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10 Indian-origin authors in the US and the schools that shaped them

In the shifting sands of American literature, Indian-origin authors are not merely participants—they're cartographers, redrawing the boundaries of belonging, memory, and language. Their lives are ...
Variety

Ava DuVernay Unpacks ‘Origin’: ‘You’ll Sit Through Three Hours’ of Oppenheimer’s Process. Will You Sit Through Two Hours of Isabel Wilkerson’s?

The filmmaker turned 51 on August 24, the same day I previewed the film with a small group of critics and journalists. She spent the better part of her 50th year working on “Origin” — shooting the ...
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Indian-origin author Deepak Chopra named in newly released Epstein files: Who is he and what do the emails show?

Newly released documents from Jeffrey Epstein’s digital archive have revealed an exchange between the late pedophile and Indian-origin author Deepak Chopra. The documents were released by Democrats ...
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Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor plays Isabel Wilkerson in ‘Origin.’ Why she’s ‘afraid’ of the author’s reaction

Actor Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor is front and center in Ava DuVernay’s “Origin,” a film interpretation of Pulitzer Prize winner Isabel Wilkerson’s 2020 nonfiction bestseller and Oprah's Book Club pick ...