Laila Lalami is the author of four novels, including The Moor’s Account, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, and The Other Americans, a National Book Award finalist. Her most recent book, Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America, is a work of nonfiction. She is a professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside.
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