How does a playwright turn a personal narrative about Muslim identity in America and a father-son

relationship into a novel?

A.E.D.A.K.T.R. will join us to talk about his new book, Homeland Elegy's.

How can or should political leaders respond to violence?

The Times' National Editor, Mark Lacey, will be here to talk about two books, Cry Havoc

and the violence inside us.

Elizabeth Harris will have an update from the publishing world, plus our critics will

join us for the latest in literary criticism.

This is the Bookerview Podcast for the New York Times.

It's September 18th.

I'm Pamela Palm.

A.E.D.A.K.T.R. joins us now from the Berkshires to talk about his new novel, Homeland

Elegy's.

A.E.D.A.K.T.R. Thanks so much for being here.

Oh, it's my pleasure.

Thank you for having me.

So, this is a really interesting book.

One of the most interesting things about it, and we'll just start right here, is that

it says on the cover that it's a novel.

It's a very unusual kind of novel.

Can you talk a little bit about in what ways it's fiction and in what ways maybe a little

not fiction?

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