I’m heading to Seattle to read at Bumbershoot, Seattle’s Music and Arts Festival, this Sunday. There will be tons of great acts to see there including AFI, Kanye West, N’gugi Wa Thiongo, Mary Gaitskil, Alison Bechdel, Blondie, George Saunders, and many, many more. I’ll be reading with Gary Shteyngart and Mark White will lead a Q & A. Here are the details:
Sunday, September 3
6:30 PM
Reading with Gary Shteyngart and Q & A with Mark White
Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival
Seattle Center – Alki Room
Seattle, Washington
If you’re around, come by and say hello!
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.