“When you start writing, you start from your own readings.” Moroccan author Yassin Adnan speaks about how writing begins with reading and discusses the seeds of his first novel, Hot Maroc (Syracuse University Press, 2021,) in this virtual event with translator Alexander E. Elinson and author Laila Lalami, hosted by Elliott Bay Book Company.
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