Tonight I’ll be reading from Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits at the Japanese Gardens. This is a reading for the Oregon Book Awards and I will be joined by fellow finalists Scott Nadelson and Justin Tussing. There will also be a discussion, moderated by last year’s award winner, my pal Marc Acito. Here are the details:
Wednesday, November 15
6:30 PM
Oregon Book Awards Reading
Japanese Gardens
Portland, Oregon
Hope to see you there.
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.