City Arts & Lectures (Venue Partner)
Herbst Theatre
401 Van Ness Ave
415.563.2463
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Credit: Greg Martin
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Thursday Nov 12, 2009 (8–9:20pm)
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$20.00
George Packer has covered many of the formative stories of the last decade. A true renaissance man, Packer has written novels, plays and is probably best know as a staff writer at The New Yorker. His book The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq, is a riveting account of the events leading up to the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Packer's play about Iraqi interpreters, Betrayed, shows a deep and wide-ranging engagement with the individuals caught up in the War on Terror. His most recent book, Interesting Times: Writings from a Turbulent Decade, collects essays on some of the most important cultural and political stories of the past ten years -- from Iraq, to September 11, to the rise of Barack Obama and the 2008 election. Packer will be in conversation with journalist and former NewsHour correspondent Elizabeth Farnsworth.
