![]() You may email questions or comments to or share them through social media on Twitter or Facebook (search for Writer as Witness). Īs you read, think about possible questions for the author to address during the September Colloquium. Copies will also be available for purchase at the Campus Store over the summer, when you’ll have your first opportunity to talk with classmates about Conditional Citizens. You may order the book directly through the Campus Store Website. The American University Campus Store is offering Conditional Citizens at a discounted rate. Conditional citizens, she argues, are all the people who America embraces with one arm, and pushes away with the other. Throughout the book, she poignantly illustrates how white supremacy survives through adaptation and legislation, maintaining a caste system that keeps the modern equivalent of white male landowners at the top of the social hierarchy. Tapping into history, politics, and literature, she elucidates how accidents of birth–such as national origin, race, or gender–that once determined the boundaries of Americanness still cast their shadows today. Using her own journey from Moroccan immigrant to US citizen, she explores the rights, liberties, and protections that are traditionally associated with American citizenship. ![]() Lalami’s latest book, Conditional Citizens, is about belonging in America. She holds a PhD in linguistics from the University of Southern California. Lalami has received a Fulbright Fellowship, a British Council Fellowship, a Lannan Foundation Residency Fellowship, and a Guggenheim Fellowship, and her novels have been finalists for the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award. Her work has been featured in The New Yorker, The Washington Post, The Guardian, and The New York Times, among others. Lalami, a Moroccan-born novelist, short story writer, essayist, and professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside, writes on issues of race, immigration, and citizenship. Order Conditional Citizens from the Campus Store. She will address the American University community and meet with students and faculty to discuss the book, as well as the craft, artistry, and research that went into its creation. Lalami this fall for the twenty-fifth annual Writer as Witness Colloquium on Wednesday, September 7 from 8-9:30 in Bender Arena. ![]() We’re delighted to announce this year’s choice: Laila Lalami’s Conditional Citizens: Who Belongs in America? We will meet with Dr. Welcoming our text’s author to discuss their work is an essential part of that shared intellectual experience. When we ask tough questions, explore controversy, listen to one another respectfully, and sharpen our claims, we illustrate how writing is a social act at the heart of an academic community. The dialogue we develop around the challenging themes that define our community texts unifies our students and faculty in an intellectual experience. The Writing Studies Program and the Campus Store will also sponsor an essay contest to honor the best writing inspired by the community text. You and your classmates will discuss the book and write about it in your College Writing class. ![]() To set the stage for your first year here at AU, we have chosen a book that we call our “community text” for you to read before you arrive in August. Conditional Citizens: Who Belongs in America? September 7, 2022
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