Social Media Incompetent. Dartmouth Prof. Co-host of the Lonely Voice on Texas Public Radio with Yvette Benavides. New Book: The Gossip Columnist's Daughter.
Joined October 2011
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Hace 5 años: HACER MEMORIA DE LO LEÍDO, entrevisté a Diamela Eltit y María Moreno, sobre "El ojo en la mira" @Ampersand_ed y "Contramarcha" @AlquimiaEd, respectivamente; además, "La memoria vegetal" @LumenEdit, de Umberto Eco, y "¿Hay alguien ahí?" @ChaiEditora, de Peter Orner.
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Peter Orner retweeted
Apr 14
“Her name is Tish O'Dowd. And she is a lecture professor at the University of Michigan. She took me under her wing and read my stories when I was a punk. I basically went to the University of Tish.”
Peter Orner on his favorite teacher: buff.ly/xxlVa28
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Peter Orner retweeted
Apr 13
“You want to go outside yourself and imagine your way into some other space? Go for it. If you want to try and imagine yourself into what you think is your own space, go for it. I say it's equally as hard.”
Writing is hard, but Peter Orner has advice: buff.ly/xxlVa28
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Peter Orner retweeted
Apr 12
“Your identity is only just a tiny fraction of the story that goes forward. And identity is always shifting.”
New, on Novel Dialogue, Peter Orner on all the ways one can become “slightly out of the circle.”
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Mar 26
Tiphanie Yanique on a sixty-year-old artisan sandal shop in St. Thomas, Carrie Brownstein and @nickhornby with their regular columns, and Peter Orner on his first time reading Absalom, Absalom!:
thebeliever.net/end-notes-ab…
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Mar 18
Liniers in The Believer!
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Peter Orner retweeted
5 Nov 2025
Thank you @porliniers !!
30 Oct 2025
Macanudo literario por @porliniers 😄
«Y porque existe de todo, también la bondad está ahí afuera» —Peter Orner, autor estadounidense.
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Peter Orner retweeted
«Yo era un niño raro. Más que raro solitario. Pensaba que era más raro de lo que en realidad era. Tenía varias de las razones habituales para recluirme allá abajo. Las asiduas peleas a los gritos en la cocina durante la noche eran solo una».
Peter Orner. Sigo sin saber de ti
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Peter Orner retweeted
Jan 24
A inicios del año pasado escribí sobre un par de libros de Peter Orner en los que aparece la sombra del padre muerto. Ya había olvidado mi reseña pero hoy me acordé. En @LaTempestad_ latempestad.mx/peter-orner-s…
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Peter Orner retweeted
22 Dec 2025
Book Review: ‘The Gossip Columnist’s Daughter,’ the third novel by Norwich author Peter Orner, combines historical figures with fictional ones to delve into a midcentury mystery involving a Chicago celebrity journalist. sevendaysvt.com/arts-culture…
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8 Dec 2025
A Chicagoan appreciates a well-placed da. You're a kind and generous soul, Hamilton. Don't get me started on the label though, never about the length of any story. Thin ass long stories, over chubby small stories...
7 Dec 2025
Precious few do it well. Peter Orner is da king.
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5 Dec 2025
Honored to be a part of this terrific list 10 best books of 2025 from the Chicago Tribune and Chris Borrelli.
4 Dec 2025
The Chicago Tribune’s 10 best books of 2025, w/Chicago crime (@Peter_Orner), a bit of horror (@MrGaunt), ugly history (@carolinefraser), a gutting epic (@MeghaMaj), a Southern thriller (@blacklionking73), a marriage adventure (@SophieElmhirst) and more chicagotribune.com/2025/12/0…
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Peter Orner retweeted
4 Dec 2025
The Chicago Tribune’s 10 best books of 2025, w/Chicago crime (@Peter_Orner), a bit of horror (@MrGaunt), ugly history (@carolinefraser), a gutting epic (@MeghaMaj), a Southern thriller (@blacklionking73), a marriage adventure (@SophieElmhirst) and more chicagotribune.com/2025/12/0…
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Peter Orner retweeted
30 Oct 2025
Macanudo literario por @porliniers 😄
«Y porque existe de todo, también la bondad está ahí afuera» —Peter Orner, autor estadounidense.
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Peter Orner retweeted
10 Nov 2025
The autumn 2025 issue is out now! Our latest features fiction by Jake Maynard, Sena Moon, and Peter Orner; poetry by Bonnie Jo Campbell, Kwame Dawes, and David Hernandez; artwork by Hoàng Tiến Quyết; and much more! Explore the issue here: bit.ly/tsrautumn25
ALT Cover of the Autumn 2025 issue of The Southern Review, featuring an intricate origami lion crafted from green and tan paper against a soft gray background. The magazine title and issue details appear above the artwork in elegant serif type.
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5 Nov 2025
Thank you Milly for this great episode.
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Peter Orner retweeted
25 Oct 2025
Norwich authors Peter Orner and Flynn Berry will be at the Norwich Bookstore on Oct 28 to discuss his new novel-The Gossip Columnist's Daughter open.substack.com/pub/aboutn… #NorwichVT
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