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Wednesday, October 12 • 6:30pm - 7:30pm
In My Humble Opinion: Peter Orner and Mark Greif

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Provocative conversation with two masters of the essay form: authors Peter Orner (Am I Alone Here?: Notes on Living to Read and Reading to Live), and n + 1 Magazine founder Mark Greif (Against Everything). Moderated by San Francisco Chronicle books editor John McMurtrie. Doors open at 6 pm. $15 advance or at the door; $10 for Mechanics' members
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Mark Greif

As the New York Times wrote of his new book, Against Everything, "[Mark Greif] embodies a return to the pleasures of critical discourse at its most cerebral and personable… writing about the culture with a reverence for language and a passion for what has come before." Greif received... Read More →
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Peter Orner

Peter Orner is the author of two collections of stories, Last Car Over the Sagamore Bridge and Esther Stories, and two novels, Love and Shame and Love and The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo. His stories have appeared in many periodicals, including the Atlantic Monthly, The New York... Read More →


Wednesday October 12, 2016 6:30pm - 7:30pm PDT
Mechanics' Institute Library
  Nonfiction   Type: Author Conversation   Type: Book Sales & Signing   Venue: Ticketed   Venue: Wheelchair Accessible

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