Laila Lalami's Blog, page 8
April 19, 2017
April 19, 2017
7:00 PM
Lecture
Get Lit! Festival 2017
Spokane Community College
1810 N. Greene St
Spokane, Washington
April 18, 2017
And Now, Some News
Friends, I’m thrilled to share with you the news that my new novel, The Other Americans, about the suspicious death of a Moroccan immigrant in a small California town, told through multiple narrators, including his daughter, his wife, a witness, a veteran of the Iraq war, and the dead man himself, will be published by Pantheon Books. This will be followed by Conditional Citizens, a book of nonfiction tracing the relationship of America with its Muslims, using the lenses of literature, history, and politics. (I don’t have release dates yet, but I’m very excited for you to read them when they’re ready.)
Until then, perhaps you might be interested in my shorter pieces. Some of my recent columns for The Nation include a plea to save the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities, a discussion of executive orders that target people of color, and a reflection on the importance of civic engagement. I also wrote an essay for the L.A. Times about balancing public and private lives, and reviewed Joan Didion’s South and West for the New York Times. Happy Spring!
Photo: Willow Hole Trail, Joshua Tree.
April 7, 2017
April 7, 2017
7:30 PM
Reading: Laila Lalami, Luis Urrea, and Shobha Rao
Folger Theater
Folger Shakespeare Library
201 East Capitol Street, SE
Washington, DC
April 5, 2017
March 23, 2017
March 23, 2017
11:00AM – 2:00PM
Lecture and Reading
Catawba College
2300 W. Innes Street
Salisbury, North Carolina
January 11, 2017
Once More Unto The Breach, Dear Friends
I spent the holiday season holed up in a cabin in Sun Valley, Idaho, trying to get some rest and catch up on sleep. I’ve been struggling with insomnia for a while now, and my schedule hasn’t helped: in the last six months, I’ve traveled to Palestine and Israel for a literary festival; gave talks in North Carolina, Washington, DC, and upstate New York; taught fiction at the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference; and took part in the Aké Fest in Abeokuta, Nigeria. I’ve also written my regular column for The Nation and contributed essays to the Los Angeles Times on literature and to The New York Times Magazine on identity politics. But the insomnia has also given me hours and hours and hours in which to think about my new novel. I’m fairly obsessed with it, with its characters and their troubles, so I love spending time in their company. Still, the sleeplessness hasn’t been great for my health and, given what the Trump presidency is sure to bring on the political and social level, I’m determined to adopt a better routine in order to be better prepared for the fight that lies ahead.
January 10, 2017
January 27, 2017
6:00 PM
Laila Lalami in Conversation
The Salon at Sundance Books
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno, Nevada
January 2, 2017
December 18, 2016
March 23, 2017
11:00AM – 2:00PM
Lecture and Reading
Catawba College
2300 W. Innes Street
Salisbury, North Carolina
