About this episode

Naeem Murr discusses his literary career and new novel.

Naeem Murr, a dual US and UK citizen, is the author of four novels: The Boy, a New York Times Notable Book; The Genius of the Sea; and The Perfect Man, which was awarded The Commonwealth WritersʼPrize for the Best Book of Europe and South Asia, and was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. His new novel is Every Exit Brings You Home. He is a former Stegner Fellow at Stanford. Among his awards are a Pushcart Prize, a Lannan Residency Fellowship, a PEN Beyond Margins Award, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He lives in Chicago and teaches at Northwestern University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Guest: Naeem Murr

Topics covered

• writing
• novels
• literature
• awards
• education

Keywords

• The Boy
• The Genius of the Sea
• The Perfect Man
• Every Exit Brings You Home
• Pushcart Prize
• Lannan Residency Fellowship
• PEN Beyond Margins Award
• Guggenheim Fellowship
• Chicago
• Northwestern University

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: First Draft, The Boy, The Genius of the Sea, The Perfect Man, The Commonwealth WritersʼPrize for the Best Book of Europe and South Asia, the Man Booker Prize, Every Exit Brings You Home, a Pushcart Prize, a Lannan Residency Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship

Places: US, UK, Chicago

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