AUTHOR PETER ORNER

Thursday, August 8 at 6 PM. Author Peter Orner. It is a great honor to welcome Vermont-Based Author (and Dartmouth Professor) Peter Orner to the Library. Mr. Orner will be here for a special tribute to help us honor and celebrate our dear friend - Thomas Staley, who died in 2022. Dr. Staley, the Director of the Harry Ransom Center in Austin, Texas, was well known for acquiring the papers of a host of literary lions (James Joyce, F. Scott Fitzgerald) and of Woodward and Bernstein to boot. Peter’s essay collection/memoir, “Am I alone here?: Notes on Reading to Live and Living to Read” was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. A special reception with light refreshments will follow the discussion. Copies of the book will be for sale and signing after the event. The Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library is located at 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport. For further information, please call 967-2778 or visit our website at www.graveslibrary.org.