{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Amy Waldman: Memorializing 9\/11","description":" Amy Waldman, a former reporter for The New York Times, discusses her bestselling novel The Submission, which tells the fictional tale of Mohammad \u201cMo\u201d Khan, a secular Muslim who wins a competition to design a memorial honoring the victims of a terrorist attack similar to 9\/11. When the jury members discover who\u2019ve they\u2019ve selected, some try to change the result. But the decision is leaked to the press, resulting in outrage not over the selection of Khan, but over his entry, which includes a garden some think is an Islamic design to honor martyrs. The outcry is reminiscent of the 2010 controversy over Park51, a planned Islamic community center in New York City near the former Twin Towers. But Waldman had finished the first draft of her book before that story erupted. Don\u2019t forget to subscribe, and visit the Dialogue website for more conversations that matter. Originally Aired: 10\/12\/2012 The interview is part of Dialogue\u2019s series \u201cConversations from the Sun Valley Writers\u2019 Conference\u201d and was taped at the 2012 conference. Since 1995, the conference has been bringing together some of the world\u2019s most well-known and illuminating authors to discuss literature and life. ","author_name":"Dialogue with Marcia Franklin","author_url":"https:\/\/www.idahoptv.org\/shows\/dialogue\/","html":"