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This Thursday, April 8th, MoveOn members will gather at the First Unitarian Church to discuss Moveon’s 50 Ways to Love Your Country. The event is also listed at Annie Bloom’s Books.
Then on the 13th, William Wimsatt will be at Powell’s to talk about the book that Michael Moore’s publishers tried to stop: How to Get Stupid White Men Out of Office.
The wonderful Alice Walker will be in Portland on the 22nd, reading from Now is the Time to Open Your Heart at Powell’s.
On the 28th, Mahmood Mamdani will talk about Good Muslim, Bad Muslim. Great, I’ve been kind of meaning to find out what kind I am.
Lastly, Suzan-Lori Parks will read from Getting Mother’s Body on the 29th.
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.