Those of you in New York may want to check out a benefit reading organized by Tin House and McSweeney’s for 826NYC. There will be performances by David Byrne, Robert Coover, Susan Choi, Rick Moody, and David Gates And His Enablers, and the event will be hosted by Jonathan Ames.
Thursday, June 24-8PM
The Old First Reformed Church
729 Carroll Street (at 7th Avenue) in Brooklyn.
$25
Tickets can be purchased at the door.
826NYC is a new drop-in tutorial center modeled on Eggers’ 826 Valencia.
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.