Voice of Witness » Peter Orner at South Dakota Festival of Books: Sept. 24-26

Peter Orner at South Dakota Festival of Books: Sept. 24-26

Posted on September 24, 2010

Peter Orner, editor ofÂ Underground America and the forthcoming Hope Deferred: Narratives of Zimbabwean Lives will be speaking at the South Dakota Festival of BooksÂ this weekend in Sioux Falls, SD. Peter will be participating in discussions of Underground America and his novel The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo.

Also participating in the festival from the Voice of Witness/McSweeney’s family are Voice of Witness founder Dave Eggers and contributor to Out of Exile (and protagonist of Eggers’ book What is the What) Valentino Achak Deng.

More information about the festival can be foundÂ here.

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