Archive: Aminatta Forna
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“Where There Is No Hospital”, Aminatta Forna’s Writing about the Book that Saved Lives
Aminatta Forna writes about how the book Where There Is No Doctor was used to save lives during the 2014 Ebola.…
March 10, 2022
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“Who Owns Your Story? Transcending the Trauma Narrative”, Aminatta Forna on The Yale Review
Aminatta Forna examines the ways in which we conflate every difficult experience with trauma, such that suffering and trauma have become. …
February 28, 2022
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Aminatta Forna in Conversation with John Freeman
On November 9th, 2021, the Lannan Center presented a reading and talk featuring author Aminatta Forna and editor John Freeman to discuss her recently launched book, The Window…
November 9, 2021
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An Evening with Acclaimed Writer Sofi Oksanen
Virtual reading and conversation with one of the most awarded literary authors in Scandinavia, Finnish-Estonian novelist and playwright , Sofi Oksanen. Moderated by Lannan Center…
September 21, 2021
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Always Take Notes Podcast, Episode 115: Aminatta Forna
Aminatta Forna speaks with the Always Take Notes hosts, Simon Akam and Rachel Lloyd, about her early work at the BBC, the similarities between creative non-fiction and fiction…
August 24, 2021
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Third Culture Africans Podcast: Aminatta Forna, Changing the Narrative on Identity, Grief, and Appropriation
Aminatta Forna talks with Zeze Oriaikhi-Sao about about the impact words can have on people, why she thinks appropriation can cause great damage to the literary and arts world,…
August 23, 2021
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Radio New Zealand’s Saturday Morning Podcast: Aminatta Forna: Observations from the Window Seat
Aminatta Forna talks with Radio New Zeland’s podcast “Saturday Morning”'s host, Kim Hill, about her most recent book, The Window Seat: Notes From A Life In.…
July 10, 2021
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“Chasing a Waking Life: On the Pains of Being an Insomniac”, Aminatta Forna on a Cultural and Personal History of Sleeplessness
In her essay published on Literary Hub, Aminatta Forna writes about her experience of insomnia, while she explores the insights of doctors, scientists, philosophers and writes…
June 9, 2021
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CITY LIGHTS LIVE! Aminatta Forna in Conversation with Eula Biss
Aminatta Forna in conversation with Eula Biss, discussing her new book, The Window Seat: Notes From a Life in Motion, published by Grove Press. This event was originally…
May 19, 2021
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Aminatta Forna Talked about The Window Seat with Rabih Alameddine
On Tuesday, May 18, 2021, the Politics and Prose independent bookstore held a live event with Aminatta Forna and Rabih Alameddine around Forna’s recently launched book, The…
May 18, 2021