Podcasts about Rabih Alameddine

Moroccan author Karima Ahdad was the winner of this year's Arabic Flash Fiction contest run by ArabLit and Komet Kashakeel, which saw more than 900 entries from around the world. We read her award-winning story in Katherine Van de Vate's discussion and discuss patriarchy, story creation, and what it means to write “feminist” work.Show Notes:Karima was also shortlisted for an earlier edition of the ArabLit Story Prize. You can read her shortlisted story, “The Baffling Case of the Man Called Ahmet Yilmaz,” in Katherine Van de Vate's translation.Katherine also translated an excerpt of Karima's The Cactus Girls for The Markaz Review.You can read a conversation between Karima and Katherine about Cactus Girls on arablit.You can find more about all Karima's books at her website, karimaahdad.com.On the topic of the “political” novel, we mentioned Rabih Alameddine's new book, Comforting Myths.The Arabic Flash Fiction prize is funded by the British Council's Beyond Literature Borders programme corun by Speaking Volumes Live Literature Productions. Find all the finalists at ArabLit. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As the author of six critically acclaimed novels, including the 2022 PEN/Faulkner award winning ‘The Wrong End of the Telescope', Rabih Alameddine is no stranger to the living art of storytelling. His work explores worlds that may seem beyond words, everything from civil war to exile and epidemics, and yet finds the words we need to hear. Now teaching literature at Georgetown University, Alameddine delves into the next generation of writers. He speaks with Georgina Godwin on his writing career, his upbringing and future plans for his art.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Join us this week as we give our empathy muscles a workout and chat about six of the best contemporary memoirs we've read recently. Saph recommends This Is Not A Pity Memoir by Abbi Morgan, Taking Sides: A Memoir About Love, War, and Changing the World by Sherine Tadros, and The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions by Jonathan Rosen. Joseph recommends Stay True by Hua Hsu, In The Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado, and Also A Poet: Frank O'Hara, My Father, and Me by Ada Calhoun. Also this week, Joseph read The Wrong End of the Telescope by Rabih Alameddine and Saph read The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin This week's listener recommendation request comes from Sara who loved The Girl With The Louding Voice by Abi Daré and is looking for similar books. Joseph recommends Half A Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and Saph recommends The Seven Moons of Mali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka. Also mentioned in this episode:The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinWar Stories by Jeremy BowenBoy Friends by Michael PedersenFriendaholic by Elizabeth Day Platonic: How Understanding Your Attachment Style Can Help You Make and Keep Friends by Marisa G FrancoSee the Novel Thoughts bookshop page for all books mentioned in this episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This past year, I've read plenty of books and stories, some of them normal, some of them extraordinary. Today, I want to discuss the most extraordinary book about normal people that I've read this past year.

•(To fight for) a soul.. those who feel adrift, hang on to this.. it's not b/c you were “born without one.” Rather it's no one else's concern, whether they realize that truth or not. •for fame, I don't even require you BELIEVE a heffa!☺️ Many have tried, and been dismissed.. but all Account to the God they claim to worship/serve. {Episode art includes image results of the Google search: “unnecessary,” and include “The Unnecessary Woman” by Rabih Alameddine; “Unnecessary Inventions: A Game” by Funderdome; and “Unnecessary Farce” by Paul Slade Smith.} --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christiantruth/message

On this show, Meg Wolitzer hands things off to guest host Hope Davis, who presents three stories about finding some kind of peace and stability in a variety of challenging circumstances. In Rabih Alameddine's “Break” a trans woman reconnects with a sibling. The reader is Pooya Mohseni. Dave Eggers imagines a world changed by determined parents in “Your Mother And I,” performed by the late David Rakoff. And love triumphs over illness in Amy Bloom's “Silver Water,” performed by Linda Lavin.

The Fifa World Cup is being held in Qatar. The country's been gearing up for this huge event commissioning a broad array of art projects. However human rights groups have repeatedly complained about the bad treatment of foreign labourers building the stadia, and there are also concerns for LGBTQ+ fans attending the matches, in a country where homosexuality remains illegal. Rabih Alameddine is an award-winning Lebanese US novelist and painter, whose books cover topics including the Aids epidemic, the Lebanese civil war, exile and gender identity. He is also a huge football fan and he tells Tina Daheley about what hosting the World Cup in an Arab country means for the region and discusses football's attitude to sexuality. Argentina is famous for its legendary footballers, but amateur football is also huge in the country. Artist Martin Kazanietz captures this love of five-a-side and the social side of soccer in his paintings and he tells us about his own passion for the amateur game. The Uefa Women's EUROs took place in England this year, with a record audience of more than 365 million people watching worldwide. The tournament appointed British Jamaican, professor Shirley Thompson as composer in residence. She created two works, Momentum, a Concerto for Football and Orchestra, the other, an anthem called Beautiful Game, both performed by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Shirley told The Cultural Frontline's Andrea Kidd about the pieces. Nigeria might have missed out on a place in the World Cup, but one man who's putting the country's footballers on the virtual international playing field is Victor Daniyan. For the last three years he's been painstakingly creating a Pan African video football game. Victor explains why it's important for him to develop this interactive platform. (Photo credit: Colin Anderson Productions Pty Ltd/Getty Images)

Jenny Lawson is a funny writer, but that label doesn't tell the whole story. In her three books, her "parenthetical ramblings" are hilarious glimpses into her razor sharp wit that keep you laughing long after you put the book down. At the same time, Jenny Lawson deals with deep depression that has her also writing about her struggles - sometimes just to stay alive. She writes of the “monster” that at times takes over her mind. That mind works in wonderous ways - not always helpful to her own well being - but wonderous just the same. Our bookstore this week? Well that's Jenny Lawson's too. We talk to Elizabeth Jordon, the general manager of Jenny Lawson's bookstore, Nowhere Bookshop in San Antonio. Books mentioned in the podcast: Broken (in the Best Possible Way) by Jenny Lawson Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson Twice 22 by Ray Bradbury Pet Sematary by Stephen King Hurricane Girl by Marcy Dermansky Florida Woman by Deb Rogers Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado There, There by Tommy Orange A Visitation of Spirits by Randall Kenan Stories From the Tenants Downstairs by Sidik Fofana The Hakawati by Rabih Alameddine

An FBI probe into potential terrorists at a prom is the perfect setup for this high-paced satire that covers youth, sex, politics, religion, education, and the government. Written by the award-winning author of Wrong End of the Telescope, and read by Raffi Barsoumian (DC's Legends of Tomorrow and The Vampire Diaries).  It was one of the pieces commissioned by Selected Shorts for its new anthology, Small Odysseys.Join and give!: https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/symphonyspacenyc?code=SplashpageSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Winner of this year's Pen/Faulkner award for Fiction, author Rabih Alameddine's latest novel sees a Lebanese doctor arriving at a Syrian refugee camp to help. It's a portrait of ordinary people trapped in horrific circumstances. Hear a review of “The Wrong End of the Telescope”

Rabih Alameddine talks about his new novel The Wrong End of the Telescope, which is set on the island of Lesbos amidst the medical personnel and tourist-volunteers involved with helping the arriving Syrian refugees. Interestingly, the writer, one suspiciously similar to Rabih himself, is a secondary character in this novel, a character who asks Mina, […] The post Rabih Alameddine : The Wrong End of the Telescope appeared first on Tin House.

In conversation with Rabih Alameddine, National Book Award nominated author of An Unnecessary Woman, The Angel of History, The Hakawati, and most recently, The Wrong End of the Telescope. Somali-British author Nadifa Mohamed is the writer of the renowned novels Black Mamba Boy and The Orchard of Lost Souls. A regular contributor to The Guardian and the BBC, she is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and is a lecturer in creative writing at Royal Holloway, University of London. Mohamed is the recipient of the Somerset Maugham Award, and was named one of Granta's best young British novelists of 2013, and was a part of the 2014 Africa39 list of the most promising writers under the age of 40 from sub-Saharan Africa. A finalist for the 2021 Booker Prize, The Fortune Men is a novel about Mahmood Mattan, a young Somali sailor falsely accused of a violent crime in 1950s Cardiff, Wales. ''Nadifa Mohamed's The Fortune Men is a blues song cut straight from the heart. It tells about the unjust death of an innocent Black man caught up in a corrupt system. Nadifa's masterful evocation of the full life of Mahmood Mattan, the last man executed in Cardiff for a crime he was exonerated for forty years later, is brought alive with subtle artistry and heartbreaking humanity. In one man's life Mohamed captures the multitudes of homelands, dialects, hopes, and prayers of Somalis, Jews, Maltese and West Indians drawn in by the ships that filled Wales' Tiger Bay in the 1950's, all hoping for a future that eludes Mattan.''-Walter Mosley, author of Devil in a Blue Dress (recorded 12/15/2021)

Rabih Alameddine was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the National Book Award for An Unnecessary Woman, a ''paean to the transformative power of reading'' (LA Review of Books). His many other works include the novels The Angel of History, The Hakawati, and the short story collection The Perv. The winner of the 2019 Dos Passos Prize, Alameddine was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, and has had solo gallery exhibitions of his paintings on three continents. In The Wrong End of the Telescope, a steadfast Arab American trans woman aids Syrian refugees on the island of Lesbos, and forms a close bond with a Syrian matriarch who is determined to protect her children and husband. Claire Vaye Watkins' debut story collection Battleborn was named a best book of 2012 by numerous periodicals. Her other work includes Gold Fame Citrus, a novel in which two young lovers squatting in an abandoned mansion find hope in a drought-wracked future Los Angeles. Watkins is a writing professor at the University of California, Irvine, and her stories and essays have appeared in Granta, One Story, The Paris Review, Ploughshares, and Glimmer Train. I Love You but I've Chosen Darkness is the ''trippy and beautiful, slippery and seductive'' (Vogue) story of a new mother who leaves for a speaking engagement in Reno, Nevada and ends up on a transformative journey through the Mojave Desert of her youth. (recorded 11/23/2021)

In this afikra FWD, Ahmed Ashour talks about "Koolaids: The Art of War" by Rabih Alameddine. Ahmed talks about the characters, plot, and post-modern literature.Note: Ahmed is not an expert on this subject but is sharing information in the hopes of spurring interest in the subject.Hosted by: Mikey Muhanna, afikra Edited by: Ramzi RammanTheme music by The Brooklyn Nomads https://www.instagram.com/thebrooklynnomads/About the afikra Community Presentations:A community member delivers an in-depth presentation on a ‎topic related to the Arab world's history and culture during a one-hour online event. The presentation is the ‎culmination of a month-long afikra coaching process to help identify a topic, find research, and develop the ‎presentation. The goal is to showcase the presenter's curiosity, research, and share some knowledge. Each ‎presentation is followed by a moderated Q&A with questions coming from the live virtual audience on Zoom.  ‎Join the live audience: https://www.afikra.com/rsvp Follow Youtube - Instagram (@afikra_) - Facebook - Twitter Supportwww.afikra.com/supportAbout afikra:‎afikra is a movement to convert passive interest in the Arab world to active intellectual curiosity. We aim to collectively reframe the dominant narrative of the region by exploring the histories and cultures of the region- past, present, and future - through conversations driven by curiosity.Read more about us on afikra.com

We look at new writing from Syria and about the experiences of Syrian refugees, including Ramy Al-Asheq's Ever Since I Did Not Die, a book he categorizes not as poetry or prose but as “pieces of my body, haphazardly brought together in a paper bag.” Show Notes Ramy Al-Asheq's Ever Since I Did Not Die was translated by Isis Nusair and edited by Levi Thompson. Samar Yazbek's Planet of Clay was translated by Leri Price and is on the shortlist for this year's National Book Award, in the Translation category. Rabih Alameddine's The Wrong End of the Telescopefollows a Lebanese-American trans woman's journey to the Moria refugee camp on Lesbos, Greece. Haya Saleh's Wild Poppieswon the 2020 Etisalat Award for Arabic Children's Literature in the YA category and follows two young Syrian boys, Omar and Sufyan, as they struggle to come-of-age during wartime. We finished on a reading of an untitled poem by Ramy Al-Asheq, published in Transference, translated by Levi Thompson.

Episode 86 Notes and Links to Mark Athitakis' Work            On Episode 86 of The Chills at Will Podcast, Pete welcomes Mark Athitakis, and the two talk about Mark's varied reading, his various writing and editing jobs, his role as book critic and literary reviewer, ideas of the critic as objective chronicler, and his work that highlights underappreciated writers and Midwestern writers.              Mark Athitakis is a writer, editor, critic, blogger, reporter, essayist, white-paper-ist. He has written short and long pieces for publications like The New York Times and Washington Post, published two books, and provided editorial assistance from basic proofreading to deeper guidance on book-length projects. He has taught, consulted, and generally helped people tell their stories better. His particular expertise is in association/nonprofit content and literary criticism, but he delivers professional work in a variety of contexts.   October 4, 2021 Review in USA Today of Jonathan Franzen's Crossroads September 13, 2021 Review in The Los Angeles Times of Rabih Alameddine's The Wrong End of the Telescope -“This Refugee Novel Knows it Can't Change the World”    Authory.com Page for Mark-links to 300+ past publications   Buy The New Midwest at Bookshop.org   At about 2:00, Mark discusses his multifaceted career and the different types of writing he does as a “white paper-ist” At about 4:25, Mark talks about his childhood, as a child of immigrants from Crete, Greece, and the ways in which language and reading and immigrant tradition affected his later expertise with writing  At about 7:30, Mark talks about his early reading and having his “head turned sideways” by writers like Nelson Algren and Harry Mark Petrakis who wrote about place, and immigrant communities such as he knew growing up in Chicago; he also references Paul Fussell's Class and its impact on him At about 13:30, Mark talks about more recent reading that has informed his love of literature and his own writing, including William Faulkner, Phillip Roth, Marilyn Robisnon, and admired critics like Parul Sehgal, Patricia Lockwood, Laura Miller, Leslie Jamison, and Elizabeth Nelson At about 18:20, Mark responds to Pete's question about moments in which he felt that his work resonated, and he talks about “really [taking] to it” when he began doing portraits of artists like Brian Wilson At about 21:00, Mark talks about the importance of the alt-weekly in nurturing young writers, and the declining impact of these alt-weeklies At about 22:25, Pete asks Mark about editing others' work, especially with writing as a supposed solitary activity; Mark talks about his recent role as a writer-in-residence at the public library and what he learned from it At about 26:40, Pete wonders about objectivity when it comes to criticism  At about 30:05, Pete inquires into if and how reading as a critic affects Mark's reading for pleasure; he also asks Mark about the philosophy of “bashing” and negative reviews At about 36:25, Mark responds to the Pete's musings about the “democratization of reviews” and how this affects him At about 38:00, Pete and Mark discuss Jonathan Franzen and his role as “controversial”; Pete cites parts of Mark's recent positive review of Franzen's Crossroads At about 42:15, Pete asks Mark about the portrait he wrote for the LA Times about Rabih Alameddine and if Mark sees a need to be an evangelist or activist with a book like this one At about 49:30, Pete and Mark discuss The New Midwest, Mark's book, and Mark talks about the genesis and aim of the book, with Belt Magazine providing impetus At about 54:00, Mark discusses his desire to avoid putting Chicago and Midwestern literature in opposition to other literary scenes in his book, but instead to celebrate the Midwestern scene At about 57:00, Mark salutes Marilynne Robinson in citing her as a true Midwest writer and underappreciated student and chronicler of the region At about 59:30, the two discuss David Foster Wallace's work as Pete asks Mark if he is a “Midwest writer” and Mark's thoughts about his work At about 1:03:20, Mark reads a piece of his that he deems a bit different from his usual-a piece from The Washington Post about “quarantine reading”; Pete and Mark discuss the article's ideas At about 1:08:00, Mark gives his contact information         You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. 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Incluso 71 episodios no son tarde para iniciar... “Las melodías que hemos oído son dulces, pero aún más dulces son las que no hemos oído”, escribió Keats (ya se quien es Keats hehe)... De "La mujer de papel (An Unnecessary Woman)" de Rabih Alameddine

Rabih Alameddine speaks about being in love with the characters in his new novel, “The Wrong End of the Telescope."

Rabih Alameddine, English PEN at 100 with Philippe Sands and Elif Shafak, Editors' Pick

This bonus episode revisits and remixes the virtual launch events for Paris Review issues 233 and 234, summer and fall  2020—no Zoom room required! First, Eloghosa Osunde reads the opening of her story “Good Boy”; next, Aracelis Girmay reads Lucille Clifton’s “Poem to My Yellow Coat”; then Lydia Davis shares  her short piece “The Left Hand”; translator Patricio Ferrari recites “Crater of the Beginning” by Portuguese poet Antonio Osorio; Jamel Brinkley reads an excerpt from his story “Witness”; Rabih Alameddine reads from his story “The July War”; Emma Hine presents her poem “Cassandra”; and the episode concludes with Girmay’s awe-filled recollection of her visit to Clifton’s archive, plus her rendition of Clifton’s poem “Bouquet.” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of us have probably heard that adage of good writing from an English teacher in our childhood: Show, don't tell. But what does it mean? Is "telling" the enemy? (No, it isn't.) HOW does one show and not tell? Can you give me examples? All these questions answered in today's episode, and more, plus a writing prompt that will give you the opportunity to show off your newly acquired "showing" skills. Passages quoted are from Rabih Alameddine's "The Angel of History;" and two restaurant reviews by the then New York Times food critic, Frank Bruni, here (https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/19/dining/reviews/the-steady-center-of-an-expanding-universe.html) and here (https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/07/dining/reviews/07rest.html).

Why is it important for healthcare leaders to build resilience now? Clinicians and leaders were already burned out, or on the verge of it, prior to the COVID pandemic. There is concern that the strain and burden being experienced by essential healthcare workers may lead to a dual pandemic. The truth is their leaders are their first line of support. We know how much you want to support them and how concerned you are about their well-being AND you are experiencing significant challenges and stress, too. In this episode, we explore a unique combination of strategies that you may or may not know can help you develop resilience during these unprecedented times. These three strategies are part of our Dynamic Balance Effect Framework™ that we leverage to help healthcare leaders develop balance and resilience in their work and personal lives. When you are always putting others first, it can have a negative impact on your well-being and resilience. During the episode we discuss the importance of taking care of self and others and putting your own needs first. Yes, you need to put yourself first! Rabih Alameddine, author of The Hakawati, states “What happens is of little significance compared with the stories we tell ourselves about what happens”. We talk about the significant role stories and beliefs play in our ability to be resilient. The third strategy we discuss is the power of habits. You may or may not realize that 95% of what we do is based on habit. It’s easy to see, if 95% of our actions are based on habit, then it’s essential to be aware of our habits and to leverage habits to make our most effective actions automatic and easy, isn’t it. Have you begun to realize how these three strategies can help you put yourself first and develop resilience, yet? You may not realize the significance of the strategies until you listen to the podcast and learn more. It’s there waiting for you. Other Podcast Episodes on Taking Care of Self and Others: Episode # 6 The Holy Grail: Managing Taking Care of Self AND Taking Care of OthersEpisode #14 Are You Sacrificing your SELF for OTHERS?Episode #35 What’s the secret to becoming a thriving and resilient healthcare leader?You may or may not know that the doors to our 5- Day VIRTUAL Work Life Balance Bootcamp for Healthcare Leaders is OPEN!! If you want to experience more joy, live with intention, and add value at work and establish work life balance easily and effortlessly, then this bootcamp is for you. Click here to learn more!

On episode 081 of The Quarantine Tapes, Paul Holdengräber is joined by Rabih Alameddine. Alameddine and Holdengräber explore how poetry has impacted their lives, and share their mutual adoration for the work of Fernando Pessoa. When Holdengräber asks what is his favorite poem, Alameddine reads Happiness Writes White, by Edward Hirsch. Openly contemplating mental health, Alameddine and Holdengräber discuss observations on the human desires to be seen, as well as to be separate.Rabih Alameddine is the author of I, the Divine (W.W. Norton), The Hakawati (A.A. Knopf), Koolaids, The Perv, An Unnecessary Woman, and The Angel of History (all Grove Atlantic). An Unnecessary Woman was a finalist for the National Book Award 2014 and the winner of the prestigious Prix Femina étranger, and The Angel of History won the Lambda Literary Award. Alameddine is the winner of the 2019 Dos Passos Prize. His next novel, The Wrong End of the Telescope, will be published by Grove in spring/summer 2021. Read the poem “Happiness Writes White” by Edward HirschPhotography credit: Benito Ordonez

Celebrating the new issue of Freeman's: "The Best New Writing on California," published by Grove. Hosted by John Freeman with readings by Tommy Orange, Rabih Alameddine, Lauren Markham, H.R. Smith, Shobha Rao, Oscar Villalon, and Jaime Cortez. The sixth Freeman's brilliantly showcases some of the world's best writers grappling with the myths and reality of California today. John Freeman was the editor of Granta until 2013. His books include How to Read a Novelist, Tales of Two Cities, Tales of Two Americas, and Maps, his debut collection of poems. He is executive editor at the Literary Hub and teaches at the New School and New York University. His work has appeared in the New Yorker and the Paris Review and has been translated into twenty languages.

I talk with fiction writer and National Book Award nominee Rabih Alameddine about art's responsibilities in the world, AIDS, and JM Coetzee. It's a lot of fun.

Gay Lebanese-American novelist Rabih Alameddine authored the California Book Award-winning book An Unnecessary Woman and the Lambda Literary Award-winning book The Angel of History. In this interview we discuss (questionable) reasons some Lebanese don't identify as Arab, and the commodification of gay struggle, and writing against empire. TW for use of the word "sand n****r". This episode was recorded at Women's Audio Mission in SF. Photo by Oliver Wascow. Listen to the interview at read the transcript at scribd.com/artactivistnia. Support the podcast at patreon.com/artactivistnia.

We discuss Marcia’s recent interviews with professors teaching Arabic literature in translation; an essay by Lebanese novelist Rabih Alameddine’s in which he picks apart “world literature” and foreign writers – such as himself – who act as “tour guides”; and a book that is an ambitious overview of modern art in the Arab world. 

Amanda and Jenn discuss international reads, Star Trek readalikes, bisexual characters, and more in this week's episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by As You Wish by Chelsea Sedoti and OwlCrate. Enter our Best of 2017 books giveaway! bookriot.com/bookriottop20   Questions 1. Hi girls! I love reading about people from different countries or people currently living in different countries and would love a recommendation! I'm trying to find something that isn’t about war or racism. Maybe something a little more lighthearted- if that exists. I love both fiction and nonfiction and am very open to translated works, poetry, plays, short story collections, etc. None of my book friends have been able to help, but I'm hoping you can :) Thank you! --Bianca   2. Hi Amanda & Jenn, I'm looking for a recommendation for my book club. We're all women ranging in age from mid-twenties to mid-sixties and, as individuals, read everything from literary fiction to romance to science fiction and fantasy. We've only been meeting for the past 6 months so we're still figuring out what types of books work best. Right now, we've read Where'd You Go Bernadette (which everyone really enjoyed), Small Great Things (most people liked), Elsie and Mairi Go to War (awful, didn't even finish), Exit West (another strong pick), When Dimple Met Rishi (good, but not substantial enough), and God: A Human History (haven't discussed yet, but from our group emails, I'm thinking it's a bit too academic). Contemporary fiction with interesting, strong female protagonists seems to be our sweet spot. We have The Mothers on our to-read list as well as A Gentleman in Moscow, My Cousin Rachel and The Summer Before the War. We read diversely, don't shy away from difficult/sensitive subjects, nonfiction is ok but we've read a decent amount lately, and prefer adult to YA. Thanks so much! --Megan   3. Hi there - I'll be moving to the Bay Area soon for a software engineering program, and I'm a little nervous about feeling lonely/missing home. I'd love some recommendations for: escapist/comforting reads and/or fiction with an awesome female lead and/or books set in San Francisco. I've been reading through the October Daye series by Seanan McGuire and have enjoyed them. I'm also planning to take Sourdough by Robin Sloan with me. I enjoy most sci-fi/fantasy and read a lot of literary fiction as well. Some of my favorite authors are Miriam Toews, Mary Doria Russell, Peter Heller and Connie Willis. Thanks for your help and for the show - this podcast has helped me find so many great books! --Rachel   4. What sci-fi books would you recommend to someone who loves Star Trek? I've of course read some of the novelizations, but I'd like to read some novels that are unconnected but have a similar enough feel to Star Trek. I love the space exploration, philosophy, and different alien races working together, but most of all I loved the idealized future. It seems every futuristic novel I read, we all live in a terrible future that is terrible, and OH LOOK AT HOW EVIL TECHNOLOGY IS. There are no words to describe how tired I am of that. Thanks in advanced guys. I can't wait to hear your recs. --Eliza   5. Hi, I recently listened to your podcast about biography recommendations and can't wait to check out Cleopatra. I would love some other great biographies/memoirs about women. I would prefer people of color or/not already widely famous people. For example, I loved Stolen Lives; Twenty Years in a Desert Jail by Malika Oufkir, Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, Unbowed by Wangari Maathai, and Mennonite in a Little Black Dress by Rhoda Janzen. Thanks! --Carrie   6. I'm on a search for bisexual characters in literature (who actually call themselves bi- too often authors try to skirt around the word). I'm bisexual myself and I'm craving representation. I find so many gay and lesbian characters, but rarely bi. I don't mind if the character is in a same sex or opposite sex relationship, I would just really like to read about a bi character. Also, while I would love to see some bi women, I encounter bi women much more than I encounter bi men, so I would appreciate it if your suggestions had both genders (if that is at all possible). Thank you so much, and I absolutely adore the show. --Virginia   7. Hi Amanda and Jenn! I love listening to your podcast! Im wondering if you can recommend some books set in the Middle East. I recently read When the Moon is Low by Nadia Hashimi and loved it. I'd particularly like books told from the perspective of a female character(s). Thanks! --Becky   Books Discussed Sunshine by Robin McKinley A Darker Shade of Magic by VE Schwab The Rabbit Back Literature Society by Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen, translated by Lola Rogers The Woman Next Door by Yewande Omotoso (rec’d by Rebecca) White Oleander by Janet Fitch Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi Wallbanger by Alice Clayton A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold Provenance by Ann Leckie Wild Swans by Jung Chang Mighty Be Our Powers by Leymah Gbowee A Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee 100 Must Read Bisexual Books post Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner Escape from Aleppo by N.H. Senzai An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine

In this episode, Tessa Dare recommends Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase and Malka Older recommends An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine. This episode of Recommended is sponsored by Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu. To enter the giveaway of all twelve of the books sponsoring this season of Recommended, go to FierceReadsRecommended.com.

Maria Semple on "Today Will Be Different" - 1:23The world of Maria Semple's imagination is a glowing place. Her characters rocket off on madcap adventures; they collide at high speed; they teeter on the edge of emotional cliffhangers. Some passages crackle with the comedic snap she honed writing for TV shows like “Arrested Development” and "Mad About You," but at the center of her stories are quiet emotional truths. Semple’s last novel was the "New York Times" best-seller “Where’d You Go, Bernadette?” — a merry chase on the trail of a formidable heroine that's currently being adapted into a movie starring Cate Blanchett, Kristen Wiig and Billy Crudup. This year she’s back with another kind of caper, "Today Will Be Different," which in turn will be made into an HBO limited series starring Julia Roberts and written by Semple.Rabih Alameddine on "The Angel of History" - 17:05Rabih Alameddine possesses the kind of multifaceted mind we all aspire to. His career has spanned engineering, painting and writing, and his six books keenly bridge the Middle East and the West, religion and sexuality, history and pop culture. In "The Angel of History," Alameddine mixes many different currents to tell the story of a young Yemeni-born, gay man who weathers San Francisco’s AIDS epidemic through an unusual relationship with Satan and a gaggle of saints. Alameddine talks about the gray areas between good and evil, Satan as a protagonist, and the importance of remembering the past, particularly the hardest moments, in order to move into the future."The Angel of History" recently won the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction.Alexander Chee on "The Queen of the Night" - 35:47Alexander Chee’s new book, “The Queen of the Night,” is a waltz through a kaleidoscopic 19th-century world of opera, romance and intrigue that the "New York Times" called a "post modern bodice ripper." It follow the journey of a 19th-century American girl from a circus to a brothel to the service of France's empress to the glamorous life of a star soprano. Chee tells us how he interwove his own characters with historic giants of France’s Second Empire, like Verdi, famous courtesans and the Emperor Napoleon the Third, as well as his own journey from boy soprano to novelist.

This week's Podcast features interviews from LARB's recent event in San Francisco. Co-hosts Tom Lutz and Laurie Winer speak with Rabih Alameddine about his new book The Angel of History, structures of narrative outside the American mainstream, and the state of poetry in light of Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize; and then Jade Chang talks about her novel The Wangs vs The World, the changing shape of the American immigrant tale, and her desire to struggle as a stand-up comic. Then Taschen's Dian Hanson returns to recommend the spectacular erotic photography of China's Ren Hang (soon to be published by Taschen); and we re-listen to CP Cavafy's classic poem Waiting for the Barbarians, pending the arrival of Donald Trump.

Rabih Alameddine, author of “The Angel of History” is interviewed by Richard Wolinsky. Born in Kuwait and now living in San Francisco and Beirut, Rabih Alameddine is the atuhor of several novels, including “The Hakawati” and “An Unnecessary Woman.”  His latest novel deals with memory and forgetting, as a poet remembers his lover and others who died of AIDS during the '80s in the context of both the real world and a fantasy dialogue between Satan and Death. In this interview, Rabih Alameddine talks about his life as an immigrant, as an Arab, as a gay person, and its relationship to his art. He also discusses the recent election and how it breaks through the fantasy of America's exceptionalism. A shorter version of this interview can be found as a Bookwaves program. The post Rabih Alameddine appeared first on KPFA.

Jonathan Safran Foer and Rabih Alameddine read from, and discuss, their new works: Here I Am and The Angel of History, respectively. They are introduced by Rich Cohen and Jonathan Lee. It was recorded on Oct 20, 2016 in front of a live audience at New York's 92nd Street Y.

Rabih Alameddine's The Angel of History takes place as much in the protagonist's head as it does in a psych ward where he checks himself in for a bit of rest while he battles the voices in his head.

„Eine überflüssige Frau“, der Roman von Rabih Alameddine, schildert auf subtile Weise ein Frauenleben im arabischen Raum. Dies ist bemerkenswert, da Rabih Alameddine ein Mann ist. Aaliya, die 72-jährige Protagonistin des Romans blickt auf ihr Leben zurück und zieht Bilanz. Außer Bücher, Übersetzungen und einer kurzen arrangierten Ehe in jungen Jahren – was war noch? War sie oder ihr Leben am Ende gar überflüssig? Der Roman ist in der libanesischen Hauptstadt Beirut, der Heimat des Autoren Rabih Almeddine angesiedelt. Er wurde in Jordanien geboren, ist in Beirut aufgewachsen und lebt heute in Beirut als auch in San Francisco. Eva Schmidt von Radio München liest Passagen aus dem Buch. Die Veranstaltung vom Verlag „Louisoder“ fand am 06.12.16 in der Seidlvilla statt. Das Buch ist im Handel erhältlich.

„Aaliya ist 72 Jahre alt und lebt allein in einer Wohnung in Beirut. Allein, seit sie mit Anfang zwanzig kinderlos von ihrem Mann geschieden wurde. Seitdem umgibt sie sich mit Büchern.“ Das ist der Beginn der Erzählung „Eine überflüssige Frau“ von Rabih Alameddine. Der Roman ist im Münchner Louisoder-Verlag erschienen, war auf der Hotlist der alternativen Buchverlage gelistet und wird jetzt am 6. Dezember in der Seidl-Villa gelesen. Grund genug, mal hineinzuhören und sich mit dem Verleger Gerdt Fehrle zu unterhalten.

This week, we bring you the second of two shows we'd recorded live at Wordstock, Portland's book festival. It's sparkling hour with three witty truth-tellers. But first, we wanted to check in: how're you feeling after the election. Artists Respond to TrumpPortland hip-hop sensation Aminé hit the stage of "The Tonight Show" Tuesday, adding some politics to his viral song “Caroline”: "You can never make American great again / All you did is make this country hate again." His voice joined the chorus of artists protesting in the streets, making visual art about the election, and other kinds of work. In fact, many Oregon artists are rethinking what their work has to say in a divisive political season. We check in with a few of them.Maria Semple - 6:40The world of Maria Semple's imagination is a glowing place. Her characters rocket off on madcap adventures; they collide at high speed; they teeter on the edge of emotional cliffhangers. Some passages crackle with the comedic snap she honed writing for TV shows like “Arrested Development” and "Mad About You," but at the center of her stories are quiet emotional truths. Semple’s last novel was the New York Times best-seller “Where’d You Go, Bernadette?” — a merry chase on the trail of a formidable heroine. This year she’s back with another kind of caper, "Today Will Be Different.”Alexander Chee - 21:28Alexander Chee’s new book, “The Queen of the Night,” is a waltz through a kaleidoscopic 19th-century world of opera, romance and intrigue that the New York Times called a "post modern bodice ripper." It follow the journey of a 19th-century American girl from a circus to a brothel to the service of France's empress to the glamorous life of a star soprano. Chee tells us how he interwove his own characters with historic giants of France’s Second Empire, like Verdi, famous courtesans and the Emperor Napoleon the Third, as well as his own journey from boy soprano to novelist.Rabih Alameddine - 34:48Rabih Alameddine possesses the kind of multifaceted mind we all aspire to. His career has spanned engineering, painting, and writing, and his six books keenly bridge the Middle East and the West, religion and sexuality, history and pop culture. In "The Angel of History," Alameddine mixes many different currents to tell the story of a young Yemini-born gay man who weathers San Francisco’s AIDS epidemic through an unusual relationship with Satan and a gaggle of saints. Alameddine talks about the gray areas between good and evil, Satan as a protagonist, and the importance of remembering the past, particularly the hardest moments, in order to move into the future.

Episode 5: Our Titlepage reads: Found in Translation and features Simon Winchester, Aleksandar Hemon, Rabih Alameddine, and Nam Le.

Rabih Alameddine on his new novel An Unnecessary Woman which was shortlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction.

Author, Hakawati

Rabih Alameddine was born in Jordan to Lebanese parents and has lived in Kuwait, Lebanon, England, and the United States. He began his career as an engineer, then moved to writing and painting. He is the author of two novels as well as a collection of short stories, and is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship. He lives in San Francisco and Beirut. He reads from his new novel “The Hakawati,” set in the Middle East. Series: "Story Hour in the Library" [Humanities] [Show ID: 20017]

Rabih Alameddine was born in Jordan to Lebanese parents and has lived in Kuwait, Lebanon, England, and the United States. He began his career as an engineer, then moved to writing and painting. He is the author of two novels as well as a collection of short stories, and is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship. He lives in San Francisco and Beirut. He reads from his new novel “The Hakawati,” set in the Middle East. Series: "Story Hour in the Library" [Humanities] [Show ID: 20017]

The World Belongs to the Story Tellers as part of our pre-election juju let's return to the power of story: Caroline welcomes, from Beirut, master story-teller Rabih Alameddine, author of "The Hakawati" a fantabulously pertinent modern Arabian Nights novel of such power that to read it is to synchronously encounter it in life. The art of the frame story, (the story within which are stories) is indeed a woven carpet that transports  us across all borders of time, geography, self and other  http://www.rabihalameddine.com/ The post The Visionary Activist Show – September 18, 2008 appeared first on KPFA.

Episode 5: Our Titlepage reads: Found in Translation and features Simon Winchester, Aleksandar Hemon, Rabih Alameddine, and Nam Le.