Powerful Portraits of Humanity

Do novels fairly reflect human diversity? Fatima Bhutto’s The Runaways and Regina Porter’s The Travelers offer sweeping portrayals of life and society in Pakistan and the USA. Bhutto’s novel moves between Karachi and southern England, telling a story of radicalisation and identity, while Porter’s beguiling debut chronicles two families journeying through the American 20th century. Activist and educator DeRay Mckesson, a key figure in the Black Lives Matter movement and our 2019 Guest Selector, interviews them today.

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Part of our Power to the People series of events.

In association with the University of Edinburgh’s genderED hub