Opium Magazine celebrates its fifth year with a series of events in New York this weekend. On Friday, February 3rd, our pal Jim Ruland will be reading alongside Sam Lipsyte at the Happy Ending Lounge. (Details here.) And then on Saturday, February 4th, an all-star gathering of humor writers will take place at the Slipper Room. Readers will include Jonathan Ames, Diane Williams, Jonathan Baumbach, Amanda Filipacchi, Dennis DiClaudio, Tao Lin, Shya Scanlon and Todd Zuniga himself. (Details here.)
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.