“I’m not convinced we were prepared to be happy. After all, we were formed and informed (to various degrees) by an Eastern mythos profoundly at odds with the American notion of happily-ever-after.”

- Author Ayad Akhtar reads an excerpt from his novel, “American Dervish,” the coming-of-age story of a young Pakistani-American boy growing up in the Midwest. Watch our full interview with him here bit.ly/whYtxH