The Yari-Yari Pamberi conference, organized by the Organization of Women Writers of Africa is going to be held at NYU from October 12-16. Attendees include Maya Angelou, Alice Walker, Ama Ata Aidoo, Nawal Al Saadawi, Butchi Emecheta, Gloria Naylor, Edwidge Danticat, Sapphire, and many others.
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.