The ThinkND Podcast
The ThinkND Podcast
ThinkND - University of Notre Dame
Literatures of Annihilation, Exile, and Resistance, Part 6: Haunting as Inheritance
1 hour 32 minutes Posted Jun 17, 2026 at 7:00 am.
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Novels and Language Ghosts
Time Language and Silence
Writing Between Languages
Geography Landmarks and Setting
Perspective Desire and Empire
Naming Power Imbalance
Writing For Yourself
Closing Thanks Credits
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Episode Topic: Haunting as Inheritance How does language haunt the displaced? Join Noor Naga, author of If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English, and Hannah Lillith Assadi, author of Sonora, as they explore “linguistic slippage” and the “untranslatability of the self.” From post-revolutionary Cairo to the Arizona desert, discover how spectral forces beneath the English language shape modern identity. Listen in for an essential interrogation of life in the “in-between” spaces. Featured Speakers: Ha...