Thrilled to record an episode of the Novel Dialogue podcast discussing my novel The Gossip Columnist's Daughter. Especially excited to have the chance to recognize my favorite professor, Tish O'Dowd Ezekiel, who somehow saw some potential in my dumb stories at the University of Michigan. Thanks to Emily Hyde and Sarah Wasserman for having me. The episode is available wherever you get your podcasts. I'll drop a link in my bio, too.
This Thursday we joyously welcome @peterorner back to OCWW for a workshop titled ‘Animating Place: Ground your Story (Somewhere, Anywhere) Without Overdoing It.’ Thr session will be livestreamed from @communityhouse_winnetka and the Zoom recording will be available for one week, post-workshop.
Through examples and exercises, this class will cover the myriad ways to create a sense of place on the page without falling into travel writing. No offense to travel writing. But the point here is to create a vivid setting for your characters without over explaining or over describing. We’ll cover a range of writers from John Edgar Wideman to Mavis Gallant to Stuart Dybek to Raymond Chandler to Juan Rulfo to Marilynne Robinson, and bring in some new writers as well including the Rwandan/ Namibian writer Remy Ngamije and Mexico’s Fernanda Melchor. Bring your own favorite places, cities, towns, lakes, mountains, and we’ll try and give them life on the page.
PETER ORNER is the author of eight books of fiction and non-fiction, including Maggie Brown & Others; Love and Shame and Love; Esther Stories, a finalist for the Pen/Hemingway Award; and Am I Alone Here?, finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. A new novel, The Gossip Columnist’s Daughter, will be out in August from Little Brown. He has edited four volumes of oral history for Voice of Witness and McSweeney’s. His work has appeared in the New Yorker, the Paris Review, The Believer, and Best American Short Stories and been awarded four Pushcart Prizes. A Guggenheim fellow and recipient of the Rome Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Orner is chair of the English and Creative Writing Department at Dartmouth College. Chicago born and raised, he lives with his family in Norwich, Vermont.
Click link in bio to register or visit OCWW.info
In this Episode 322 clip, @peterorner discusses seeds for his book, with some connections tangential, and some not.
Buy this wry, offbeat, creative, original, work of art, The Gossip Columnist's Daughter, from @littlebrown
Listen using link in the bio.
Hey all, I'm really looking forward to this special evening at Texas Public Radio HQ in San Antonio.
I’ll be in conversation with my podcast co-host, Yvette Benavides, talking about The Gossip Columnist’s Daughter, writing, reading, and whatever else comes up.
Deets:
🍷 There will be wine, charcuterie, and good conversation.
📍 TPR Headquarters, San Antonio
🗓 Thursday, January 29
🕡 Doors at 6:30 PM | Discussion 7–8:30 PM
Happy New Year everyone! I am excited to share the 50th(!) episode of my podcast, "The Lonely Voice." In this episode, Yvette Benavides and I discuss four stories by one of our favorite writers Mavis Gallant. There's a link in my bio or find it wherever you get your podcasts. And, hey, while you're there, hit subscribe so you never miss an episode.
Looking forward to coming home this weekend to be in conversation with the phenomenal poet and prose writer (latest book, My Childhood in Pieces: A Skokie Elegy), and incredible supporter of other writers, Edward Hirsch, as part of first annual Chicago Jewish Book Festival at the Loop Synagogue on South Clark Street. This Sunday at 1:30 PM. A host of other terrific writers will also be there. Many thanks to Laura Hodes Zacks for moderating and organizing.
I'm honored and thrilled to have The Gossip Columnist Daughter make tyhe cut for the Chicago Tribune’s 10 Best Books of 2025. “The best Chicago novel in ages”...what an incredible compliment. Huge thanks to Christopher Borrelli for championing the book all year long.
I’m looking forward to moderating a panel on “The Bonds We Make and Break” at the @bostonbookfest this Saturday. @peterorner , @meganmcummins & @jduboff will all talk about their wonderful novels. Saturday October 25, 12:30-1:30, Old South Church, Mary Norton Hall. Come join us if you’re at the festival!
Excited for tonight's @wordtheatre event in Manhattan. The great actor Jon Tenney will be reading an excerpt from my new novel, The Gossip Columnist's Daughter. There will also be three other stories/excerpts read by other outstanding actors, live music, books for sale, and a reception. It will be a great night. Scan the QR code for ticketing info. Hope to see you there.
Peter Orner’s new novel The Gossip Columnist’s Daughter is a compelling and innovative read. We had a good convo about…listen at the link in bio. @wgcu@peterorner
Looking forward to being back in Boston for a conversation with Marisa Silver, author of the incredibly moving new novel AT LAST. 2 PM at Newtonville Books...Please join us if you're in the area.
