Hope Deferred: Narrative of Zimbabwean Lives
Reading and Events
Please note: unless otherwise mentioned, all Voice of Witness events are free and open to the public. We look forward to
seeing you at one of our readings!
February 24th
Hope Deferred Editor Peter Orner, Reading and Talk
Peter Orner reads and discusses Hope Deferred at DePaul University’s Visiting Writers Program in Chicago.
Time: 6:00 pm
Where: DePaul University, Dorothy Day Room, 400 John T. Richardson Library, 2350 North Kenmore Avenue, Chicago, IL
Also on February 24th, Peter Orner will be on WBEZ Chicago’s Worldview.
Tune in to WBEZ 91.5 at noon to listen!
MARCH 9th
March 9th
Hope Deferred Editor Annie Holmes, Reading and Talk
Writer and filmmaker Annie Holmes reads from and discusses Hope Deferred.
Time: 4:00-6:00 pm
Where: George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
Marvin Center, Room 301
800 21st Street NW, Washington, DC
March 15th
March 15th
Hope Deferred Editor Peter Orner at UIUC Spring Literary Festival
Peter Orner discusses his work in University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s Spring Literary Festival. On March 15th, Orner will participate in the panel discussion “Bearing Witness” and then share his work in a joint reading with memoirist Sue Silverman.
Time: Multiple events, Â 10:00 am and 4:30 pm
Where: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Authors Corner, Illini Union Bookstore, Urbana, IL
March 20th
March 20th
Hope Deferred editor Annie Holmes at Community Bookstore, Brooklyn NY
Join editor Annie Holmes for a reading and discussion of Hope Deferred.
Time: 6:00 pm
Where: Community Bookstore, 143 Seventh Ave, Brooklyn, NY
March 22nd-23rd
March 22nd-23rd
Speaking Out: Symposium on Oral History and Human Rights
Join Voice of Witness editors Annie Holmes, Peter Orner, Maggie Lemere and Zoe West for a series of events featuring the role of oral history in contemporary human rights literature.
Time: Multiple events
Where: Haverford College, Haverford, PA
MARCH 24th
March 24th
Voice of Witness editors Annie Holmes and Peter Orner (co-editor Hope Deferred), and Maggie Lemere and Zoe West (co-editors Nowhere to Be Home) at Busboys and Poets
Time: 6:30 pm
Where: Busboys and Poets 5th and K
1025 5th St. NW, Washington DC
22nd
March 29th
Hope Deferred editor Annie Holmes Reading in Cape Town, South Africa
Time: 5:30 pm
Where: The Book Lounge, 71 Roeland St, Cape Town, South Africa
22nd
March 30th
Hope Deferred editor Peter Orner Reading: Hope Deferred
Time: 7:00 pm
Where: Prairie Lights Bookstore, Iowa City, IA.
