First Draft: Laila Lalami

Aspen Public Radio

Published July 8, 2019 at 10:11 AM MDT

Laila Lalami was born in Rabat and educated in Morocco, Great Britain, and the United States. She is the author of the novels Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits, Secret Son, The Moor’s Account, and The Other Americans.

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