Podcasts about Exit West

It's that time of year when we want to lie on a beach and lose ourselves in a good book. Today on the show, three summer reading recs that got our hosts thinking about economics. Remember, anything read on the beach is, in fact, a "beach read." Books recommended in this episode: • Exit West by Mohsin Hamid (B&N, Bookshop) • Everything Is Predictable: How Bayesian Statistics Explain Our World by Tom Chivers (B&N, Bookshop) • Range: Why Generalist Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein (B&N, Bookshop) Related episodes: How Asimov's 'Foundation' has inspired economists (Apple / Spotify) The carbon coin: A novel idea Beach reads for econ nerdsFor sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org. Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County presents What Are You Reading? In this episode Christie and Katie discuss "Exit West" by Mohsin Hamid. Interested in being in our Podcast? Contact us at library@knox.net

This week, Alan, Quinta, and Scott were joined by their colleague and think-tank neighbor, Russia/Ukraine expert Eric Ciaramella, to talk over the week's big news, including:“Going All (Prigozh)in.” Yevgeny Prighozin, leader of the mercenary Wagner Group, went all in this past week, marching his troops into Russia and halfway to Moscow for the stated purpose of removing Russia's military leadership, only to abruptly halt and accept exile in Belarus instead. What does this mean for the conflict in Ukraine—and future of the Putin regime?“Lost at Sea.” In a busy week of news, one story has gotten surprisingly little attention: the tragic sinking of an overcrowded smugglers' boat off the coast of Greece that claimed the lives of hundreds of migrants. What does this incident tell us about the dynamics of the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean—and how the world views it?“Moore, Moore, Moore! (How do YOU like it?)” The Supreme Court issued decisions in three major cases this past week, including addressing the much-discussed Independent State Legislature Doctrine in Moore v. Harper. What did the Court decide, and what will these decisions mean?For object lessons, Scott flagged that Lawfare has a new website, now located at www.lawfaremedia.org! Alan recommended the new sci-fi think-piece "The Mountain in the Sea" by Ray Nayler. Quinta endorsed Mohsin Hamid's book "Exit West" as a meditation on borders and crossing them. And Eric urged listeners to check out the epic guitar riffs of the Tuareg music collective Tinariwen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Sean and Punya talk with colleagues who are working toward ways educators, learners, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers can address the learning and teaching of refugees/(im)migrants?LEARN LFC Description: In this project, we will bring together refugees, educators, and researchers with those in global and community organizations to 1.) identify key areas of needed research on the education of refugee/(im)migrants and to 2.) develop intentional and inclusive collectives to both conduct research and to use research findings to build necessary supports for refugee/(im)migrant communities in Arizona, the United States (US), and globally. We situate refugee/(im)migrants and teachers as both learners and educators, who deserve support not only from organizations,but also from academic institutions.Guest Information: Shyla DoganShyla, a graduate of ASU's Educational Leadership and Policy Ph.D. program, is an Assistant Professor of Education Studies at ASU's Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College (MLFTC).Nasir Ahmad KaihanNasir is a Ph.D. student at MLFTC.Adnan TuranAdnan is a Ph.D. student at MLFTC.Links & More Information:Learning Futures Collaborative: Learning and Educating Across Refugee/(Im)migrant Networks (LEARN)1951 Refugee ConventionPunya's blog post: Things we hold on to (in a shifting world)International Organization of Migration (IOM)Silver Linings for Learning (Feb 2023). Episode 140, Bans Don't Work in an Open World: Afghan Women Find Educational Opportunities in BangladeshPresident's Alliance on Higher Education and ImmigrationHamid, Mohsin (2017). Exit West. Penguin Random House [publisher link]

The Last White Man is the latest novel from internationally bestselling author Mohsin Hamid. The book reimagines Kafka's Metamorphosis and taps into white anxiety about replacement in unique and enlightening ways. The British Pakistani novelist of The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Booker-Prize-nominated Exit West, talked to Osman Faruqi at Antidote 2022 about whiteness, privilege, prejudice, and the transcendent power of love. This event was recorded live at the Sydney Opera House in September 2022.-Watch talks from Antidote 2022 on Stream, the streaming platform from the Sydney Opera House. Register for free now and start watching at stream.sydneyoperahouse.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For Episode 4 of Book Chat, we travel back just a decade or so, to Mohsin Hamid's The Reluctant Fundamentalist and David Szalay's short stories in a novel, All That Man Is.We discuss Mohsin Hamid's ability to condense big ideas - what makes a fundamentalist? What biases are you bringing to the story? - into readable prose (and his other magical novels like Exit West) and David Szalay's attempt to condense modern masculinity from teen to OAP, as it roves Europe - in one book. You can get in touch bookchatpod@gmail.comSound by Joel Grove and production by Pandora SykesBooks/articles mentioned:All That Man Is and London and the South-East by David SzalayThe Reluctant Fundamentalist, Exit West and The Last White Man by Mohsin HamidGames and Rituals and Single, Carefree, Mellow by Katherine HeinyThe Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le CarréShuggie Bain by Douglas StuartThe Rachel Papers by Martin AmisIf on a winter's night a traveller by Italo CalvinoHome Fire by Kamila ShamsieThe Runaways by Fatima Bhutto‘All That Man Is', by David Szalay, review by Christopher Tayler for the Financial Times – https://www.ft.com/content/fe2db1c4-f797-11e5-803c-d27c7117d132 'All That Man Is,' and a Lot He Is Not, in David Szalay's View, by Dwight Garner for The New York Times – https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/07/books/review-all-that-man-is-and-a-lot-he-is-not-in-david-szalays-view.html I Pledge Allegiance, by Karen Olsson for The New York Times – https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/22/books/review/Olsson.t.html Clip attributions:David Szalay on Radio 4 Bookclub, 2019Mohsin Hamid on Radio 4 Bookclub, 2011Subscribe to Books + Bits: https://pandorasykes.substack.com/ Our books for Ep 5:The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey EugenidesMemorial by Bryan Washington Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode we're continuing our conversation from last year and talking about What is a Book? We talk about hypertext, instruction manuals, visual novels, campfire stories, and more! You can download the podcast  directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jam Edwards Media We Mentioned DC Pride 2022 #1 Tic Tac Tome: The Autonomous Tic Tac Toe Playing Book by Willy Yonkers Homestuck (Wikipedia) Doki Doki Literature Club! (Wikipedia) Everything Everywhere All at Once (Wikipedia) Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (Wikipedia) Lasers & Feelings Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud Links, Articles, and Things Episode 144 - What is a Book? I read all 337 books in Skyrim so you don't have to  Episode 108 - Visual Novels Choose Your Own Adventure (Wikipedia) Demian's Gamebook Web Page KineticNovel (Wikipedia) Hypertext fiction (Wikipedia) HyperCard (Wikipedia) Flip Book (Wikipedia) Desert Bus for Hope Microform (Wikipedia) Rice writing (Wikipedia) Matthew was just wrong about this Changes to new editions of Roald Dahl books have readers up in arms Jaffa Cakes: Legal Status (Wikipedia) That time the X-Men's humanity was put on trial in a real court of law Fountain (Duchamp) (Wikipedia) 20 Books Adapted into Film/TV by BIPOC Authors (and 7 Being Adapted Soon) Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers' Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. The Color Purple by Alice Walker | The Color Purple (1985) The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor | The Women of Brewster Place (1989 mini-series) Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel, translated by Carol & Thomas Christensen | Like Water for Chocolate (1992) The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan | The Joy Luck Club (1993) Beloved by Toni Morrison | Beloved (1998) The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie | Smoke Signals (1998) Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi | Persepolis (2007) Q&A by Vikras Swarup | Slumdog Millionaire (2008) Push by Sapphire | Precious (2009) Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup | 12 Years a Slave (2013) Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly | Hidden Figures (2016) Silence by Shūsaku Endō, translated by William Johnston | Silence (2016) Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese | Indian Horse (2017) Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan | Crazy Rich Asians (2018) The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas | The Hate U Give (2018) If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin | If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han | To All the Boys I've Loved Before (2018) Tiny Pretty Things by Sona Chararipotra | Tiny Pretty Things (2020 TV series) The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga | The White Tiger (2021) Pachinko by Min Jin Lee | Pachinko (2022 TV series) American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang | American Born Chinese (2023 TV series) The Color Purple by Alice Walker | The Color Purple (2023) Exit West by Mohsin Hamid | Exit West (2023) Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam | Leave the World Behind (2023) The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin, translated by Ken Liu | The Three-Body Problem (2023 TV series) Blackout by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon | Blackout (forthcoming film & TV series) The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris | The Other Black Girl (forthcoming TV series) Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, follow us on Twitter or Instagram, join our Facebook Group, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, March 7th we'll be discussing the genre of Gender Theory/Studies!  Then on Tuesday, March 21st we'll be talking about Moving and Management of Books!

Simon and Rachel speak to the novelist Mohsin Hamid. Born in Lahore, he grew up mostly in Pakistan but spent part of his childhood in California and returned to America to attend Princeton University. He worked in New York and London as a management consultant before returning to Lahore to pursue writing full-time. Mohsin's first novel, "Moth Smoke" (2000), was published in 14 languages and won a Betty Trask Award. His second novel, "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" (2007), recounted a Pakistani man's abandonment of his life in New York in the aftermath of 9/11. Published in over 30 languages, it became a million-copy international bestseller and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. A film adaptation followed in 2013 starring Riz Ahmed and Kate Hudson. Mohsin's other novels include "How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia" in 2013, "Exit West" (2017) and most recently "The Last White Man." We spoke to Mohsin about the moving from Pakistan to America and from the corporate to the literary world, "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" and the shadow of 9/11, and his new book "The Last White Man". You can find us online at alwaystakenotes.com, on Twitter @takenotesalways and on Instagram @alwaystakenotes. Our crowdfunding page is patreon.com/alwaystakenotes. Always Take Notes is presented by Simon Akam and Rachel Lloyd, and produced by Artemis Irvine. Our music is by Jessica Dannheisser and our logo was designed by James Edgar.

Is there a difference between management and leadership? Yes, my love! And how you navigate this difference and show up in your leadership career is massively important to have more influence and impact at work.  Let's talk about crossing the chasm, moving from management into leadership! In today's episode, I invite engineering executive and cofounder of SheTO, Nidhi Gupta, to dive into this concept and talk to us about her extraordinary work in engineering and her passion for accelerating the careers and networks of women.  Ready for the tools you need to shift from simply managing your people to leading them powerfully and authentically? Let's go to the show!  We dive into: Nidhi's career journey and the work she's doing with engineering leaders 3 steps to moving across the chasm from management to leadership The pressure as women to show up 100% every day (is it the same for men?) Her take on the KEY differences between management and leadership How to evaluate your influence to make the shift from management to true leadership Why you need to become a salesperson (and how to do it without that icky feeling) Politics in the workplace, and some of the other unique challenges we face as women in leadership And more   **Useful links** Find out more about today's guest, Nidhi Gupta, and her work at She-TO: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nidhihgupta/  https://twitter.com/NidhiGuptaSF  https://www.divhersity.com And check out Nidhi's book recommendations: Exit West: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30688435-exit-west Radical Candor: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29939161-radical-candor?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=ms6vtcSvSr&rank=1 Need some help with your executive presence? Check out the mini course on Executive Presence here.  Catch the show notes, and more details about today's episode here: https://tonicollis.com/episode129  Join the Leading Women in Tech community in Slack where we discuss all-the-things for women's tech leadership, covering everything from early-career leadership to C-level executives.

In his fifth novel The Last White Man (Hamish Hamilton) Mohsin Hamid continues his exploration of cultural and racial displacement, commenced so brilliantly with Moth Smoke, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia and Exit West. In what has been described as a contemporary remoulding of Kafka's ‘Metamorphosis' a man awakes one morning to find that his skin has turned dark. Hamid was in conversation with Jo Hamya, author of Three Rooms (Vintage). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's Midday on Books.  A little later in the hour, Tom speaks with Dan Fesperman, a former journalist with the Baltimore Sun who for many years has had a successful career as an author of thrillers, and he's written a new one that's terrific. But we begin with one of the most original and compelling voices on the literary scene today. Mohsin Hamid has written five novels and a collection of essays. Two of his previous novels, Exit West and The Reluctant Fundamentalist, were New York Times best sellers and finalists for the Booker Prize. His latest book explores the dynamics of race, and the notion of transformation. It is spare and powerful; ingenious, touching, and completely engrossing. It's called The Last White Man.  Mohsin Hamid joined us on Zoom from Lahore, Pakistan. His conversation with Tom was recorded last week, so we're not able to take any calls or on-line comments today.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the podcast this week we are thrilled to be hosting the twice Booker prize shortlisted author Mohsin Hamid. Mohsin is the author of five novels , including Exit West, and The Reluctant Fundamentalist as well as a book of essays, Discontent and Its Civilizations. His writing has been translated into forty languages, featured on bestseller lists, and has been adapted for the cinema. Mohsin's latest book, The Last White Man, was published in August of this year. The podcast is produced and presented by Jack Wrighton @jackwrighton and the team at Mostly Books. It is edited by Michael Roberts @michael.glyn.roberts Find us on Twitter @mostlyreading & Instagram @mostlybooks_shop. The Last White Man is published in the UK by Hamish Hamilton. Books mentioned in this episode include: Charlotte's Webb by E. B. White ISBN: 9780141354828 Dune by Frank Herbert ISBN: 9780340960196 Gilgamesh ISBN: 9780300268096 Beloved by Toni Morrison ISBN: 9780099511656 The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid ISBN: 9780241566572

British Pakistani novelist Mohsin Hamid's international bestsellers have been translated into an astounding forty languages. They include The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2007) and Exit West (2017), two novels shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, and How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia (2013), which won the Tiziano Terzani International Literary Prize. Hamid is also an […]

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We talk to international bestselling writer Mohsin Hamid about his new book, The Last White Man. The conversation covers the key themes of his new novel: race, transformation, freedom, loss - as well as his journey into writing fiction, and, how a story is only ever half-told, until it finds a reader… Many will know his Booker shortlisted novels The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Exit West. And some may also know his other novels Moth Smoke and How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia - and a non-fiction book, Discontent and its Civilizations. He writes regularly for The New York Times, the Guardian and the New York Review of Books. Born and mostly raised in Lahore, Pakistan, he has since lived between Lahore, London and New York.  

Book reviewer Suzanne Perez looks at a provocative new novel titled, "The Last White Man." It's from the author who brought us "Exit West."

The Last White Man, Mohsin Hamid's startling new novel, holds up a shattered mirror to readers, reflecting back a recognisable, but heightened and reconfigured version of our world.One morning Anders, a white man, wakes up to find that his skin is now dark — with no indication as to how this has happened, or why now, why to him. Anders must reckon with this metamorphosis, how it changes the way he looks at himself, how others look at him, and how he looks at others looking at him… The Last White Man somehow feels at once like an age-old story, and something strikingly new and causes readers to reflect upon the preconceptions and prejudices that structure our lives.*SUBSCRIBE NOW FOR BONUS EPISODESLooking for Friends of Shakespeare and Company read Ulysses? https://podfollow.com/sandcoulyssesIf you want to spend even more time at Shakespeare and Company, you can now subscribe for regular bonus episodes and early access to Friends of Shakespeare and Company read Ulysses.Subscribe on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/sandcoSubscribe on Apple Podcasts here: https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/shakespeare-and-company-writers-books-and-paris/id1040121937?l=enAll money raised goes to supporting “Friends of Shakespeare and Company” the bookshop's non-profit, created to fund our noncommercial activities—from the upstairs reading library, to the writers-in-residence program, to our charitable collaborations, and our free events.*Mohsin Hamid writes regularly for The New York Times, the Guardian and the New York Review of Books, and is the author of Exit West, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Moth Smoke, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia and Discontent and its Civilizations. Born and mostly raised in Lahore, he has since lived between Lahore, London and New York.Adam Biles is Literary Director at Shakespeare and Company. Buy a signed copy of his novel FEEDING TIME here: https://shakespeareandcompany.com/S/9781910296684/feeding-timeListen to Alex Freiman's Play It Gentle here: https://open.spotify.com/album/4gfkDcG32HYlXnBqI0xgQX?si=mf0Vw-kuRS-ai15aL9kLNA&dl_branch=1 Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mohsin Hamid is the author of five novels -- The Last White Man, Exit West, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, and Moth Smoke -- and a book of essays, Discontent and Its Civilizations. His writing has been translated into forty languages, featured on bestseller lists, and adapted for the cinema. Born in Lahore, he has spent about half his life there and much of the rest in London, New York, and California. Mohsin Recommends: Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day  Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro as World Literature, is under contract with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mohsin Hamid is the author of five novels -- The Last White Man, Exit West, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, and Moth Smoke -- and a book of essays, Discontent and Its Civilizations. His writing has been translated into forty languages, featured on bestseller lists, and adapted for the cinema. Born in Lahore, he has spent about half his life there and much of the rest in London, New York, and California. Mohsin Recommends: Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day  Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro as World Literature, is under contract with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Mohsin Hamid is the author of five novels -- The Last White Man, Exit West, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, and Moth Smoke -- and a book of essays, Discontent and Its Civilizations. His writing has been translated into forty languages, featured on bestseller lists, and adapted for the cinema. Born in Lahore, he has spent about half his life there and much of the rest in London, New York, and California. Mohsin Recommends: Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day  Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro as World Literature, is under contract with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies

Mohsin Hamid is the author of five novels -- The Last White Man, Exit West, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, and Moth Smoke -- and a book of essays, Discontent and Its Civilizations. His writing has been translated into forty languages, featured on bestseller lists, and adapted for the cinema. Born in Lahore, he has spent about half his life there and much of the rest in London, New York, and California. Mohsin Recommends: Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day  Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro as World Literature, is under contract with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature

Author of The Last White Man Photo by Jillian Edelstein Links Mohsin Hamid's previous novels: The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2007) Moth Smoke (2012) How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia (2013) Exit West (2017) “Mohsin Hamid Is Working Through Literature, From the Top” at The New York Times Book Review - July 31, 2022 Reviews of The Last White Man in The Washington Post, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, Oprah Daily, Time, and New York Journal of Books. The Reluctant Fundamentalist movie (Prime Video) If you'd like brief updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my Morning Journal flash briefing. tFrom your Echo device, just say, “Alexa, enable Morning Journal.” Then each morning say, “Alexa, what's my flash briefing?” I post a five-minute audio journal each weekday except usually by 8 a.m. Eastern Time.  Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

"Exit West" author Mohsin Hamid returns to Marginalia with a new novel inspired by post-9/11 events.

Mohsin Hamid is one of the greatest writers of this generation.   He was born in 1971 in Lahore, Pakistan before moving to California at age 3 while his dad did a doctorate at Stanford. At age 9, in 1980, he moved back to Pakistan and remained there until he was 18 when he came back to the US to go to Princeton. He graduated summa cum laude and studied under novelists Toni Morrison and Joyce Carol Oates. Mohsin's first novel, Moth Smoke (2000), told the story of an ex-banker and heroin addict in contemporary Lahore. His second, The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2007), told the tale of a Pakistani man's abandonment of his high-flying life in New York. (This was my first Mohsin Hamid book and I can't recommend it enough.) His third novel, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia (2013), is my favorite -- it's a fascinating exploration of urbanization and global economic transformation ... wrapped in the guise of a self-help book ... written in the second person. An incredible feat. His fourth novel, Exit West (2017), his most popular, follows refugees escaping from their war-torn home through a chain of mysterious doors to foreign lands. And his fifth novel, The Last White Man, comes out on August 2, 2022 .... in just a few days. Mohsin's books have been published in over 40 languages, sold millions of copies, been turned into movies, and been shortlisted for the Pen / Hemingway Prize and Man Booker Prize multiple times. He has been named one of the world's 100 Leading Global Thinkers by Foreign Policy magazine and his writing regularly appears in, no big deal, The New York Times, The Guardian, The Financial Times, and the Paris Review.   Mohsin lives with his wife Zahra and their children in Lahore, Pakistan, where he joins us from today for our 3 Books conversation.   We discuss: the history of Pakistan and Lahore, storytelling as an antidote to nostalgia, transmuting fear into sadness, teaching children about death, what he learned from Toni Morrison as a teacher, the power of reading out loud, writing masterclass tips, Mohsin's three most formative books, and much, much more.   Let's flip the page into Chapter 108 now…   What You'll Learn: What is the history of Lahore? What are Lahoris like? What explains our need for nostalgia? What does storytelling allow us to do? What is it like to be a novelist? Why are self-help books oxymorons? Why is grappling with death so important? What are the ethical considerations of immortality? What is it like to have Toni Morrisson as a mentor? Why is it so important to read what we write out loud? How much should we edit our writing? Why is the search for truth so difficult in today's world? How do you balance writing and a job?  Why is engaging with the world so important for writers?   You can find show notes and more information by clicking here: https://www.3books.co/chapters/108   Leave us a voicemail. Your message may be included in a future chapter: 1-833-READ-A-LOT.     Sign up to receive podcast updates here: https://www.3books.co/email-list    3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 15-year-long quest to uncover and discuss the 1000 most formative books in the world. Each chapter discusses the 3 most formative books of one of the world's most inspiring people. Sample guests include: Brené Brown, David Sedaris, Malcolm Gladwell, Angie Thomas, Cheryl Strayed, Rich Roll, Soyoung the Variety Store Owner, Derek the Hype Man, Kevin the Bookseller, Vishwas the Uber Driver, Roxane Gay, David Mitchell, Vivek Murthy, Mark Manson, Seth Godin, Judy Blume and Quentin Tarantino. 3 Books is published on the lunar calendar with each of the 333 chapters dropped on the exact minute of every single new moon and every single full moon all the way up to 5:21 am on September 1, 2031. 3 Books is an Apple "Best Of" award-winning show and is 100% non-profit with no ads, no sponsors, no commercials, and no interruptions. 3 Books has 3 clubs including the End of the Podcast Club, the Cover to Cover Club, and the Secret Club, which operates entirely through the mail and is only accessible by calling 1-833-READ-A-LOT. Each chapter is hosted by Neil Pasricha, New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Awesome, The Happiness Equation, Two-Minute Mornings, etc. For more info check out: https://www.3books.co

In the season celebrating The Exuberance of Youth, World Book Club talks to Pakistani writer Mohsin Hamid about his compelling novel, Exit West. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize Exit West features Nadia and Saeed, two ordinary young people, attempting to fall in love in a world turned upside down. Civil war is driving them from their homeland and they join the great outpouring of people fleeing a collapsing city, hoping against hope, to find their place in the world. Then something extraordinary happens: doors start appearing, all over the world. They lead to other cities, other countries, other lives. But once you leave there's no coming back. Readers from around the world put their questions to Mohsin Hamid about this dazzling book. (Picture: Mohsin Hamid. Photo credit: Jillian Edelstein.)

Amanda and Jenn discuss Amanda's new job (!), Murakami read-alikes, the perfect plane read, and more in this week's episode of Get Booked. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. FEEDBACK Molly Harper's Bluegrass Series (rec'd by another Amanda) Pillow Thoughts by Courtney Peppernell (rec'd by Tanelle) Books Discussed What's Left of Me is Yours by Stephanie Scott (tw: violence against women) Exit West by Mohsin Hamid The Change by Kirsten Miller (tw: childhood sex abuse, obvious references to the Epstein/Maxwell case) Light Years From Home by Mike Chen (cw: dementia, loss of a parent) Black God's Drums by P. Djeli Clark Everfair by Nisi Shawl (cw: graphic violence and war crimes, racism) Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia The Jetsetters by Amanda Eyre Ward (tw: suicide) House of Trelawney by Hannah Rothschild Haldol and Hyacinths by Melody Moezzi (tw: suicide attempts) For a Muse of Fire by Heidi Heilig The Girl From the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag Post: Books Like Heartstopper Fence by C.S. Pacat, Johanna the Mad, Joana LaFuente, and Jim Campbell For listener feedback and questions, as well as a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mohsin Hamid reads his story “The Face in the Mirror,” from the May 16th, 2022, issue of the magazine. Hamid is the author of four novels, including “How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia” and “Exit West,” a winner of the L.A. Times Book Prize. A new novel, “The Last White Man,” from which this story was adapted, will be published in August

We're exploring fiction that depicts the immigrant and refugee experience, and we'll end with what we're reading this week.   Books and other media mentioned in this episode: Ann's picks: How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez (buy from Bookshop) Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys (buy from Bookshop) – Titanic (film) – Ruta Sepetys books The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo (buy from Bookshop) – The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (buy from Bookshop) – Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (buy from Bookshop) Halle's picks: Exit West by Mohsin Hamid (buy from Bookshop) – Exit West (film) The Other Americans by Laila Lalami (buy from Bookshop) – Liz Moore books – Pachinko by Min Jin Lee (buy from Bookshop) The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henríquez (buy from Bookshop) – Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (buy from Bookshop) What We're Reading This Week: Ann: The Art of Escapism Cooking: A Survival Story, with Intensely Good Flavors by Mandy Lee (buy from Bookshop) – Mandy Lee's Flattening the Bird – Lady and Pups (blog) – @ladyandpups Halle: The Verifiers by Jane Pek (buy from Bookshop) – Book of the Month Well-Read on Facebook Well-Read on Twitter Well-Read on Bookshop Well-Read on Instagram

Happy end of February! We hope you'll join us tonight for Libby's fan club book club chat about The Idiot by Elif Batuman - check the Patreon for that Zoom link and all the other details. Today we're catching up on all things books with some fantasy, some myths, some retellings, some magic, and some romance (sometimes all at once!) And before that, we've got some good American Girl Doll talk because we simply cannot get enough of those dolls in our 20-something lives. Thanks for tuning in, we're excited about all the new content we have coming in season 2! As always, you can grab your BATC merch (including the coveted SWEATSHIRT) here: https://www.booksandthecitypod.com/merch. Browse and shop all the books we've discussed on this episode and past episodes at https://www.bookshop.org/shop/booksandthecity. Subscribe to our newsletter on our website, and send us an email at booksandthecitypod@gmail.com-------------> Libby's pick: Exit West by Mohsin Hamad (9:00-16:28) https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/549017/exit-west-by-mohsin-hamid/ On Libby's TBR: The Family Roe: An American Story by Joshua Prager Becky's pick: Hotel Magnifique by Emily J. Taylor (16:29-21:31) https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/677101/hotel-magnifique-by-emily-j-taylor/ On Becky's TBR: The Tobacco Wives by Adele Myers Emily's pick: The Wrath & the Dawn by Renée Ahdieh (21:32-29:51) https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/316779/the-wrath-and-the-dawn-by-renee-ahdieh/ On Emily's TBR: Snow by Orhan Pamuk Kayla's pick: If the Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy (29:52-37:33) https://books.disney.com/book/if-the-shoe-fits/ On Kayla's TBR: Fake by Erika Katz Music by EpidemicSound, logo art by @niczollos, all opinions are our own.

Hillary is retiring, so join us as we reminisce and chat for her final episode! She passes the Book Club mantle to Jo, and we also talk about what we've been reading recently and go on several tangents, and it's a great time. Enjoy! Books Mentioned During This Episode Ryan, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/ryan-elizabeth-clark The Broken Tower by Kelly Braffet (audiobook) The Unwilling (audiobook) The Push by Ashley Audrain (audiobook) Darling Girl by Liz Michalski (audiobook) The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward (audiobook) Sundial (audiobook) The Every by Dave Eggers (audiobook) The Sentence by Louise Erdrich (audiobook) Jo, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/jo Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz (audiobook) The White Album by Joan Didion  Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall (audiobook) Husband Material  Something Fabulous  Devolution by Max Brooks (audiobook) World War Z (audiobook) Hillary, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/hillary The Gilded Page by Mary Wellesley Twelve Caesars by Mary Beard (audiobook) Book Clubs The Hollow Land by Jane Gardam (audiobook) Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders (audiobook) Exit West by Mohsin Hamid (audiobook) The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde (audiobook) Dark Archives by Megan Rosenbloom (audiobook) Gibson's Book Club January 3rd, 2022: Culture Warlords by Tal Lavin February 7th, 2022: Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu March 7th, 2022: Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby April 4th, 2022: These Fevered Days by Martha Ackman May 2nd, 2022: Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour June 6th, 2022: Double Whammy by Carl Hiaasen July 11th, 2022: The Mysteries by Marisa Silver August 1st, 2022: Pickapalooza! Come help us choose next year's book club picks! OTHER LINKS Shop The Laydown Gibson's Bookstore Website Purchase Gift Certificates!  Browse our Website by Category! Donate to the Bookstore! Check out our Events Calendar! Gibson's Instagram The Laydown Instagram Facebook Twitter TikTok Libro.fm (Our Audiobook Platform) Use the code LAYDOWN for 3 audiobooks for the price of 1!  Email us at thelaydownpodcast@gmail.com

This week's guest is SJ Sindu, whose second novel BLUE SKINNED GODS takes on religion and identity in a bold new way. The novel follows Kalki, raised as the tenth avatar of Vishnu due to his blue skin, and explores coming to terms with trauma and self-concept as he grows into adulthood. We travel from an ashram in Tamil Nadu to the rock scene of New York City and observe with bated breath as Kalki comes to terms with his fraught familial relationships and the conflict of his divinity. Sindu's work is accessible to a broad audience yet specific in its references to Hindu mythology and beliefs, and the result is a satisfying, page-turning read. Sindu cites Mohsin Hamid's EXIT WEST as an all-time favorite book. This novel excels from a prose level, with its hallmark winding sentences and many commas. But beyond pure sentence structure, the novel is a detailed and tender character study, depicting the ebbs and flows in the relationship of its central characters. The magical realism elements of transformative doors adds not whimsy, but a dreamlike quality that only highlights the realities of immigration and finding home away from home. Sindu also shares their thoughts on everything from bespoke gift wrapping to the purpose of chapbooks, and so much more. And this one's spoiler free! Books we talk about: This Land is Our Land by Suketu Mehta, The Boat People by Sharon Bala, Stone Fruit by Lee Lai, The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen Sindu's website: https://sjsindu.com/ Follow the podcast on instagram and twitter @yfbpodcast

We're ending spooky season with magical realism and orange wine. Alexa and Maritza crack open “Exist West” by Mohsin Hamid while sipping on Maturana Naranjo Torontel. The duo dives into the book's themes and topics—a story about migration, loss, war, the unknown, but ultimately, love and compassion.

ALERT: THIS EPISODE DOES WORK IT JUST DOESN'T START UNTIL 45 SECONDS IN JUST SKIP TO THAT! In this episode, the Spine Crackers read Pakistani author Mohsin Hamid's 2017 novel of place, space, emigration, and love, Exit West

Dallas and Shanthi discuss Shanthi's fresh take on 21st-century migratory experiences and temporality from her innovative study of young Asian migrants' lives in Australia's cities and regions. The book shows how migration has reshaped lived experiences of time and place for middle-class young people moving between Asia and the West for work, study and lifestyle opportunities. Through a new conceptual framework of ‘chronomobilities,' which looks at ‘time-regimes' and ‘time-logics', Robertson demonstrates how migratory pathways can profoundly affect the temporalities of everyday life, from the timelines of career trajectories to the tempos of urban living. Drawing on extensive ethnographic material, Robertson deepens our understanding of the multifaceted relationship between migration, place and time. Shanthi and Dallas also talk about Exit West in this conversation, a book by Mohsin Hamid. Shanthi calls Hamid's book ‘almost speculative fiction', that follows a young couple who escape civil unrest in their unnamed city through magical doors that begin to appear, allowing people to move instantly to different cities around the world. Exit West follows these characters as they emerge into an alien and uncertain future, struggling to hold on to each other, to their past, to the very sense of who they are. Shanthi says this book is ‘only lightly speculative' and can be read as a powerful commentary on contemporary migration and borders. And if you like this discussion, Dallas also talked with Shanthi on ABC Radio National's The Philosopher's Zone, see Chronomobilities. Join us for a series of fascinating conversations about some of the most interesting books about cities and urban life. Author Bio Dr Shanthi Robertson is an Associate Professor at the School of Humanities and Communication Arts and an Institute Fellow at the Institute for Culture and Society at Western Sydney University. Host Fenella Kernebone, Head of Programming, Sydney Ideas at the University of Sydney Interviewed by Dallas Rogers, Senior Lecturer, School of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney.

ERIKA HENNINGSEN was most recently seen as ‘Cady Heron’ in the original Broadway Cast of Mean Girls, for which she was nominated for an Outer Critics' Circle Award. She made her Broadway debut as ‘Fantine’ in the recent revival of Les Miserables and can be seen as ‘Kim Ravenal’ in the PBS Special of Show Boat: Live from Lincoln Center with the New York Philharmonic. She is slated to appear in Peacock's upcoming series GIRLS5EVA and Amazon's original comedy Harlem. Graduate of the University Of Michigan BFA Musical Theater Program, Broadway Star of the Year 2019. She recently founded the First Time Voters' Club in partnership with Producing Blue to encourage young voters in involvement in the political sector and is an ambassador for the non-profit organization, She’s The First.Weekly Round-Up:Explore this interactive NYTimes piece, “They Believe in Ambitious Women. But They Also See The Costs.”Read the Forge article, “The Worst Mindset To Have When Fighting Racism” by Emily PG Erikson on how perfectionism can undermine the work of dismantling white supremacy culture.Listen to this episode of The Cut podcast wherein trans author Torrey Peters discusses her new book, Detransition Baby and how the common feeling of “failing at gender” can bridge divides between cis and trans women.Buy this incredible butterfly garden with a live cup of caterpillars.This novel, Exit West by Mohsin Hamid, made Erika and Celia realize that they had very similar taste in books.

Exit West, published in 2017, is the fourth novel of British Pakistani author Mohsin Hamid. The critically acclaimed work of Hamid follows two young lovers who escape their home which develops to be a battleground between the rebels and the government. As they migrate throughout the world they face the difficulties of life that come along with the label of refugee. From nationalism to moral dilemmas to existential crises to death, the two have no shortage of problems to face and to solve. But one simply doesn't fall to the flames of hell to rise from those flames as the same person as they were before falling. Difficulties change, mold and often define who we are.  How does these difficulties mold, change and define Nadia and Saeed?      “but that is the way of things, for when we migrate, we murder from our lives those we leave behind.” 

I hope you have been enjoying our string of new guests, four out of the last five. Lola talks about her life as a "serial book clubber" and shares books she's read and loved lately.Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 215: Lovely Pile. Subscribe to the podcast via this link: FeedburnerOr subscribe via Apple Podcasts by clicking: SubscribeOr listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Or listen via StitcherOr listen through Spotify Or listen through Google Podcasts Books discussed: The Heart's Invisible Furies by John BoyneHome is Not a Country by Safia ElhilloHomegoing by Yaa GyasiDays in the Caucasus by Banine, translated by Anne Thompson-AhmadovaDeacon King Kong by James McBrideOther mentions:Elizabeth AcevedoMake Me a World imprintPet by Akwaeke EmeziLife Among the Savages by Shirley Jackson (memoir mentioned)Normal People by Sally RooneyA Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaLisa DillmanThe Good Lord Bird by James McBrideWe the Animals by Justin TorresSantino FontanaArmie HammerThe End of the Affair by Graham Greene; read by Colin FirthLadder to the Sky by John BoyneThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoyneAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Annie Barrows and Mary Ann SchafferThe Nightingale by Kristin HannahWinter Garden by Kristin HannahFirefly Lane by Kristin HannahThe Great Alone by Kristin HannahThe Four Winds by Kristin HannahThe January Children by Safia ElhilloTranscendent Kingdom by Yaa GyasiBahni TurpinRosamund PikeThandi NewtonFever Dream by Samanta Schweblin, translated by Megan McDowellRich & Pretty by Rumaan AlamThe Need by Helen PhilipsExit West by Mohsin HamidLeave the World Behind by Rumaan AlamThe Wife Upstairs by Rachel HawkinsThe Push by Ashley AudrainKlara and the Sun by Kazuo IshiguroLong Bright River by Liz MooreBeneath the Keep by Erika JohansenRelated episodes:Episode 051 - Dreaming in Books with KarenEpisode 067 - Rain and Readability with Ruth(iella) Episode 147 - Bonus Poetry Recommendations with LaurenEpisode 202 - Jacket Flap with Chris and EmilyStalk us online: Lola at GoodreadsLola is @ferociousreader on Instagram and @Lola on LitsyJenny at GoodreadsJenny on TwitterJenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy All links to books are through Bookshop.org, where I am an affiliate. I wanted more money to go to the actual publishers and authors. I link to Amazon when a book is not listed with Bookshop.

Maria Thomas has had a unique career covering such well-known brands as The World Bank Group, Amazon, NPR and Etsy.  Maria’s intellectual curiosity and her ability to see where the puck is going has afforded her the opportunity to work with bright people and help drive each organization forward in its digital transformation.  Join us as we hear from Maria, what skills are transferrable across industries, why customer focus matters and why it’s important to take risks. Show notes:  This episode was recorded on November 30, 2020.  Maria’s favorite podcast revolve around these four themes: Media, Storytelling, Business and Healthcare.  Her favorite podcasts include: Hidden Brain, Throughline, How I Built This, Freakonomics, Home HealthCare News, Masters of Scale, Meditative Story and Should This Exist, Creating A New Healthcare and Tradeoffs. Favorite Books Include: Reinventing American Healthcare by Ezekiel Emanuel, MD; The Samurai’s Garden by Gail Tsukiyama; On Earth We’re briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong; Exit West by Mohsin Hamid; Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens; The Shanghai Free Taxi: Journeys With The Hustlers And Rebels Of The New China by Frank Langfitt. Article which mentions Bezos' point of view on negative reviews https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/jeff-bezos-says-1-thing-separates-successful-people-from-everyone-else-and-will-keep-you-from-giving-up-on-your-dreams-too-soon.html 1999 CNBC interview with Bezos in which he touches on customer centricity and long-term thinking. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GltlJO56S1g Launch of NPR Music which I referenced when talking about NPR and brand stretchability. In this 2007 article I mention some of the same points I brought up in the episode: https://www.seattlepi.com/ae/tv/article/On-Radio-NPR-expands-its-digital-presence-1252124.php

Enjoy our presentation of Exit West, written by Mohsin Hamid and published by Riverhead Books. In a country teetering on the brink of civil war, two young people meet--sensual, fiercely independent Nadia and gentle, restrained Saeed. They embark on a furtive love affair, thrust into premature intimacy by the unrest roiling their city. When it explodes, turning familiar streets into a patchwork of checkpoints and bomb blasts, they begin to hear whispers about doors--doors that can whisk people far away, if perilously and for a price. As violence and the threat of violence escalate, Nadia and Saeed decide that they no longer have a choice. Leaving their homeland and their old lives behind, they find a door and step through. Exit West has received many accolades, including Entertainment Weekly’s 10 Best Novels of the Decade and the Aspen World Literary Prize. Please be advised, Exit West contains violence and racism. This title is available in both ebook and audiobook format through Libby.Libby eBook - https://www.overdrive.com/media/2814358/exit-westLibby Audio - https://www.overdrive.com/media/2812965/exit-west Please visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information.Music: Sad Clown (excerpt) by Orquesta Arrecife. Licensed under CC BY-SA 1.0 http://www.opsound.org/artist/orquestaarrecife/

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On this weeks episode of Book(ish) I sit down with author/podcaster/DJ/dad Andrew Levins to talk about Exit West by Mohsin Hamid. Our conversation includes comic book recommendations, understanding immigration via food and what to do with a vegan child. Enjoy!Books discussed:Exit West by Mohsin HamidThe Dark Knight Returns by Frank MillerBatman: Year One by Frank MillerThe Killing Joke by Alan MooreAll Star Superman by Grant MorrisonUnderstanding Comics by Scott McCloudDaytripper by Fábio Moon and Gabriel BáJujutsu Kaisen by Gege AkutamiBlood on the Tracks by Shūzō OshimiTen: The Nice Guy on the Path of Tenhō by Nobuyuki FukumotoHoles by Louis SacharYou can follow Andrew on Twitter and InstagramYou can listen to his shows Hey Fam, All The Small Games and Serious IssuesFollow Book(ish) and give me your thoughts on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.Sign up to our newsletter here. Join our facebook group here.You can now physically send us stuff to PO BOX 7127, Reservoir East, Victoria, 3073.Want to help support the show?Sanspants+ | Podkeep | USB Tapes | MerchWant to get in contact with us?Email | Twitter | Website | Facebook | Reddit See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to the first episode of The Tea of FIT, a podcast by W27, The Fashion Institute of Technology’s newspaper. We are going to be spilling all kinds of tea – from what remote learning is really like to what our romantic lives look like amidst COVID-19. Considering that we are launching out first season on Halloween, the unofficial start of “cuffing” season, we thought we’d discuss dating – pandemic edition. Today, we talk about three different perspectives on dating in the pandemic, starting new relationships, maintaining old ones, and getting over a break up. And, we give some insight on the meaning behind our name. You can subscribe to our podcast here: Follow our instagram! @w27newspaper https://www.instagram.com/w27newspaper/ Our theme music, Honeymoon at the Holiday Inn, is by MYSM from Thematic: https://thmatc.co/?l=C4D2AD5F Read our latest W27 issues https://issuu.com/w27newspaper Mentioned media: Exit West by Mohsin Hamid (book): https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/exit-west-mohsin-hamid/1123912669?ean=9780735212206 Code Switch episode Battle of the Books: https://www.npr.org/2020/09/21/915222213/battle-of-the-books We Fell In Love in October by Girl in Red: https://open.spotify.com/track/1BYZxKSf0aTxp8ZFoeyM3d Loch Lomond (Arr. For choir): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QYZcCYURTs&feature=youtu.be

Not a very relaxing moment here in Washington State. And yet, thankfully, the trails feel (and sound) exactly the same. This week's walk is sponsored by Ann Friedman, journalist, newsletter-er, and co-host of the Call Your Girlfriend podcast. Ann stands out in my mind (and in my social media sphere) as someone who's always making an effort to champion what's good and stand up for what's right. I really admire that. Her Philanthvertizement reads as such: "I would love your listeners to consider a donation to IRAP, the International Refugee Assistance Project, which provides legal advocacy for refugees and displaced people. Their motto is 'Everyone should have a safe place to live and a safe way to get there.' I started donating to this group in 2017, when three things happened. First, Trump's Muslim ban took effect—and protesting at airports felt profoundly ineffective in the face of such cruelty. A few months later, I read Mohsin Hamid's novel Exit West, in which refugees can leave one country and instantly appear in another just by walking through a door. These portals are the only magical element of the story: Mostly, it focuses on the brutal realities faced by a pair of young lovers when they become stateless. And a few months after I read Exit West—but long before I had stopped thinking about it— I heard IRAP's founder, Becca Heller, speak about her work. I have been a donor ever since. You can find a donation button at refugeerights.org" THANK YOU! Until next week, walk at your own pace and don't touch your face.

Enjoy this lively book discussion between Fairfax County Public Library Director Jessica Hudson and Deputy Director Christine Jones. They're librarians who love a good book but almost never agree on what makes a book great. In this episode, Christine picks Exit West by Mohsin Hamid. This podcast contains spoilers, so please read the book before listening!

International best-selling author Mohsin Hamid speaks about his novel Exit West as a part of Multnomah County Library's 2018 Everybody Reads program.

International best-selling author Mohsin Hamid speaks about his novel Exit West as a part of Multnomah County Library's 2018 Everybody Reads program.

In this Biblio Breakdown, we take a look at point of view, head hopping, and voice, all with the goal of developing a deeper understanding of how we can approach each of these in our own writing. To do this, we'll analyze Mohsin Hamid's Exit West. If you haven't read Exit West, there's no need to fear: I provide context along the way to make sure the content is as accessible to those who have read it as it is to those who have not. After each topic, I offer sample writing exercises or prompts you can use to move forward with a re-examination of or fresh perspective on the subject matter discussed. So pop in those headphones or turn up the speakers, it's time for another Biblio Breakdown!

This month on The Writer and the Critic your hosts, Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond, begin by announcing the two patron-voted books which will be featured in the upcoming Patron's Choice episode in September. There is also some discussion of the recently announced Man Booker longlist because IAN WAS RIGHT and both the novels featured THIS month are on the list! Those novel are of course The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead [11:30] and Exit West by Mohsin Hamid [1:01:00]. For readers interested in spec-fic-skewed novels in a similar vein, Ian highly recommends the following: Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff The Good Lord Bird by James McBride The Fractured Europe Sequence by Dave Hutchinson If you've skipped ahead to avoid spoilers, please come back at 1:47:40 for brief final remarks. The books up for discussion on next month's Patron's Choice episode are: The Fisherman by John Langan By Light We Knew Our Names by Anne Valente Read ahead and join in the spoilerific fun!

On this episode of The Writer and the Critic your hosts, Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond, announce the list of nominated books for the upcoming Patron's Choice episode in September. If you're a Patron with voting rights, get thee to the Patreon website to access the poll and choose which book you'd like them to discuss. The two books on the slab this month are two Finnish novels, City of Woven Streets by Emmi Itäranta [13:40] and Maresi by Maria Turtschaninoff [43:35]. There is some relatively spoiler-free discussion about the similarities between the two beginning at [7:30]. For those listeners who would like to follow up on some things mentioned in the podcast: Brit Mandelo's review of Maresi on Tor.com Julia Gillard's Misogyny Speech on YouTube If you've skipped ahead to avoid spoilers, please come back at 1:24:45 for brief final remarks. The books up for discussion next month are: Exit West by Mohsin Hamid The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead Read ahead and join in the spoilerific fun!

Mohsin Hamid, author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist, has now written a love story unfolding against today's refugee crisis. He joins Anne McElvoy to explore migration past and present. They're joined in the studio by New Generation Thinkers Preti Taneja and Sam Goodman who share their research and compare notes about Partition in film and fiction. Gurinder Chadha talks about her new film Viceroy's House, which features Hugh Bonneville and Gillian Anderson, Manish Dayal, Huma Qureshi, and Michael Gambon in a depiction of events in 1947 when Lord Mountbatten was the last Viceroy of India. Mohsin Hamid's novel Exit West is out now. Viceroy's House is released in cinemas around the UK from Friday March 3rd.Producer: Torquil MacLeod