Writers in Conversation at the Embassy

Deputy Cultural Attaché Rakesh Surampudi interviews author Daniyal Mueenuddin, author of "In Other Rooms, Other Wonders"

Daniyal Mueenuddin was brought up in Lahore, Pakistan and Elroy, Wisconsin. A graduate of Dartmouth College and Yale Law School, his stories have appeared in The New Yorker, Grants, Zoetrope, and The Best American Short Stories 2008.

For a number of years he practiced law in New York. He now lives on a farm in Pakistan's southern Punjab.

The U.S. Embassy brought Daniyal to London and Birmingham to attend the Asia House Festival of Asian Literature and to speak with students, writers, and artists about his new book, "In Other Rooms, Other Wonders".

You can listen to Daniyal reading an excerpt from his short story Nawabdin Electrician on the Embassy's Podcast page at http://london.usembassy.gov/rss/index.html .

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[spin2steppenwolfin]

what's with the huge american flag in the background? it does well to tear down the repute of the dialogue.

[GulRamani]

Look forward to reading his stories...He does convey level headed sensitivity in this brief conversation.