Peter Orner
Novelist and professor of English and creative writing at Dartmouth College, author of multiple novels, story collections, and essays including The Gossip Columnist's Daughter.
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Apr 9, 2026 • 41min
Just Slightly Outside the Circle: Peter Orner and Sarah Wasserman (EH)
Peter Orner, novelist and Dartmouth professor, discusses his Chicago-set novel The Gossip Columnist's Daughter. He revisits 1960s city life, a cold-case mystery around a columnist's daughter, and the blurring of fact and fiction with staged photographs. Conversation touches on Jewish identity, cultural outsiders, literary influences, and how family myths shape storytelling.
