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Laila Lalami Q&A: “Power is a dynamic. It doesn’t flow in just one direction”
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Laila Lalami was a finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for The Moor’s Account .
She is an award-winning author of five novels, including The Other Americans .
Lalami is fascinated by the Narváez expedition, the Spanish conquistador who sailed to Florida to claim it for the Spanish crown.
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