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Forum from the Archives: Tommy Orange and Kaveh Akbar Celebrate their Artistic Mind Meld

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 (Courtesy of Tommy Orange and Kaveh Akbar)

Have you ever felt so creatively connected to someone that it’s like you share the same brain? That’s how acclaimed writers Tommy Orange and Kaveh Akbar describe their relationship. They’re best friends who wrote their recent novels “Wandering Stars” and “Martyr” by sending each other “cheernotes” in which they “waved [their] pom poms with genuine excitement at what the other’d just wrought from the ether,” as Akbar puts it. The two are embarking on a Bay Area driving tour to celebrate their friendship and art, and they join us on Forum.

Guests:

Tommy Orange, novelist, his books include "Wandering Stars" and "There There," which was a finalist for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize

Kaveh Akbar, poet and novelist, his books include "Martyr!," a National Book Award finalist

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