# Nawaaz Ahmed

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SKYLIT: Nawaaz Ahmed, "RADIANT FUGITIVES" w/ Natashia Deón

Working as a consultant for Kamala Harris’s attorney general campaign in Obama-era San Francisco, Seema has constructed a successful life for herself in the West, despite still struggling with her father’s long-ago decision to exile her from the family after she came out as lesbian. Now, nine month…

Nawaaz Ahmed: Invisible Cities

Nawaaz Ahmed was born in Tamil Nadu, India. Before turning to writing, he was a computer scientist, researching search algorithms for Yahoo. He holds an MFA from University of Michigan–Ann Arbor and is the winner of several Hopwood Awards. He is the recipient of residencies at MacDowell, Yaddo, Dje…

August Book Club: 'Radiant Fugitives' by Nawaaz Ahmed

The Forum Book Club pick for August 2021 is Nawaaz Ahmed’s debut novel “Radiant Fugitives.” Set in San Francisco in and around 2010, it tells the story of Seema, a lesbian and political organizer with doubts about the efficacy of politics even as she works on the campaigns of President Obama, Distr…

Episode 137 - Author (and Editor) Spotlight with Juliet Grames

Emily finished ANNA KARENINA by Leo Tolstoy, her #BigBookSummer challenge read. It was a good read, but — phew! — big and intense. Chris read Kate Moore’s new nonfiction release, THE WOMAN THEY COULD NOT SILENCE, the true story of Elizabeth Packard’s battle against her husband and the system that t…

Episode 10: Five Book Reviews (2 Historical Fiction, 2 Contemporary & 1 Speculative Fiction)

Join us as we discuss Still Life, by Sarah Winman;  Radiant Fugitives, by Nawaaz Ahmed;  The Twilight Zone, by Nona Fernandez;  Assembly, by Natasha Brown; and Certain Dark Things, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. To learn more about the books or to purchase through our bookstore affiliation with Bookshop.…

Human Vs. Algorithm: September 8, 2022

Jenn and Danika continue fine-tuning Human vs. Algorithm, with recs for Stranger Things read-alikes, law school (kind of), queer Berlin, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. For a complete list of the questions discussed in this episode, visit our website. Thi…

S4 Ep. 24: Obama Era Redux: Nawaaz Ahmed on Islam, Sexuality, Politics, and Publishing His First Novel

Writer Nawaaz Ahmed joins co-host V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss his debut novel, Radiant Fugitives, in this special live episode of the show held with Elliott Bay Books in Seattle, Washington. Ahmed’s book, set in California against the backdrop of Obama-era politics, explores how differences in f…