Meijer Visiting Writers Series: Naeem Murr

The Meijer Visiting Writers Series presents: A Reading by Naeem Murr

Naeem Murr, a dual US and UK citizen, is the author of four novels:

The Boy, a New York Times Notable Book; The Genius of the Sea; The Perfect Man, which was awarded The Commonwealth Writers' Prize for the Best Book of Europe and South Asia, and was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize; and

Every Exit Brings You Home, which was published by W.W. Norton in 2026 and has received glowing reviews from venues like

The Washington Post and The Boston Globe.

A former Stegner Fellow at Stanford, among his awards are a Pushcart Prize, a Lannan Residency Fellowship, a PEN Beyond Margins Award, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He lives in Chicago and teaches at Northwestern University.

This event is free and open to the public.