America at 250: From the American dream to book bans and AI • FRANCE 24 English

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As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, its founding promises, identity and place in the world are being fiercely debated. As the Festival America in Vincennes gets underway, we're putting that question to two acclaimed novelists: New Yorker Taffy Brodesser-Akner, author of "Long Island Compromise", and Lebanese-American writer Rabih Alameddine, whose novel "The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother)" won the 2025 National Book Award for Fiction.  Is the American dream still alive? How does America look to someone who arrived there from elsewhere? Has Donald Trump's second presidency changed the American story, or exposed divisions that were already there? Watch the full conversation with Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Rabih Alameddine and Eve Jackson on arts24. #FestivalAmerica #USA #AI 🔔 Subscribe to France 24 now: https://f24.my/YTen 🔴 LIVE - Watch FRANCE 24 English 24/7 here: https://f24.my/YTliveEN 🌍 Read the latest International News and Top Stories: h

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