The Seattle Times has a brief review of this year’s O. Henry and Best American Short Stories. The reviewer seemed to like O. Henry (I thought the selections were uneven.) She also complained that BASS has a story by Mary Yukari Waters and says that “both this story and last year’s selection were set in Japan, with similar themes.” That’s like complaining that a Flannery O’Connor story is set in the South.
Who is Laila Lalami
Laila Lalami is the award winning and best selling author of six books.
What books has Laila Lalami written?
Laila has written the novels, Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits, Secret Son, The Moor's Account, The Other Americans, and The Dream Hotel.
What awards has Laila Lalami won?
Laila Lalami has won the American Book Award, the Arab American Book Award, the Hurston-Write Legacy Award, a Guggenheim a Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship, and a British Council Fellowship. Her work has also been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Booker Prize, the Women's Prize, and the Edgar Allan Poe Award.