Episode 397: Wit, Tenderness, and Displacement: Inside Hasan Dudar’s Novel Carryout

In this episode of Diverse Voices Book Review, contributor Tayyba Kanwal interviews Hasan Dudar, author of Carryout.  Carryout is a collection of linked short stories rooted in the Arab diaspora in Toledo, Ohio. In this conversation, Tayyba speaks with Hasan about how these vivid, intimate stories about an immigrant family from Palestine and Lebanon brim with humor, wit and tenderness, even as they grapple with the disorientation of displacement. They travel across generations, intrigued by how an evolving sense of identity and home complicates what surviving and especially thriving means for these vibrant characters. Hasan Dudar is an award-winning writer, documentary producer and a graduate of the Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. His fiction has appeared in journals such as Gulf Coast and Pinch, and his reporting has appeared in various publications including USA Today, Bloomberg News, and Aljazeera America.Follow Diverse Voices Book Review on Social Media: Facebook - @diversevoicesbookreview Instagram - @diverse_voices_book_review Bluesky - @diversevoicesbooks.bsky.social