Exit West: Doorways Between Cultures in Contemporary World Writers

Christine Kern, Ph.D., English

Victor Baeza, Undergraduate, English

Olivia Scofield, Undergraduate, English

Hankyul Sharon Lee, Undergraduate, English

In Mohsin Hamid’s 2017 novel Exit West, a magic doorway between countries allows political asylum seekers to step directly into other worlds. Come hear about how Hamid and other world writers portray the intersection of cultures when world events create various diasporas.