In her new book of essays, the Morrocan American novelist asks what it truly means to be an American. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
Aspen Words has announced the longlist for the 2020 Aspen Words Literary Prize, a $35,000 award given to a work of fiction that “illuminates a vital contemporary issue and demonstrates the transformative power of literature on thought and culture.” The longlist includes sixteen books: twelve... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2019-11-14 17:00:04 UTC ]
10 novelists make the National Book Awards fiction longlist: Laila Lalami, Colson Whitehead, Ocean Vuong, Julia Phillips and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-09-20 18:20:50 UTC ]
Why author Laila Lalami chose the Mojave desert as the setting for "The Other Americans," the latest read of the Los Angeles Times Book Club Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-07-17 14:00:28 UTC ]
The Los Angeles Times Book Club is reading "The Other Americans" by Laila Lalami. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-07-03 14:00:01 UTC ]
The Los Angeles Times Book Club is reading “The Other Americans” by Laila Lalami. She shared this excerpt from the novel’s first chapter, which sets up the mystery surrounding the death of a Moroccan immigrant run down by a speeding driver in a Southern California desert town. My father was... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-07-03 14:00:00 UTC ]
The Los Angeles Times Book Club has selected "The Other Americans" as its next book and hosts a July 30 conversation with author Laila Lalami at the Skirball Cultural Center. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-06-27 14:00:03 UTC ]
The Los Angeles Times Book Club has selected “The Other Americans” as its next book and hosts a July 30 conversation with author Laila Lalami at the Skirball Cultural Center. The novel is a mystery and family drama that unfolds in a Southern California desert town after a Moroccan immigrant... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-06-27 14:00:00 UTC ]