Readings in Portland

Nafisi will read from her highly acclaimed book Reading Lolita in Tehran at 7:30 pm on Friday at Annie Bloom’s Books. Then on Monday, Ha Jin is in Portland for the paperback tour of The Crazed. He will be at Powell’s at 7:30 pm.

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.

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