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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...

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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 Trump’s...

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

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   In this edition, we delve into the world of Ayad Akhtar, who stands out as one of the most compelling voices in contemporary American theatre. From his Pulitzer Prize-winning work to his impactful storytelling across various media, Akhtar has established himself as a force in the world of drama.

5. edition.cnn.com › 2020/12/11 › opinionsPulitzer Prize-winning playwright: Artists must sound the alarm

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   Dec 11, 2020 · Poet and CNN contributor Tess Taylor talks with playwright and novelist Ayad Akhtar, who is now leading PEN America, about writing, outrage and the future of the arts in a time of crisis.

6. www.economist.com › 2015/09/03 › q-and-a-ayad-akhtarQ&A: Ayad Akhtar - The Economist

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   Sep 3, 2015 · In some of his characters, this rage is in the name of Allah directed at America; in others, it is rage by Muslims towards those whose interpretation of Islam is so intolerant that they feel their...

7. www.centertheatregroup.org › news-and-blogs › newsAsking the Deep Questions with Ayad Akhtar - Center Theatre Group

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   Jun 21, 2016 · Since then, Akhtar has developed a body of work spanning screenplays/teleplays, stage plays, and a novel that dissects the Muslim American experience, questions America’s relationship to Islam, and critiques the effects of the American Dream on immigrant communities.

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   Who narrator is Ayad Akhtar?

   • 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.

   It's Real, It's Fiction, It's A Paradox: Ayad Akhtar On His ... - NPR

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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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   Why does Akhtar feel prophetic?

   • AKHTAR: You know, it just changed the idea that they had of who I was. HEADLEE: You know, in a certain way, your play feels a bit prophetic because the recent bombings in Boston and the reactions among some in terms of how you treat somebody who's Muslim, but is also an American citizen. This is something that your play grapples with.

   Behind The Curtain Of 'Disgraced' - NPR

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   Who is Ayad Akhtar in homeland elegies?

   • Tess Taylor: You’re a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, and your novel “Homeland Elegies” features a character named Ayad Akhtar, who is, as it happens, also a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright. How did you sense that this material was becoming a novel, instead of — as could easily be imagined — a memoir, or, a play?

   Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright: Artists must sound the alarm

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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.

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

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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.

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

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9. www.npr.org › 2013/04/29 › 179829145Behind The Curtain Of 'Disgraced' - NPR

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   Apr 29, 2013 · A play that tackles Islamophobia and questions of Muslim-American identity recently won the Pulitzer Prize for drama. The play is Disgraced, by first-time playwright Ayad Akhtar.