# Rabih Alameddine

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Raconte un peu: Redefining the Middle East through Literature

What is the Middle East beyond the headlines of war and peace? In this introductory episode of Raconte un peu – Tell me more – خبّرنا شوي invite you on a journey through the "untold stories" of a vibrant region. Moving past the clichés, we dive into the powerful world of Middle Eastern writers like…

Rabih Alameddine — The Penguin Book of the International Short Story - with Paxima Mojavezi

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2026 by Literary HubThe best in short fiction from around the world, from celebrated anthologist and author John Freeman and award-winning novelist Rabih AlameddineIn The Penguin Book of the International Short Story, writers from different nations, languages, and s…

Season 8, Episode 41: Book Hangovers + Mid Year Reading Check-In

On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing: Bookish Moments: even more adaptations and reading hangovers Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately Deep Dive: Kaytee and Meredith do a mid year reading check-i…

The Great Societies: Lowry’s “The Giver”

  19 Dec 2025 Episode 6.20 – The Great Societies: Lowry’s The Giver Another thorny utopia, Lowry’s Community practices a different kind of strategy to the Hideous Bargain: ethical evasion, a too tempting strategy for all of us. Political? Yes. But also a YA fantasy vision of what some of the …

From 'Cha Cha Cha' to Novel: How An Image Became An Obsession For Rabih Alameddine

Rabih Alameddine is the author of ‘An Unnecessary Woman’, ‘The Hakawati’ and ‘I, The Divine’, in addition to many others. Among his accolades are the 2022 Penn Faulkner Award for Fiction and the 2025 National Book Award for Fiction. In this conversation, he discusses his latest book, ‘The True True…

America at 250: From the American dream to book bans and AI

As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, its founding promises, identity and place in the world are being fiercely debated. As the Festival America in Vincennes gets underway, we're putting that question to two acclaimed novelists: New Yorker Taffy Brodesser-Akner, author of "Long Island C…

Season 4 Preview

Gary introduces the 10 novels, published in 2025 and 2026, that will be covered in Season Four of Writers Who Read. In order, they are: S4 #1: Tilt - Emma Pattee S4 #2: Angel Down - Daniel Kraus S4 #3: The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) - Rabih Alameddine S4 #4: What We Can …