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Ayad Akhtar blurs fiction and reality in 'The Radiance'

Season 2026 Episode 199 | 6m 31s

A Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and author has a new novel that explores big questions about states of being and the state of America. Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown spoke with Ayad Akhtar about "The Radiance" for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.

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