After one of the most controversial elections in the history of the US, BBC Radio 4 asks five acclaimed writers to give their view of where America goes now.

We hear from the novelist, Zoe Heller, the journalist and author, Andrew Sullivan, the African American author, Thomas Chatterton Williams, the historian, Jill Lepore and the philosopher, John Gray.

They explore themes of identity politics, racial division, history and liberalism.

Producer: Adele Armstrong. Show less