Two Portland-area events to mention this week: The Loggernaut Reading Series returns on February 9th, and this time Tracy Daugherty, Marjorie Sandor, and Sam White will read a piece in response to the prompt “Come in.” Here are details:
Thursday, February 9th
7:30 pm
Gravy
3957 N. Mississippi
Admission is $2.
And also taking place that night: Local author Cheryl Strayed will be reading from her debut novel, Torch, at Powell’s on Hawthorne. Details:
Thursday, February 9th
7:30 pm
Powell’s Books
3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd
Free.
So that gives you a whole week to master the art of ubiquity.
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.