Samira Ahmed on Art & Politics

Published: Nov. 18, 2019, 8 a.m.

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Samira Ahmed is the New York Times best-selling author of \\u201cLove, Hate & Other Filters\\u201d and \\u201cInternment.\\u201d She was born in Bombay, India, and grew up in a small town in Illinois. On \\u201cStories, But Shorter,\\u201d Samira shares her short story \\u201cElection Day\\u201d which beautifully depicts a widowed man remembering his wife and the gift of voting on Election Day in Bombay. Afterward, Samira and Cassi discuss politics in art. Samira\\u2019s next novel \\u201cMad, Bad and Dangerous To Know\\u201d is due in April 2020.

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