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In this 2023 event hosted by the Chicago Humanities Festival, Zadie Smith reads from her latest novel, The Fraud (Penguin Press, 2023), and discusses the definition of historical fiction, the relationship between truth and emotion, and the impact of code-switching on her voice-driven writing with poet and novelist Chris Abani.
Tags: Fiction | Zadie Smith | The Fraud | Penguin Press | Chris Abani | Chicago Humanities Festival | 2023 | reading | conversation