RAWI is proud to present Gregory Orfalea

Gregory Orfalea is the author of eight books of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and memoir, the latest of which is a collection of short stories ("The Man Who Guarded the Bomb") published in 2010 on the Syracuse University Press. In Spring 2010, he taught Middle Eastern and Eurasian Emigre Literature at Georgetown. He has directed the writing program and Center for Writing at Pitzer College of the Claremont Colleges in Claremont, California. Orfalea has won several awards for his writing, including grants from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities and the California Arts Council. He has served as a judge for the American PEN Award in Research Nonfiction and the Arab American Book Award. A native of Los Angeles, he lives with his family in Washington, DC.

Watch Ray Hanania interview Greg here.