Mai Sennaar in “les Rencontres” — CHANEL Literary Rendezvous at Rue Cambon

<p>Listen to journalist Erica Wagner in conversation with Mai Sennaar, writer of “They Dream in Gold”, her first novel published by Picador and SJP Lit in 2024 which explores the notion of identity and the sense of belonging through two protagonists from the African diaspora in the United States. As the conversation unfolds, the author evokes how music changed her life and the emancipatory power of language. The writer, playwright and filmmaker also reflects on the transformative experience of being published, read and understood as her first novel has been shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize.&nbsp;</p><p>As part of the Rendez-vous littéraires rue Cambon [Literary Rendezvous at Rue Cambon], the podcast "les Rencontres" highlights the birth of a writer in a series&nbsp;created by CHANEL and House ambassador and spokesperson Charlotte Casiraghi.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>(00:00)&nbsp;: Introduction&nbsp;</p><p>(00:56)&nbsp;: Presentation of Mai Sennaar and her novel “Th...