Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni: Why All Writers, Especially Novelists, Are Political: Which Is Why Novels Can Change the World

Keen On

English - December 07, 2022 10:00 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MB - ★★★★ - 72 ratings
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Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now.

In this episode, Andrew is joined by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, author of The Last Queen: A Novel of Courage and Resistance.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni‘s first book in the Brotherhood of the Conch series, The Conch Bearer, was a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, and a Booklist Editors’ Choice. She currently lives in Texas.

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