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It seems like we have one of these every day, so I guess today’s book ban story comes from Kansas City where “concerned parents” are asking that books such as Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon and Tobias Wolff’s This Boy’s Life be removed from reading lists, and of course the school’s policy is being “evaluated.” Soon the kids will be reading books about pink elephants flying over fluffy clouds and noone will be upset, ever, and everyone will be happy, happy, happy. Ugh.
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.