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Laila Lalami’s “The Other Americans” Explores The Experience Of Being An Outsider
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Jeffrey Brown caught up with the National Book Award fiction finalist Laila Lalami at the Miami Book Festival. Her latest work of fiction, "The Other Americans," explores issues of immigration and identity, part of our ongoing arts and culture series, Canvas.
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