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1. www.npr.org › 2020/09/14 › 911981941It's Real, It's Fiction, It's A Paradox: Ayad Akhtar On His ...

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   Sep 14, 2020 · The narrator's name in the novel is also Ayad Akhtar, and the book reads like memoir. Akhtar says he had to "pilfer" from his own life to write a novel that had the "addictive thrill" of reality...

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2. www.newyorker.com › magazine › 2020/09/21An American Writer for an Age of Division - The New Yorker

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   Sep 14, 2020 · Life and Letters. An American Writer for an Age of Division. The playwright and novelist Ayad Akhtar has never been afraid of provoking audiences. His latest work explores the origins of...

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   Jan 6, 2021 · Akhtar tells us how the Prophet’s life overly influences the way Muslims live now, leading the narrator’s cousin Ayesha into a deeply unhappy early marriage.

4. www.litcharts.com › lit › disgracedDisgraced by Ayad Akhtar Plot Summary - LitCharts

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   Isaac wonders why Amir would ever speak out in support of a Muslim cleric. Crushed, Emily admits that she made Amir do it. While they talk, Isaac makes several moves to touch Emily, and they allude to having had sex on a recent trip they took to London.

5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Ayad_AkhtarAyad Akhtar - Wikipedia

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   Ayad Akhtar (born October 28, 1970) is an American playwright, novelist, and screenwriter. He has received numerous accolades including the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama as well as nominations for two Tony Awards.

6. www.readinggroupguides.com › reviews › homelandHomeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar | Book Club Discussion ...

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   1. The narrator of HOMELAND ELEGIES is Ayad Akhtar, a playwright who shares the same name as the author. How did this affect your experience of reading the novel? 2. How does Akhtar’s choice of part titles (“Overture,” “Coda,” etc.) bring additional meaning to the story?

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   • Bo Hamby and Reena Advani produced and edited this interview for broadcast. Beth Novey adapted it for the Web. The narrator's name in the novel is also Ayad Akhtar, and the book reads like memoir. Akhtar says he had to "pilfer" from his own life to write a novel that had the "addictive thrill" of reality TV.

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   Who is Ayad Akhtar?

   • The playwright and novelist Ayad Akhtar has never been afraid of provoking audiences. His latest work explores the origins of Trump’s toxicity, the tensions of Muslim identity, and the splintering of a family and a country. Ayad Akhtar’s autofictional novel cunningly entwines outrage and ambivalence. Photograph by Cole Barash for The New Yorker

   An American Writer for an Age of Division | The New Yorker

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   What is Akhtar known for?

   • Akhtar is known as a playwright covering various themes including the American - Muslim experience, racism, religion, economics, immigration, and identity. For his work on Broadway, Akhtar received Tony Award for Best Play nominations for Disgraced (2015) and Junk (2017). He also authored the plays The Who & The What and The Invisible Hand.

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   Why did Akhtar write disgraced?

   • Akhtar was thinking of “Othello” when he wrote “Disgraced,” but the play also owes a debt to the American literature of racial passing, in which characters who have managed to escape their origins fear that some unwelcome revelation will cast them out of the white world they have given everything to enter.

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   Did Ayad Akhtar win a Pulitzer Prize for disgraced?

   • Ayad Akhtar won a Pulitzer Prize for Disgraced, his play about a conflicted American Muslim man living in New York after Sept. 11. If you find yourself a little confused by Ayad Akhtar's latest novel, Homeland Elegies, that's by design.

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   Is Akhtar serious about his work?

   • Akhtar is serious about his work to a point that can delight collaborators, or drive them mad. He and Boras met when she was cast in an early reading of “Junk”; they decided not to work together again. “I get really nervous when I have a show going up,” he said.

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8. onthestage.com › blog › ayad-akhtar-the-powerhouseAyad Akhtar: The Powerhouse Playwright Redefining ...

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   The play’s sharp commentary and gripping narrative earned it significant acclaim, including an Obie Award for both Acting (Usman Ally) and Playwriting (Ayad Akhtar) and the John Gassner Award from the Outer Critics Circle.