Professor Dinaw Mengestu Interviewed in the New York Times about His New Book, Someone Like Us
Dinaw Mengestu, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of the Humanities and director of the Written Arts Program.
Dinaw Mengestu, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of the Humanities and director of the Written Arts Program at Bard College, was interviewed for the New York Times Book Review about his new novel, Someone Like Us. “Dinaw Mengestu thinks deeply about how stories are told, especially migrant tales,” writes Anderson Tepper. “With Someone Like Us, out this month from Knopf, Mengestu approaches this essential material from a variety of angles.” Mengestu spoke about the hidden lives of his characters, his goals when directing the writing program at Bard, and the ideas that inform the way he writes about immigrant experiences in his fiction.
Further coverage:
Someone Like Us is a fresh, idiosyncratic novel about immigrating to the US (NPR)
For Dinaw Mengestu, reading can be a return to his youth (Boston Globe)
A new novel from Dinaw Mengestu, our patron saint of longing (Washington Post)
Post Date: 07-23-2024
Further coverage:
Someone Like Us is a fresh, idiosyncratic novel about immigrating to the US (NPR)
For Dinaw Mengestu, reading can be a return to his youth (Boston Globe)
A new novel from Dinaw Mengestu, our patron saint of longing (Washington Post)
Post Date: 07-23-2024