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Laila Lalami: "The Moor’s Account"

From the widely praised author of "Secret Son" and "Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits" comes a stunning piece of historical fiction. "The Moor’s Account" is an imagined memoir of the New World’s first explorer of African descent, a Moroccan slave known as Estebanico. Join Laila Lalami for a reading and conversation with Gina Frangello, author of "A Life in Men" and Sunday editor at the Rumpus.

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