Portland-based writer Marc Acito talks about writing with the Oregon Writers’ Colony tonight at 7 pm at Powell’s. Tomorrow, New Yorker staff writer Malcolm Gladwell reads from his much-reviewed new book, Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking at Powell’s, while, across town, Laurie Lynn Drummond reads from her debut collection, Anything You Say Can And Will Be Used Against You.
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.