Tucson Festival of Books

Contentious Politics and Social Change


Join Marjan Kamali, Crystal Kim, and David Wright Falade as they offer a glimpse into different historical periods marked by significant social and political change. Each novel examines the personal stories of individuals caught amid these larger events and their struggles for justice and equality.


Panelists
Marjan Kamali

Marjan Kamali, born in Turkey to Iranian parents, spent her childhood in Kenya, Germany, Turkey, Iran and the United States. She holds degrees from UC Berkeley, Columbia University, and New York University....

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Crystal Hana Kim

Crystal Hana Kim is the author of the critically acclaimed novels "The Stone Home," a current finalist for the Maya Angelou Book Award, and "If You Leave Me," which was named a best book of 2018 by over a dozen publications....

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David Wright Faladé

David Wright Faladé is a professor of English at the University of Illinois and the author, most recently, of the novel "The New Internationals." His previous books include, the novel "Black Cloud Rising," the young adult novel "Away Running," and the narrative history "Fire on the Beach: Recovering the Lost Story of Richard Etheridge and the Pea Island Lifesavers," which was a New Yorker notable selection and a St....

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Books:
The Lion Women of Tehran
Marjan Kamali
Fiction / Literature
Simon and Schuster
July 2024
ISBN 9781668036587
336 pages
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The Stone Home
A Novel
Crystal Hana Kim
Fiction / Literature
HarperCollins Publishers
April 2024
ISBN 9780063310971
352 pages
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The New Internationals
David Wright Faladé
Fiction / Literature
Grove Atlantic
January 2025
ISBN 9780802164063
304 pages
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