Lesley Hazleton
Award-winning journalist, historian, blogger, and author of The First Muslim
Lesley Hazleton's reporting has appeared in Time, The New York Times, The New York Review of Books, and Harper's, among other publications. A world-class historian and journalist—as well as the recipient of The Stranger's "Genius in Literature" Award—she focuses on the politics, religions, and history of the Middle East. Hazelton's latest book, Agnostic, gives voice to the case for agnosticism
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About Lesley Hazleton
Lesley Hazleton reported on the Middle East from Jerusalem for more than a dozen years, and has written for Time, The New York Times, The New York Review of Books, and Harper’s, among other publications. Her book, After the Prophet, was a finalist for the PEN-USA Book Award. Her latest book, Agnostic, gives voice to the case for agnosticism, breaks it free of its stereotypes as watered-down atheism or amorphous “seeking,” and celebrates it as a reasoned, revealing, and sustaining stance toward life. Hazleton lives in Seattle.
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The First Muslim: The Story of Muhammad
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