Love is an Ex-Country Book Release & Performance

LibroMobile Presents: A Book Release & Performance!

As a collaborative virtual book release and performance, Randa Jarrar will read from her new book Love is an Ex-Country (Catapult 2021) from the balcony of her apartment while LibroMobile videographer Carla Zarate professionally records and features the reading performance live to LibroMobile's instagram.

About the Author:

Randa Jarrar is the author of the forthcoming memoir Love Is An Ex-Country, the novel A Map of Home, and the collection of stories Him, Me, Muhammad Ali. She is also a performer who has recently appeared in Hulu’s RAMY, as well as the short films GOT GAME and FINJAN. Her essays have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Salon, Bitch, Buzzfeed, and elsewhere. She is a recipient of a Creative Capital Award and an American Book Award, as well as awards and fellowships from the Civitella Ranieri Foundation, the Lannan Foundation, Hedgebrook, PEN, and others. A professor of creative writing, Jarrar is Executive Director of RAWI, a literary nonprofit that serves Arab American writers. She lives in Los Angeles.

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