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Rumaan Alam on the Surreality of Seeing <em>Leave the World Behind</em> Come to Life on Screen

Rumaan Alam on the Surreality of Seeing Leave the World Behind Come to Life on Screen

“I had a debilitating crush on Ethan Hawke as a teenager and now he’s playing a character I created. Deranged!”

By Rumaan Alam | December 8, 2023

Domestic Yet Universal: Rumaan Alam on Helen Garner's <em>The Children's Bach</em>

Domestic Yet Universal: Rumaan Alam on Helen Garner's The Children's Bach

"This is a story about how life happens to all of us."

By Rumaan Alam | October 10, 2023

Did I Write a Gay Book? An Indian Book? A Diverse Book?

Did I Write a Gay Book? An Indian Book? A Diverse Book?

Rumaan Alam on Figuring Out Where to Sit at the Table

By Rumaan Alam | July 14, 2016

Jenny Diski, My Maureen

Jenny Diski, My Maureen

Her Work Mitigated the Solitude of Parenting

By Rumaan Alam | April 29, 2016

Why Wasn't Great American Novelist Jane Smiley on the Cover of a Magazine?

Why Wasn't Great American Novelist Jane Smiley on the Cover of a Magazine?

Rumaan Alam on How We Still Judge Women Writers By a Different Standard

By Rumaan Alam | April 11, 2016

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