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In Saad T. Farooqi‘s White World, the protagonist finds himself in the center of a civil war set in Pakistan, 2083 AD, taking a stand against the army, the mob, and Pakistan itself. In Jacob Wren‘s Dry Your Tears to Perfect Your Aim, a depressed writer obsessed that his tax dollars help to pay for foreign wars visits a war zone and stumbles into a small strip of land that’s being reimagined as a grassroots, feminist, egalitarian utopia. While the novels are situated in vastly different contexts, they both undertake a profound exploration of war and humanity, offering an especially interesting background for this conversation.

Moderator: Victoria Hetherington

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Saad T. Farooqi

Saad T. Farooqi holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Kingston University London and a BA in English Literature from the American University of Sharjah.

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Photo credit: Michelle Elliott.

Jacob Wren

Jacob Wren makes literature, performances and exhibitions. His books include Revenge Fantasies of the Politically Dispossessed; Polyamorous Love Song (finalist for the Fence Modern Prize in Prose and a Globe and Mail best book of 2014); Rich and Poor (finalist for the Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction and a Globe and Mail best book of 2016); and Authenticity is a Feeling.

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Photo credit: Jacob Wren.