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SUMMARY:Inprint Ayad Akhtar Reading
DESCRIPTION:Season tickets are on sale here. \n \n  \nAyad Akhtar will read from his new novel The Radiance\, followed by an on-stage conversation led by a University of Houston professor Hosam Aboul-Ela. The evening will conclude with a book sale and signing. The event is presented as part of the 2026/2027 Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series.  \nPulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar’s new novel The Radiance is “simply put\, a work of genius. Through unforgettable characters Akhtar explores the nature of memory and of the soul\, while the unfolding tale builds tension and anticipation like a whodunit” (Abraham Verghese). It has been named one of the New York Times’ “Novels Everyone Will Be Talking About in 2026.” A mysterious accident along a country road sparks an awakening and an investigation in Akhtar’s most daring work yet—a visionary novel of spiritual transformation in an age of fracture. \nAkhtar’s work as a novelist and playwright has been published and performed in over two dozen languages. He is the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play Disgraced\, which was also nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play. His other Broadway plays include McNeal\, Junk\, and The Who & The What. Akhtar is also the author of the novels American Dervish\, a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year\, and Homeland Elegies\, called “a tour de force” by The Washington Post. In 2021\, he was named the New York State Author by the New York State Writers Institute\, succeeding Colson Whitehead. \nHosam Aboul-Ela is a writer\, translator\, and literary critic. He was born in Alexandria\, Egypt and now teaches English at the University of Houston. The author of two books of criticism\, his writing has appeared in the Huffington Post\, Words without Borders\, npr.com\, Jadaliyya\, the Houston Chronicle\, the New York Times Magazine\, and several academic journals. His latest translation is Sonallah Ibrahim’s novel Warda. \n
URL:https://inprinthouston.org/event/inprint-ayad-akhtar-reading/
LOCATION:Alley Theatre\, 615 Texas Avenue\, Houston\, TX\, 77002
CATEGORIES:2026/2027 Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series
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