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May
17
2016

Simon Blattner Visiting Assistant Professor in Creative Writing Lecture: Peter Orner

When: Tuesday, May 17, 2016
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM CT

Where: Harris Hall, Room 108, 1881 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208 map it

Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students

Contact: Elizabeth Foster   (847) 467-2981

Group: Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Category: Lectures & Meetings

Description:

Peter Orner’s works of fiction include the short story collection Esther Stories, the novels The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo and Love and Shame and Love, and most recently, his second collection of stories Last Car Over the Sagamore Bridge. The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Lannan Foundation Fellowship, Orner has also edited two books of nonfiction: Underground America and Hope Deferred: Narratives of Zimbabwean Lives. His latest book of criticism/ memoir, Am I Alone Here? will be released in 2016. Orner lives in San Francisco and Bolinas, California.

 

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