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Peter Orner on Chicago

Peter Orner on Chicago

First Draft Podcast">In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | October 20, 2025

Carole Hinojosa on Motherhood in the Face of Addiction

Carole Hinojosa on Motherhood in the Face of Addiction

“Everybody says they care and want to help. Does anybody really care?”

By Carole Hinojosa | August 15, 2025

The Gossip Columnist’s Daughter

The Gossip Columnist’s Daughter

Peter Orner

By Lit Hub Excerpts | August 14, 2025

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Featuring Peter Orner, Morgan Richter, Kate Riley and More

By Teddy Wayne | August 12, 2025

Why Read: Seven Books About Our Passion and Need for Reading

Why Read: Seven Books About Our Passion and Need for Reading

Donna Seaman on the Books About Books You Need

By Donna Seaman | June 18, 2025

American Short Fiction’s 2024 Insider Prize"> Read the Winners of <em

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American Short Fiction’s 2024 Insider Prize">

American Short Fiction’s 2024 Insider Prize">Read the Winners of American Short Fiction’s 2024 Insider Prize

Selected by Peter Orner

By Literary Hub | September 30, 2024

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Peter Orner on Looking for “Solace in Remembering” and His Pursuit of Chronology

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | January 3, 2023

Peter Orner and Emma Cline Discuss Endings, Memory, and Writing Against Classification

By Emma Cline | December 19, 2022

“In This Country, We Murder; Then We Honor.” Peter Orner on a Death in the Town His Family Loved

By Peter Orner | October 13, 2022

20 new books to get you through the week.

20 new books to get you through the week.

By Katie Yee | October 11, 2022

Peter Orner on the Pressure of Fiction’s Infinite Possibilities

Peter Orner on the Pressure of Fiction’s Infinite Possibilities

First Draft Podcast">In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | October 4, 2021

Here's the shortlist for the $50,000 Joyce Carol Oates Prize.

Here's the shortlist for the $50,000 Joyce Carol Oates Prize.

By Katie Yee | March 5, 2020

26 Books From the Last Decade that More People Should Read

26 Books From the Last Decade that More People Should Read

Our Favorite Writers Recommend Some Underappreciated Gems

By Emily Temple | December 3, 2019

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Writers, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Writers, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Sarah M. Broom, Peter Orner, and More Take the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Teddy Wayne | August 13, 2019

"Two Lawyers"

Peter Orner

By Lit Hub Excerpts | August 6, 2019

New Books Tuesday: Your weekly guide to what’s publishing today, fiction and nonfiction

New Books Tuesday: Your weekly guide to what’s publishing today, fiction and nonfiction

By Emily Temple | July 2, 2019