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Exalted travelers, wary immigrants, and anyone who has ever felt deeply what it is to move from one home to another are destined to fall in love with the triumphant work of debut fiction that is Dr. Yasser El-Sayed's The Alexandria You Are Losing.

In conversation with Abraham Verghese, El-Sayed visits Kepler's this April 9th to share from this glitteringly deft and powerful book of short stories. This collection traverses the East-to-West experience, in both the Middle East and the United States from the 1970s and into the modern world.

El-Sayed's writing sings with keen insight into the inner worlds of his characters, many of them travelers out of place who move at odds with their surroundings. Subtly chosen details offer readers a clear sense of these locations, whether beside the Mediterranean or alongside a Missouri bus stop, whether traversing an excessively manicured Boston lawn or Libyan streets flushed with demonstrators. Readers of thoughtful travel writers like Pico Iyer are sure to fall in love.

In these true-to-life settings, El-Sayed places characters whose rich emotional terrains are torn between two places.

The author writes humanity beautifully, offering even minor characters a unique voice and charisma all their own. This skillful, vibrant, Pushcart-nominated collection represents the work of a mind richly awash in human understanding. From a celebrated career in high-risk obstetrics, Dr. El-Sayed is somehow also a natural-born writer.

Don't miss the chance to hear two world-class writers and physicians discuss The Alexandria You Are Losing.