{"id":14930,"date":"2021-01-19T23:54:32","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T23:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=14930"},"modified":"2021-01-20T00:00:17","modified_gmt":"2021-01-20T00:00:17","slug":"worth-the-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=14930","title":{"rendered":"worth the read&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-0 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>CLICK LINK FOR ARTICLE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Can a republic of fictions endure? by @AnandWrites <a href=\"https:\/\/the.ink\/p\/ayadakhtar?r=5cipa&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=twitter\">https:\/\/the.ink\/p\/ayadakhtar?r=5cipa&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=twitter<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"732\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14939\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-2-300x275.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-2-768x703.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Ayad Akhtar <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;You can&#8217;t get to wisdom from information. You can get to wisdom only from knowledge. So confusing information for knowledge has pretty intense and real social consequences.<\/strong>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Ayad Akhtar <\/em>novelist, playwright, screenwriter, and  winner of the Pulitzer Prize, for his play &#8220;Disgraced&#8221;\u201d<em>His latest novel, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.littlebrown.com\/titles\/ayad-akhtar\/homeland-elegies\/9780316496421\/\">Homeland Elegies<\/a>,\u201d is out now.<\/em> He is also the president of Pen America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>in<em> <\/em>conversation with <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Anand Giridharadas<\/em> ,Writer. @TIME editor-at-large. Author: @WinnersTakeAll, THE TRUE AMERICAN, INDIA CALLING. 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