Making Sense of Sept. 11

Over at NPR, critic A.O. Scott, writer Ken Kalfus, and poet C.K. Williams discussed whether art can help make sense of the terrorist attacks of 9/11.

Coincidentally, a Washington Post poll reveals that 30% of Americans do not know what year 9/11 happened.

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.