October 14, 2005

Reading Recap: Village Books

Audience: 15
Anxiety index: 4 (out of 10).
Surprise guest(s): A regular Moorishgirl reader who lives in Bellingham.
Book given away: A Thousand Years of Good Prayers by Yiyun Li.
No. of Moroccans who said hello:0

Village Books is a large independent bookstore in the historic district of Bellingham. Although it was a smaller crowd, the Q&A lasted even longer than at larger readings. There were a lot of questions about my book, about immigration out of and into Morocco--particularly in light of recent events in the Spanish presidios of Ceuta and Melilla.

posted by Laila Lalami at 12:00 AM