I have no interest in problematizing things. So what I am writing to is that simple sense of being human in myself.
Ayad AkhtarHere's the problem: we are living in a time when the act of reading is changing. The nature of a reader's attention is changing. The capacity for deep literary engagement is changing.
Ayad AkhtarIn my early 30s, I started to realise I was avoiding something on a personal level, but also as a writer. I was in denial about who I was, and was trying to be someone who I was not.
Ayad AkhtarReligion has been an important part of my understanding, my inquiry into what it means to be human.
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