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In this Poured Over: The Barnes & Noble Podcast episode hosted by Miwa Messer, author Laila Lalami talks about the quickly evolving nature of surveillance technology and how a conversation with her husband about data privacy led her to write her novel The Dream Hotel (Pantheon, 2025).
Tags: Fiction | Laila Lalami | The Dream Hotel | Pantheon | novel | Poured Over | podcast | interview | Miwa Messer | 2025