{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"Ayad Akhtar blurs fiction and reality in new novel, 'The Radiance'","publication_date":"September 29, 2026","summary":"A Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and author has a new novel that explores big questions about states of being and the state of America. Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown spoke with Ayad Akhtar about \"The Radiance\" for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.","author_name":"By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Laine Immell","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2026\/09\/2c2f7ee85144d09d803e5721936ce0b9-theradiance-1024x576.jpg","thumbnail_height":576,"thumbnail_width":1024}