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November 9, 2014

November Events

What a pleasure and an honor it was to be part of the Chinua Achebe Legacy Series at CCNY! Thank you to all who came to my reading. I’m back home now, but already preparing for two other events. I will be in Arizona next week, for a reading at Yavapai College:

November 14, 2014

7:00 PM

Reading and on-stage conversation

Yavapai College

1100 E. Sheldon Street

Prescott, Arizona

The following weekend, I will be in Florida for the Miami Book Fair, doing a reading with Kathryn Harrison and Kristin Downey. Here are the details:

November 23, 2014

2:30 PM

Miami Book Fair

Room 8503

Building 8, 5th Floor

Miami, Florida

For those who may be interested, here is a short interview I did with PEN, and a longer, chattier one I did with Aaron Bady, as part of his ‘African Writers in a New World’ series. The great Michael Schaub also reviewed The Moor’s Account on his Book Report show.

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Published on November 09, 2014 15:37

November 3, 2014

Readings, Interviews, TV

I feel like I’ve been on an airplane for the last couple of weeks. I went to the Chicago Humanities Festival, where I gave a reading, followed by a conversation with Gina Frangello. (Here is a recap of the event, if you’re interested.) Then I went back home for one day and had to head right back out for the International Festival of Authors in Toronto. I met with my lovely Canadian editor, gave two readings at Harbourfront Centre, and did a panel conversation with Sarah Waters and Valerie Martin for Writers & Company on CBC.

In other news, I will be on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on Monday night. (Set your DVR!) Then on Thursday, I will be giving a reading at CCNY, as part of their Chinua Achebe Legacy Series. The reading is free and open to the public. Details are below:

November 6, 2014

12:00 PM

City College of New York

Chinua Achebe Legacy Series

NAC Building, Amsterdam Room

Amsterdam Ave. at 137th Street

Harlem, New York

But one advantage of all this travel is that I’ve been able to some reading! I just finished Love Me Back by Merritt Tierce, On Immunity by Eula Biss, and The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert.

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Published on November 03, 2014 10:57

October 26, 2014

12:30PM

Laila Lalami in conversation with Gina Frangello

Chicago Humanities Festival

Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, Screening Room,

University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

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Published on October 26, 2014 12:30