Tuesday, September 1, 12:00 PM EDT
In her latest book of electrifying essays, Azadi, Arundhati Roy challenges us to reflect on the meaning of freedom in a world of growing authoritarianism. The essays include meditations on language, public as well as private, and on the role of fiction and alternative imaginations in these disturbing times.
Join Arundhati Roy and Nick Estes for an urgent and timely conversation on the present crisis, resistance, and the meaning of freedom.
Co-presented by Haymarket Books and Elliott Bay Book Company, with the support of Tasveer, this event celebrates the release of Azadi: Freedom. Fascism. Fiction.
Wednesday, September 2, 5:00 PM EDT
Join authors Roberto Lovato and Mike Davis for a lively conversation on violence, migration, and the possibility of revolution, in celebration of the release of Lovato’s gripping new memoir Unforgetting.
An urgent, no-holds-barred tale of gang life, guerrilla warfare, intergenerational trauma, and interconnected violence between the United States and El Salvador, Roberto Lovato’s memoir excavates family history and reveals the intimate stories beneath headlines about gang violence and mass Central American migration.
"Arundhati Roy is one of the most confident and original thinkers of our time." —Naomi Klein
In recognition of her new collection of illuminating essays, Azadi, we've put together a reading list of incisive writing by Arundhati Roy: