Those of you in New York might like to check out Opium Magazine‘s fourth anniversary gala, featuring:
Pia Ehrhardt
Sue Henderson
Angela Himsel
Heather Kelley
Christopher Hickman
Pasha Malla
Todd Zuniga
and Mike Sacks
The reading will take place at the 92nd Street Y’s Steinhardt Building tonight at 7:30 pm. ($12 advance, $15 at the door.) Go and tell us how it went!
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.