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Writer Suleika Jaouad and musician Jon Batiste use creativity as tool for survival in Netflix documentary ‘American Symphony’
The film follows the couple over the course of a year, while batiste composes a symphony as he learns his wife’s leukemia has returned.
For Suleika Jaouad, Survival Is a Radical Act
The author and advocate’s cancer story is told in the Netflix documentary American Symphony, melding together stories of marriage, of music, of balancing responsibility and professionalism in the midst of personal strife.
A Tragedy, a Symphony, a Love Story
American Symphony, the documentary now out on Netflix, follows writer Suleika Jaouad and her husband, musician Jon Batiste, as the couple faces what Ms. Jaouad has called their “life of contrasts.”
Jon Batiste and Suleika Jaouad share journey of 'two extremes' in “American Symphony”
In an interview by Morning Edition host Leila Fadel, writer Suleika Jaouad and her partner, musician Jon Batiste, discuss their life of contrast — incredible highs and devastating lows chronicled in the new documentary American Symphony.
Can Breakthroughs in Science and Equity Help Us End Cancer? | The Atlantic’s People v. Cancer
Suleika Jaouad shares an in-depth conversation about her cancer journey with Editor-in Chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, as part of the sixth annual People vs. Cancer Summit.
Inside Jon Batiste and Suleika Jaouad’s 19th-Century Brooklyn Town House
With the help of designer Hallie Goodman and architect Ravi Raj, the musician and author created an art-filled space that inspires their own creative work.
When Silver Linings Don’t Cut It, Honesty Helps
For the cover of the New York Times Book Review, Chanel Miller writes a rave review of Suleika Jaouad’s debut memoir Between Two Kingdoms: “[Jaouad’s] writing restores the moon, lights the way as we learn to endure the unknown.”
Suleika Jaouad's journey "Between Two Kingdoms"
Correspondent Jim Axelrod talks with Suleika Jaouad, and with her partner, musician Jon Batiste, about life after cancer and the 15,000-mile road trip to meet strangers who had written to her during cancer treatment, a journey which became her new book, Between Two Kingdoms.
Moving Forward after Cancer and Meditations on Loneliness
Suleika Jaouad is a frequent guest on NPR, including Talk of the Nation and most recently Weekend Edition.
Suleika Jaouad: How Can We Transform Loneliness Into Creative Solitude?
An interview with Guy Raz about how we move on from trauma, and another with Manoush Zomorodi about transforming loneliness into creative solitude.
50 Women Making the World a Better Place in 2021
Suleika Jaouad makes the list of “fifty women making the world a better place.”
Writer and Cancer Survivor Suleika Jaouad’s New Project Encourages Connectivity Through Creativity During Quarantine
Vogue covers Suleika Jaouad’s project the Isolation Journals, which she founded to encourage connection through creativity during quarantine.
Young woman blogs about life with leukemia
Suleika speaks about her Emmy Award-winning New York Times column Life Interrupted and life after cancer.
Suleika Jaouad on Invaluable Road Trips, the Importance of a To-Feel List, and Finding Artistic Homes
Tim Ferris interviews Suleika Jaouad about invaluable road trips, the importance of a to-feel list, and finding artistic homes.
Suleika Jaouad Does Not Want to Be Your Mountaintop Sage
Suleika Jaouad speaks to Inside the List about being an instant New York Times bestseller and why she does not want to be your mountaintop sage.
I Knocked on the Window and Waved
“I knocked on the window and waved”: An interview with Suleika Jaouad about workaholism, the craft of writing, and her debut memoir, Between Two Kingdoms.
At 22, Suleika Jaouad was diagnosed with cancer. Now she’s delivering a hopeful message when we need it the most.
Poet Maggie Smith reviews Suleika Jaouad’s debut memoir: “Between Two Kingdoms shows us not only how to live through a painful time, but also how to live”
Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted
This starred review calls Between Two Kingdoms a “phenomenal debut.”