Maaza Mengiste is the author of the novel, Beneath the Lion's Gaze, and a writer on the documentary film, Girl Rising. She's at work on her next book and serves on the faculty of the Queens College MFA program.
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Programming
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Event
Mon, Feb 10, 2014,
06:30 PM –
06:30 PM