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. This program was livestreamed on September 23, 2020.

This program is generously underwritten by Anita and Prabhakant Sinha and is presented in partnership with PEN America.

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