Peter Orner Reads ‘Hope Deferred’ at Litquake, October 5th in San Francisco
Posted on September 30, 2010 | link
Join Voice of Witness at Litquake!
Voice of Witness supporters in the San Francisco Bay Area have the chance to hear excerpts from our forthcoming book Hope Deferred: Narratives of Zimbabwean Lives in advance of its release! On Tuesday, October 5th, editor Peter Orner will read from the book as part of San Francisco’s annual Litquake series.
The reading is part of ‘McSweeney’s Fall Harvest’, at San Francisco’s Jewish Community Center.
Join McSweeney’s authors Peter Orner, Hilton Als, Adam Levin and Darin Strauss as they read from their newest books.
To learn more about this event, click here.
Peter Orner at South Dakota Festival of Books: Sept. 24-26
Posted on September 24, 2010 | link
Peter Orner, editor of Underground America and the forthcoming Hope Deferred: Narratives of Zimbabwean Lives will be speaking at the South Dakota Festival of Books 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 found here.
VOLUNTEER NEEDS: SPEAKERS OF COLOMBIAN SPANISH
Posted on September 21, 2010 | link
Voice of Witness is currently seeking native speakers of Colombian Spanish to help transcribe interviews for our forthcoming book on Colombia.
This collection of oral histories, edited by Sybilla Brodzinsky and Max Schoening, will focus on the decades-long conflict there between leftist guerillas, right-wing militias and Colombian military that has led to the forced displacement of over 4 million people since 1997.
If you would like to help, please email us at letters@voiceofwitness.com with “Colombia transcriber” in the subject line.
