Twenty authors with roots around the globe will read passages and sign copies of their books Saturday at a book fair at the Karl Road branch library.
,” by Najma Shamsi, a retired English and political science professor who lives in Columbus. The latter book intertwines the author's family’s history with that of Pakistan.
Yee said the memoir is “about my awkward child immigrant self coming to America and experiencing bullying and racism … but confidence and self-worth as well as developing math skills and friendships along the way.”,” which stems from his time as a reporter in Lagos, the African country's economic capital, in the 1990s.
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