Flying Books hosts the Canadian launch of Becoming Baba, award-winning writer Aymann Ismail's memoir. Beatriz Hausner interviews Ayman Ismail on his beguiling journey of coming into the enigma of our fathers.
Flying Books, 784 College Street
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
6:30–8:00 pm
"Guaranteed to steal your heart, Becoming Baba is a profound meditation on what it means to build a self and a family in an often unwelcoming land. Ismail has written an American Odyssey.” —Junot Díaz, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of This Is How You Lose Her
Aymann Ismail is an award-winning Slate magazine staff writer with a particular focus on identity and religion. He’s the creator of the Slate video series "Who's Afraid of Aymann Ismail?," in which he offers an intimate portrayal of American Muslims, and he also hosted "Man Up," —a podcast exploring men, relationships, family, race, and sex—which seeks to provide a blueprint for navigating discussions of masculinity.
Beatriz Hausner is a Toronto poet and literary translator. Recent works include The Oh Oh (2025), She Who Lies Above (2023) and Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart (2020).
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