I received notice about this event in NYC, and though I can’t attend (obvs.) I’d love to hear from those who do:
Celebrate Immigrant History Week with three talented writers:
- Susan Choi (American Woman)
- Azadeh Moaveni (Lipstick Jihad: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America and American in Iran)
- Akhil Sharma (An Obedient Father)
April 12 at 7:30 p.m. International Center, 50 West 23rd St., 7th floor, between 6th Ave. and 5th Ave., New York, N.Y. tel: (212)255-9555. Subway: F to 23rd St.
The event is free to the public.
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.