Mortada Gzar with William Hutchins & Christopher Merrill
In his memoir I'm in Seattle, Where Are You? Iraqi novelist and short story writer Mortaa Gzar shares how a chance encounter with a U.S. soldier from Seattle drew him away from his native Basar and toward the Emerald City for love, just as Donald Trump was elected president and spewing anti-Muslim hate. Gzar will be joined on Elliott Bay's virtual stage by his translator, William Hutchins, and poet/essayist Christopher Merrill.