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Events Tue Sep 15 2009

Granta Kick-Off Event Review

Robert Duffer of the Chicago Examiner gives a lukewarm review of last night's Granta kick-off discussion with Audrey Niffenegger and Aleksandar Hemon, saying, "As much as I love this city and as excited and oddly flattered as I was that Granta devoted an issue to our broken-nosed lovely, there's only so much that three writers can say about the influence of their figurative home. It helps to have good acoustics to say it." I admit, I was a bit regretful that I wasn't going to be able to see this discussion due to our Book Club meeting, but I guess I didn't miss much after all. (And I'm not at all regretful that I got to be part of our very vibrant discussion of varied opinions on The Echo Maker. The books that some people love and some people hate quite often make for the best discussions.) Hopefully the rest of Granta's celebration week will be on par with the excellence of the magazine.

 
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