Robert Birnbaum is back in the interviewing game, this time with Don Lee. They talk about books of course–first books, big books, small books, but also about the writing life, editing a literary magazine, and being Ettlingered.
Don Lee is also going to be on Bookworm, with Michael Silverblatt, to talk about his latest novel, Country of Origin on November 25.
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.