://booksandbooks.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2020-09-1835 min
Enjoy Amazing Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+Homeland Elegies: A Novel by Ayad AkhtarPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415181to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Homeland Elegies: A Novel
Author: Ayad Akhtar
Narrator: Ayad Akhtar
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 19 minutes
Release date: September 15, 2020
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 24
Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 14
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
This "profound and provocative" work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Disgraced and American Dervish followsan immigrant father and his son as they search for belonging—in post-Trump America, and with each other (Kirkus Reviews). "Passionate, disturbing, unputdownable." —Salman Rushdie A deeply personal work about identity and belonging in a nation coming apart at the seams...
2020-09-1510h 19The PEN PodHomeland Elegies and Ayad Akhtar; Plus Resistance in BelarusIt's publication day for Pulitzer winner and incoming PEN America president Ayad Akhtar. He talks about his new book, Homeland Elegies, which launches tonight at a special virtual PEN Out Loud conversation with Ben Rhodes. He discusses the blurred lines between fact and fiction, American decay, and the challenges he sees on the horizon. Then, we check in with PEN America's own Polina Sadovskaya about the situation in Belarus, including the condition of a group of our colleagues from PEN Belarus
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2020-09-1524 minDiscover Top Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalHomeland Elegies: A Novel by Ayad AkhtarPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415181to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Homeland Elegies: A Novel
Author: Ayad Akhtar
Narrator: Ayad Akhtar
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 19 minutes
Release date: September 15, 2020
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 24
Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 14
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
This "profound and provocative" work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Disgraced and American Dervish followsan immigrant father and his son as they search for belonging—in post-Trump America, and with each other (Kirkus Reviews). "Passionate, disturbing, unputdownable." —Salman Rushdie A deeply personal work about identity and belonging in a nation coming apart at the seams...
2020-09-1510h 19
Get Lost In The Full Audiobook That Keeps Story Seekers Hooked.Homeland Elegies by Ayad AkhtarPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/151461to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Homeland Elegies
Author: Ayad Akhtar
Narrator: Ayad Akhtar
Format: mp3
Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
Release date: 09-15-20
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 1,745 ratings
Genres: Asian
Publisher's Summary:
A deeply personal work about identity and belonging in a nation coming apart at the seams, Homeland Elegies blends fact and fiction to tell an epic story of longing and dispossession in the world that 9/11 made. Part family drama, part social essay, part picaresque novel, at its heart it is the story of a father, a son, and the country they both...
2020-09-1510h 19Beyond the Page: The Best of the Sun Valley Writers’ ConferenceAyad Akhtar: Finding a Voice to Address the American 'Us'In this episode of Beyond the Page, host John Burnham Schwartz talks with Ayad Akhtar, the new president of PEN America and author of Homeland Elegies, about the uncanny experience of writing his latest novel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2020-09-1448 min
The Voracious StudentZakiya Young - The Teachable SpiritZakiya Young, a Los Angeles-based actress and VO artist, talks about why she has felt called to speak about race and how having a teachable spirit is essential to dismantling racism. Zakiya tells Denis why being in Ayad Akhtar's Disgraced was a pivotal experience in her growth, speaks about microaggressions and interracial relationships and shares what it was like being the first and only black actress to play Lois Lane in Superman and Betty Haynes in White Christmas. Zakiya Young:Instagram: @officialzakiyayoungTwitter: @zakiyayoungDenis:Instagram: @denis_e_lambertWebsite: www...
2020-08-1351 min
Why We TheaterWelcome, to Why We TheaterAyad Akhtar’s Pulitzer Prize–winning drama Disgraced changed Ruthie Fierberg’s life. In fact, it’s the whole reason this podcast exists. The play fused theatre and social justice for her. Theatre is not just a mirror to society, it’s a catalyst to change it. Listen to this 2-minute origin story.Part of the Broadway Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2020-07-1503 min
Places, EveryoneMother’s Day Episode: Strength of CharacterOn Mother's Day, I spent the evening speaking with the very talented actress Karen Pittman. Every time I watch Karen perform, I notice her strength first and foremost. In this interview, we discuss three of Karen’s roles on TV and on stage that exemplify strength of character: a determined producer on “The Morning Show” (Apple TV+), a dedicated teacher in “Pipeline” (Dominique Morisseau’s play at Lincoln Center), and an ambitious lawyer in “Disgraced” (Ayad Akhtar’s play on Broadway). In each of these, Karen exudes a fierce spirit and an inner strength that is amazing to behold. Karen’s strength of...
2020-05-1547 min
Village IdiocyJunkKeely Enright (Director and Producing Artistic Director of the Village Rep Co.), Robbie Thomas ("Bob Merkin" and Associate Artistic Director), and Sierra Garland ("Amy Merkin") chat with Jay about the high stakes financial drama, Junk. Junk by Ayad AkhtarDirected by Keely EnrightJanuary 24th through February 9th, 2020. For info and tickets, visit us online. Podcast Logo by Nat Jones, Bottom Line Digital Communications
2020-01-2400 min
Highest AspirationsS3/E20: The Power and Beauty of Pronouncing Students' Names Correctly with N'Jameh CamaraHave you ever avoided calling someone by name for fear of mispronouncing it? Have you given students nicknames to make it easier for you and fellow students to address them? How can mispronouncing, altering, or altogether changing students’ names affect their personal, educational, and social trajectories? Why is it important to change the narrative around names that some might consider difficult to pronounce and what can we do to begin? We discuss these topics and much more with N’Jameh Camara.
N'Jameh Camara is an actor and author currently residing in New York. She is a proud firs...
2019-12-1046 min
Beyond the Page: The Best of the Sun Valley Writers’ ConferenceAyad Akhtar: Muslims in America: A Playwright’s Compendium of CharactersNo playwright has challenged our perceptions of Muslims in America as boldly, and with such dramatic vigor, as has AYAD AKHTAR, who won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Disgraced, the most produced play of the 2015-2016 season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2019-11-1533 min
TeaterprogrammetIntroduksjon til «Krenket» med Ayad Akhtar og Mah-Rukh AliMøt dramatiker Ayad Akhtar, som fikk Pulitzer-prisen for stykket «Krenket» (originaltittel «Disgraced»), i samtale om stykket med journalist og forfatter Mah-Rukh Ali i forbindelse med norgespremieren på «Krenket» på Nationaltheatret.Les mer: https://www.nationaltheatret.no/krenket Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2019-09-0930 min
Long Story Short with Bobbi BrownFinding Fulfillment with Actress Gretchen MolGretchen Mol has starred over 30 films and played a handful of iconic roles throughout her career. You've likely seen her on the screen in HBO's "Boardwalk Empire," "Rounders," "The Notorious Bettie Page," "3:10 to Yuma," among many others. In theater, she starred as Roxie Hart in Chicago, Jenny in Neil LaBute's "The Shape of Things," as well as Emily in the Broadway debut of Ayad Akhtar's Pulitzer Prize winning play, "Disgraced." She joins Bobbi to discuss how she got discovered working as a coat check girl in a Manhattan restaurant, her career starting role in Spike Lee's Girl 6, n...
2018-12-1033 min
No Script: The PodcastNo Script: The Podcast | S1 Episode 32: "Disgraced" by Ayad AkhtarIn their final episode of Season 1, Jackson and Jacob take on a recent Pulitzer Prize winning script - Ayad Akhtar's "Disgraced." The play follows Amir, a young lawyer looking to make partner at his firm. His wife Emily is breaking into the art world with a new collection based on Islamic forms. But Amir feels some hostility towards the Islamic heritage of his family. When an art collector friend of Emily's arrives for dinner, things really start to heat up.
After this episode, we will be taking a short break from "No Script." We will return on Ja...
2018-11-261h 06
Discover Full Audiobooks TodayAyad Akhtar's DisgracedPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/346026 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Disgraced
Author: Ayad Akhtar
Narrator: Hari Dhillon, Behzad Dabu, Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris, Geoffrey Arend, Emily Swallow
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 1 hour 38 minutes
Release date: August 1, 2018
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.63 of Total 8
Genres: Theatre & Radio
Publisher's Summary: Amir has left his Pakistani heritage behind in an attempt to make partner at his corporate law firm, but his wife Emily doesn't share his negative feelings about Islam-she's encouraged Amir to help with the case of a controversial imam. When they throw a dinner...
2018-08-011h 38
CONVERSATIONS with Ed TracyKIMBERLY SENIOR - Support Group For MenDirector Kimberly Senior, whose credits include the 2012 Broadway production of Ayad Akhtar’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play Disgraced, joins the conversation to discuss developing new works for the theatre and the world premiere of Ellen Fairey's Support Group For Men at Goodman Theatre. Season 3 Episode 12 Originally posted June 28, 2018
2018-06-2828 min
THEATRIXSBOrientalism, Southern Realism, and Santa Maria-ismOn this episode, Anna and Maggie discuss Ensemble Theatre Company‘s recent production of Ayad Akhtar’s “The Invisible Hand” and Santa Barbara City College‘s production of Beth Henley’s “Crimes of the Heart.” Then breakout Santa Maria hip hop artist $horty DuWop and his collaborator Stutters join us to discuss their recent and upcoming work. Check Out
2018-05-071h 16
HörSpielHaus - Der Podcast aus dem SchauSpielhausVorgestellt: "Junk"Im Interview mit der Autorin Elisabeth Burchhardt: Autor und Pulitzer Preisträger Ayad Akhtar und Regisseur Jan Philipp Gloger.
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2018-04-1803 min
CUNY TV's Theater Talk"Junk" and "20th Century Blues"Pulitzer-winner Ayad Akhtar and director Doug Hughes discuss "Junk," their new LCT play about the world of high finance & eclipsed morality. Plus, "20th Century Blues" playwright Susan Miller & actresses Polly Draper & Kathryn Grody. Jan Simpson co-hosts.
2017-12-0426 min
Maxamoo's New York City Theater PodcastSolstice Party!, The Elephant in Every Room I Enter, Veil’d, JunkDiep, PennyMaria, and Lindsay what we’ve seen on the stage lately:
Solstice Party! by Susan Soon He Stanton from Live Source Theatre Group at A.R.T/New York Theatres (0:50)
The Elephant in Every Room I Enter by Gardiner Comfort at Next Door At NYTW (10:33)
Veil’d by Monet Hurst-Mendoza at Astoria Performing Arts Center (19:00)
Junk by Ayad Akhtar at Lincoln Center Theater (33:15)
Looking forward to:
The Play That Goes Wrong by Henry Lewis at Lyceum Theatre
About School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls...
2017-11-1500 min
Stagecraft with Gordon CoxEp7 - Ayad AkhtarThe Pulitzer-winning playwright of "Disgraced" talks about his new Broadway show "Junk," revealing how his father taught him about the stock market, the ways his experience with faith has affected his writing, and how he ended up as the skinny, serious young man in the background of the movie "Vanya on 42 Street." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2017-11-1428 min
Discover Your Favorite Audiobook Collection TodayJunk: A Play (By Ayad Akhtar)Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307664 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Junk: A Play
Author: Ayad Akhtar
Narrator: Michael Crouch
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 2 hours 43 minutes
Release date: November 7, 2017
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2
Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary: From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Disgraced, a fast-paced play that exposes the financial deal making behind the mergers and acquisitions boom of the 1980s. Set in 1985, Junk tells the story of Robert Merkin, resident genius of the upstart investment firm Sacker Lowell. Hailed as 'America's Alchemist...
2017-11-072h 43Listen to Full Audiobook Titles in High QualityJunk: A Play (Authored by Ayad Akhtar)Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307664 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Junk: A Play
Author: Ayad Akhtar
Narrator: Michael Crouch
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 2 hours 43 minutes
Release date: November 7, 2017
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2
Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary: From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Disgraced, a fast-paced play that exposes the financial deal making behind the mergers and acquisitions boom of the 1980s. Set in 1985, Junk tells the story of Robert Merkin, resident genius of the upstart investment firm Sacker Lowell. Hailed as 'America's Alchemist...
2017-11-072h 43Discover Top Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+Junk: A Play by Ayad AkhtarPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307664to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Junk: A Play
Author: Ayad Akhtar
Narrator: Michael Crouch
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 2 hours 43 minutes
Release date: November 7, 2017
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2
Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Disgraced, a fast-paced play that exposes the financial deal making behind the mergers and acquisitions boom of the 1980s. Set in 1985, Junk tells the story of Robert Merkin, resident genius of the upstart investment firm Sacker Lowell. Hailed as 'America's Alchemist,' his proclamation that 'debt is an asset' has...
2017-11-072h 43
Explore New Full Audiobooks in Fiction, DramaJunk: A Play by Ayad AkhtarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307664 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Junk: A Play Author: Ayad Akhtar Narrator: Michael Crouch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 43 minutes Release date: November 7, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Disgraced, a fast-paced play that exposes the financial deal making behind the mergers and acquisitions boom of the 1980s. Set in 1985, Junk tells the story of Robert Merkin, resident genius of the upstart investment firm Sacker Lowell. Hailed as 'America's Alchemist,' his proclamation that 'debt is an asset...
2017-11-0703 minDiscover Top Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalJunk: A Play by Ayad AkhtarPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307664to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Junk: A Play
Author: Ayad Akhtar
Narrator: Michael Crouch
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 2 hours 43 minutes
Release date: November 7, 2017
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2
Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Disgraced, a fast-paced play that exposes the financial deal making behind the mergers and acquisitions boom of the 1980s. Set in 1985, Junk tells the story of Robert Merkin, resident genius of the upstart investment firm Sacker Lowell. Hailed as 'America's Alchemist,' his proclamation that 'debt is an asset' has...
2017-11-072h 43
Maxamoo's New York City Theater PodcastOctober Theater Preview, (mostly) Beyond BroadwayNew month, new shows! Aurin, Ben, and Lindsay discuss what we’re looking forward to at the theater this month and the controversy surrounding The Flea’s resident acting program known as The Bats.
Syncing Inc by NSangou Njikam at The Flea (1:08)
After The Blast by Zoe Kazan at LCT3 (17:42)
Animal Wisdom by Heather Christian at The Bushwick Starr (21:57)
Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires by Harrison David Rivers from Ricochet Collective at Teatro Circulo (24:00)
Burning Doors by Belarus Free Theatre at La MaMa (27:56)
Nightcap | By Ike by Ikechu...
2017-10-0400 min
THEATRIXSBBring Your Own ToastThis week Ivy Vahanian joins Maggie and Anna to discuss Ayad Akhtar’s “Disgraced“, which is coming to Santa Barbara next week. Ivy also tells us about her experiences performing the play in China. And, of course, To Lear or not to Lear, that is, once again, the question. Tell us about your upcoming shows and
2017-09-1655 min
THEATRIXSBName a Sandwich After ItThis week Maggie and Anna discuss PCPA’s production of Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night,” Katie Williams discusses this summer’s production of Maggie Yates’ play “FemFest”, and then the cast of “FemFest” performs the play live in our studio. Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare at PCPA Fences by August Wilson at PCPA Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar at Center
2017-09-061h 04
Breaking Into...Breaking Into… Acting with Usman Ally | BHL’s Breaking IntoBreaking Into... -- In this episode Black Hollywood Live host James Lott Jr. interviews actor Usman Ally.
Usman Ally is an Obie Award winning actor. He originated the role of Bagheera in Disney's World Premiere of The Jungle Book (Goodman Theatre, Huntington Theatre) for which he received the award for Best Actor in a Musical at the IRNE Awards, as well as the role of Amir in the 2013 Pulitzer Prize winning play Disgraced (American Theater Company) for which he received a Joseph Jefferson Award Nomination for Actor in a Principal Role. He originated the role of VP in t...
2017-05-0855 min
The Producer's Perspective Podcast with Ken DavenportBen StantonBen Stanton is a lighting designer for theater, concerts, dance, installations, and events. He is a three-time Tony Award nominee as well as an Obie, Lortel, IRNE, and Ovation Award winner. Recent Broadway credits include The Rose Tattoo, Derren Brown: Secret, Regina Spektor: Live On Broadway, Ayad Akhtar’s Junk, the revival of Six Degrees of Separation, Deaf West Theater’s revival of Spring Awakening, Fully Committed, and Fun Home. He has designed concerts and tours for recording artists including Beirut, Melanie Martinez, Regina Spektor, Sufjan Stevens, and St. Vincent. He serves as the resident lighting director for Skylight Mode...
2016-05-2245 min
Stream Complete Audiobook Collection on Any DeviceThe Invisible Hand - Ayad AkhtarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241592 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Invisible Hand
Author: Ayad Akhtar
Narrator: Ayad Akhtar
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 2 hours 0 minutes
Release date: August 25, 2015
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary: A chilling examination of how far we will go to survive and the consequences of the choices we make. In remote Pakistan, Nick Bright awaits his fate. A successful financial trader, Nick is kidnapped by an Islamic militant group, but with no one negotiating his release, he agrees to an unusual plan...
2015-08-262h 00Connect to Complete Audiobooks with Easy AccessThe Invisible Hand [Written by Ayad Akhtar]Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241592 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Invisible Hand
Author: Ayad Akhtar
Narrator: Ayad Akhtar
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 2 hours 0 minutes
Release date: August 25, 2015
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Literary Fiction
Publisher's Summary: A chilling examination of how far we will go to survive and the consequences of the choices we make. In remote Pakistan, Nick Bright awaits his fate. A successful financial trader, Nick is kidnapped by an Islamic militant group, but with no one negotiating his release, he agrees to an unusual...
2015-08-252h 00Listen to Premium Digital Audiobooks in High QualityAyad Akhtar - The Invisible HandPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241592 to listen full audiobooks.
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Author: Ayad Akhtar
Narrator: Ayad Akhtar
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 2 hours 0 minutes
Release date: August 25, 2015
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary: A chilling examination of how far we will go to survive and the consequences of the choices we make. In remote Pakistan, Nick Bright awaits his fate. A successful financial trader, Nick is kidnapped by an Islamic militant group, but with no one negotiating his release, he agrees to an unusual plan...
2015-08-252h 00Listen to Your Favorite Digital Audiobooks Instantly OnlineAyad Akhtar's The Invisible HandPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241592 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Invisible Hand
Author: Ayad Akhtar
Narrator: Ayad Akhtar
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 2 hours 0 minutes
Release date: August 25, 2015
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary: A chilling examination of how far we will go to survive and the consequences of the choices we make. In remote Pakistan, Nick Bright awaits his fate. A successful financial trader, Nick is kidnapped by an Islamic militant group, but with no one negotiating his release, he agrees to an unusual plan...
2015-08-252h 00Grab the Essential Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+The Invisible Hand by Ayad AkhtarPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241592to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Invisible Hand
Author: Ayad Akhtar
Narrator: Ayad Akhtar
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 2 hours 0 minutes
Release date: August 25, 2015
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
A chilling examination of how far we will go to survive and the consequences of the choices we make. In remote Pakistan, Nick Bright awaits his fate. A successful financial trader, Nick is kidnapped by an Islamic militant group, but with no one negotiating his release, he agrees to an unusual plan. He will earn his own ransom by helping his...
2015-08-252h 00
Listen to New Full Audiobooks in Fiction, DramaThe Invisible Hand by Ayad AkhtarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241592 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Invisible Hand Author: Ayad Akhtar Narrator: Ayad Akhtar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 25, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A chilling examination of how far we will go to survive and the consequences of the choices we make. In remote Pakistan, Nick Bright awaits his fate. A successful financial trader, Nick is kidnapped by an Islamic militant group, but with no one negotiating his release, he agrees to an unusual plan. He will earn his own ransom by helping...
2015-08-2503 minListen to Top Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalThe Invisible Hand by Ayad AkhtarPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241592to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Invisible Hand
Author: Ayad Akhtar
Narrator: Ayad Akhtar
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 2 hours 0 minutes
Release date: August 25, 2015
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
A chilling examination of how far we will go to survive and the consequences of the choices we make. In remote Pakistan, Nick Bright awaits his fate. A successful financial trader, Nick is kidnapped by an Islamic militant group, but with no one negotiating his release, he agrees to an unusual plan. He will earn his own ransom by helping his...
2015-08-252h 00
Get Lost In A Full Audiobook That Is Simply Inspiring.The Invisible Hand by Ayad AkhtarPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/151509to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Invisible Hand
Author: Ayad Akhtar
Narrator: Ayad Akhtar
Format: mp3
Length: 1 hr and 49 mins
Release date: 08-25-15
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 14 ratings
Genres: Asian
Publisher's Summary:
2015-08-251h 49CUNY TV's Theater TalkDisgraced & BrooklyniteMuslim-American playwright Ayad Akhtar discusses his Pulitzer Prize-winning drama “Disgraced.” Next Theater Talk focuses on the new musical “Brooklynite” with Peter Lerman, Michael Mayer and leading man, Matt Doyle.
2015-02-0824 min
hurryupandwait48: Dariush Kashani (Part 1)- Making ChoicesThis week we are thrilled to present the first installment our two part series with actor Dariush Kashani. Dariush has worked onstage and in film and television on both coasts, and is currently onstage in New York Theatre Workshop’s “The Invisible Hand” by acclaimed playwright Ayad Akhtar. Dariush talks to us about catching the bug, training at Rutgers, and getting his start as a Middle Eastern actor in the late 1990s.
For more on Dariush, visit his website www.dariushkashani.com and follow him on twitter @dariush_kashani. Check out “The Invisible Hand” at NYTW through January 4th!
2014-11-2100 min
Around BroadwayBroadway Graced by DisgracedA short Off-Broadway run in 2012 was New York’s introduction to Disgraced. Novelist and screenwriter Ayad Akhtar’s drama is about the stresses placed on an American Muslim man struggling to resolve conflicting world views within himself and among his family and friends. The play now returns to New York, this time on Broadway and with bigger credentials, too, as a 2013 Pulitzer Prize winner.
2014-11-0503 minAround BroadwayThe Who & the What Examines Family and FaithThe playwright Ayad Akhtar won the Pulitzer Prize last year for his breakthrough play Disgraced, about the clash between traditional Islamic beliefs and contemporary American culture. He returns to similar themes in his new play The Who & the What, which is being presented by Lincoln Center Theater as part of its LCT3 series at the Claire Tow Theater.
2014-06-1803 minFiction Old and NewFiction, Old and New American Muslim author Ayad Akhtar’s book, “American Dervish” 02/11/2014Fiction, Old and New will discuss American Muslim author Ayad Akhtar’s book, “American Dervish” in the Book Nook Room on Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at 9:00 p.m. eastern standard time, 6:00 p.m. pacific time.
2014-02-1200 min
Find Best-Selling Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+Disgraced: A Play by Ayad AkhtarPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/196798to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Disgraced: A Play
Author: Ayad Akhtar
Narrator: January LaVoy, Kevin T. Collins, Aasif Mandvi
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 1 hour 30 minutes
Release date: September 10, 2013
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.6 of Total 5
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
From the Pulitzer Prize winner for Drama and author of Homeland Elegies, a "sparkling and combustible" play about identity in America after September 11 (Bloomberg). "In dialogue that bristles with wit and intelligence, Akhtar puts contemporary attitudes toward religion under a microscope, revealing how tenuous self-image can be for people born into one way of being who...
2013-09-101h 30
Download Best Full Audiobooks in Fiction, DramaDisgraced: A Play by Ayad AkhtarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/196798 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Disgraced: A Play Author: Ayad Akhtar Narrator: January LaVoy, Kevin T. Collins, Aasif Mandvi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 30 minutes Release date: September 10, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.6 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the Pulitzer Prize winner for Drama and author of Homeland Elegies, a "sparkling and combustible" play about identity in America after September 11 (Bloomberg). "In dialogue that bristles with wit and intelligence, Akhtar puts contemporary attitudes toward religion under a microscope, revealing how tenuous self-image can be for people born into one way of being...
2013-09-1003 minListen to Trending Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalDisgraced: A Play by Ayad AkhtarPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/196798to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Disgraced: A Play
Author: Ayad Akhtar
Narrator: January LaVoy, Kevin T. Collins, Aasif Mandvi
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 1 hour 30 minutes
Release date: September 10, 2013
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.6 of Total 5
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
From the Pulitzer Prize winner for Drama and author of Homeland Elegies, a "sparkling and combustible" play about identity in America after September 11 (Bloomberg). "In dialogue that bristles with wit and intelligence, Akhtar puts contemporary attitudes toward religion under a microscope, revealing how tenuous self-image can be for people born into one way of being who...
2013-09-101h 30
BookwormAyad Akhtar: American DervishAyad Akhtar on coming-of-age as a Muslim in Milwaukee. We discuss the nature of cultural understanding and misunderstanding, sexual and spiritual awakening.
2012-02-1629 min
The Avid Reader ShowAmerican Dervish by Ayad AkhtarWhat a pleasure to encounter a first novel as self-assured and effortlessly told as Ayad Akhtar’s “American Dervish.” Mr. Akhtar, a first-generation Pakistani-American, has written an immensely entertaining coming-of-age story set during the early 1980s among the Pakistanis in the author’s hometown, Milwaukee.
2012-01-2633 min
ALOUD @ Los Angeles Public LibraryAyad Akhtar and Amy Waldman: Two Novelists on The Lives of American Muslims Before and After 9/11Akhtar's American Dervish and Waldman's The Submission, both explore the lives of American Muslims, one in pre-9/11 suburbia and the other in post-9/11 Manhattan. In Akhtar's family drama, a father and son are fractured by their understandings of Islam. In Waldman's story, a city is outraged when a Muslim architect wins a blind competition to design the 9/11 Memorial. Following the conflicts within and between religions, these two brilliant debut novels grapple with identity, community, and a country in crisis.
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Title: American Dervish: A Novel
Author: Ayad Akhtar
Narrator: Ayad Akhtar
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 30 minutes
Release date: January 9, 2012
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 5
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
From Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar, a stirring and explosive debut novel about an American Muslim family in Wisconsin struggling with faith and belonging in the pre-9/11 world. Hayat Shah is a young American in love for the first time. His normal life of school, baseball, and video games had previously been distinguished only by...
2012-01-099h 30
Get Latest Full Audiobooks in Fiction, DramaAmerican Dervish: A Novel by Ayad AkhtarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/118375 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Dervish: A Novel Author: Ayad Akhtar Narrator: Ayad Akhtar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 9, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar, a stirring and explosive debut novel about an American Muslim family in Wisconsin struggling with faith and belonging in the pre-9/11 world. Hayat Shah is a young American in love for the first time. His normal life of school, baseball, and video games had previously been distinguished only...
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Title: American Dervish: A Novel
Author: Ayad Akhtar
Narrator: Ayad Akhtar
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 30 minutes
Release date: January 9, 2012
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 5
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
From Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar, a stirring and explosive debut novel about an American Muslim family in Wisconsin struggling with faith and belonging in the pre-9/11 world. Hayat Shah is a young American in love for the first time. His normal life of school, baseball, and video games had previously been distinguished only by...
2012-01-099h 30