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[VIRTUAL] PEN Out Loud: Ayad Ahktar with Ben Rhodes

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and author Ayad Akhtar joins PEN Out Loud to launch his latest novel, Homeland Elegies, which offers a portrait of Muslim-American life in a fractured country. A deeply personal narrative intended to “speak directly to us about what matters, not metaphorically, not as a commentary upon, but as a voicing of the actual, of the essential, of the real.” Akhtar will be joined in conversation with author and former deputy national security advisor under President Barack Obama, Ben Rhodes, to discuss the novel’s origins and themes, including the immigrant experience, the relationship between fathers and sons, racial identity, and political polarization.

Admission $20

With book, domestic shipping $35

With book, international shipping $50











When: Tue., Sep. 15, 2020 at 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Where: The Strand
828 Broadway
212-473-1452
Price: $20
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Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and author Ayad Akhtar joins PEN Out Loud to launch his latest novel, Homeland Elegies, which offers a portrait of Muslim-American life in a fractured country. A deeply personal narrative intended to “speak directly to us about what matters, not metaphorically, not as a commentary upon, but as a voicing of the actual, of the essential, of the real.” Akhtar will be joined in conversation with author and former deputy national security advisor under President Barack Obama, Ben Rhodes, to discuss the novel’s origins and themes, including the immigrant experience, the relationship between fathers and sons, racial identity, and political polarization.

Admission $20

With book, domestic shipping $35

With book, international shipping $50

Buy tickets/get more info now