PEN/Hemingway finalist and 2022-23 Hodder Fellow Jamil Jan Kochai reads from his latest short story collection, “The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories,” a 2022 National Book Award longlist selection. His stories bring his contemporary Afghan characters to life, moving between modern-day Afghanistan and the Afghan diaspora in America, as they grapple with the ghosts of war and displacement—and one that speaks to the immediate political landscape we reckon with today. Followed by a conversation with Director of the Program in Creative Writing Yiyun Li and a book signing (books will be available for purchase at the event).