Sunday, October 11, 2009

SCBA Distinguished Lecturer Series - Peter Orner - October 14, 2009

The Sacramento County Bar Association’s Constitutional Law and Civil Rights Division invites you to its 2nd Annual Distinguished Lecturer Series at 5:30pm on Wednesday, October 14th, at Sofia Restaurant in Sacramento.

This year, the series features Peter Orner speaking on “The Intersection of Law and the Arts: Documenting Civil Rights Stories.” Peter Orner is an attorney turned writer who is the author of the novel, The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo (Little, Brown, 2006), and the story collection, Esther Stories (Houghton Mifflin, 2001). The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo, a Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and a San Francisco Chronicle Best-Seller, won the Bard Fiction Prize. It is set in Namibia where Orner lived and worked in the early 1990's. Currently, Orner is an associate professor at San Francisco State University.

Student price is $30 and includes dinner. Click here for more info

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