Dinaw Mengestu

12 Podcast Episodes

Author Dinaw Mengestu: Truth, Memory and What it Means to be an American

Author Dinaw Mengestu: Truth, Memory and What it Means to be an American

Marcia Franklin talks with novelist Dinaw Mengestu about the themes of his books, which include All the Beautiful Things... Read more

27 Feb 2022

29mins

Author Dinaw Mengestu: Truth, Memory and What it Means to be an American

Author Dinaw Mengestu: Truth, Memory and What it Means to be an American

Marcia Franklin talks with novelist Dinaw Mengestu about the themes of his books, which include All the Beautiful Things... Read more

27 Jun 2021

29mins

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203. Suzanne Nossel with Dinaw Mengestu: Defending Free Speech for All

203. Suzanne Nossel with Dinaw Mengestu: Defending Free Speech for All

Online trolls and fascist chat groups. Controversies over campus lectures. Cancel culture versus censorship. The daily h... Read more

1 Sep 2020

1hr 2mins

Episode 32: Critically Engaging with the World with Dinaw Mengestu

Episode 32: Critically Engaging with the World with Dinaw Mengestu

On this edition, we talk to novelist and PEN America trustee Dinaw Mengestu for how he's teaching writing amid the pande... Read more

30 Apr 2020

12mins

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First Draft - Dinaw Mengestu

First Draft - Dinaw Mengestu

Dinaw Mengestu is the award-winning author All Our Names, The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears, and How to Read the Ai... Read more

26 Aug 2019

34mins

Dinaw Mengestu

Dinaw Mengestu

In All Our Names, Dinaw Mengestu explores unlikely love in the midst of conflict.

9 Jan 2015

28mins

Dinaw Mengestu : All Our Names

Dinaw Mengestu : All Our Names

All Our Names is the story of two young men who come of age during an African revolution, drawn from the safe confines o... Read more

30 Jul 2014

29mins

Dinaw Mengestu

Dinaw Mengestu

The author discusses the NEA Big Read selection, The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears, his novel about an Ethiopian ex... Read more

29 May 2014

28mins

PW Radio 67: Dinaw Mengestu

PW Radio 67: Dinaw Mengestu

Author Dinaw Mengestu discusses his new novel, 'All Our Names.' Then PW reviews editor Annie Coreno dishes on celebrity ... Read more

25 Apr 2014

32mins

Dinaw Mengestu author of All Our Names

Dinaw Mengestu author of All Our Names

From acclaimed author Dinaw Mengestu, a recipient of the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 award, The New Yorker’s 2... Read more

24 Apr 2014

38mins

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