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Notes and Links to Peter Orner's Work    Peter Orner is the author of eight books, most recently the novel, The Gossip Columnist's Daughter, named one of the best books of 2025 by the New Yorker and the Chicago Tribune, as well as the essay collections, Still No Word from You, a finalist for the PEN Award for the Art of the Essay, and Am I Alone Here?, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism. His story collection Maggie Brown and Others was a New York Times Notable Book. Other books include Love and Shame and Love (Winner of the California Book Award) Last Car Over the Sagamore Bridge, The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo (finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award), and Esther Stories. A recipient of the Rome Prize and a Guggenheim Fellowship, Orner is also the editor of three books of oral history for the Voice of Witness series, and co-editor with Laura Lampton Scott of a new oral history series from McSweeney's called “Dispatches.” His work has appeared in The New Yorker, the Atlantic, Harper's, the Paris Review and has been awarded four Pushcart Prizes. With Yvette Benavides, he's the co-host of the Lonely Voice Podcast on Texas Public Radio. Orner recently led short courses on James Joyce's Ulysses, and Melville's Moby-Dick for the Community of Writers/Writers' Annex. He teaches at Dartmouth College and lives in Vermont. Buy The Gossip Columnist's Daughter   New York Times Review of The Gossip Columnist's Daughter    Peter Orner's Website At about 2:30, Peter responds to Pete's question about the feedback he's gotten since the publication of  At about 3:30, Peter expands on ideas of making Chicago concrete for his readers At about 4:40, Peter gives background on family's roots in Chicago and in Eastern Europe At about 6:25, Mike Ditka slander?! At about 7:50, Peter highlights Saul Bellow as a writer who influenced him, as well as Stuart Dybek, Betty Howland, and John Irving among others  At about 10:05, Peter reflects on David Foster Wallace as an “Illinois writer” At about 12:10, Peter discusses Zadie Smith and Yiyun Li, and as impressive and chill-inducing contemporary writers  At about 13:30, Peter lists some reading favorites of his university students, and he expands on how they are “blown away” by James Joyce's work At about 15:00, The two fanboy over James Joyce's “The Dead” At about 16:15, Peter reflects on Pete asking if his The Gossip Columnist's Daughter would be classified as “historical fiction” At about 17:15, Peter expands on his view of the book's epigraph from Chekhov At about 18:15, Pete cites another great epigraph and great book from Jess Walter At about 18:50, The two lay out the book's exposition, and Peter describes the book's inciting incident, a tragic death At about 20:20, The two discuss the book's beginning as in medias res  At about 21:30, Peter talks about the character of Babs as inspired by grandmother, and Pete shares about his Chicago grandfather's longevity At about 22:55, Peter expands on the idea of Jed, the book's narrator, feeling that three key events in 1963 were a pivot point for the family At about 26:15, Jack Ruby and the provinciality and “small world” of Chicago At about 29:10, Pete and Peter lay out Jed's college professor setup At about 30:00, Peter explains the cause of death and theories and conspiracy theories around it At about 31:35, Peter responds to Pete's musings about the old-fashioned “imperative” headlines that  At about 33:00, Some of Cookie Kupcinet's last writings are discussed  At about 34:30, Peter reflects on the travails and pressures of Cookie At about 36:00, Some of the prodigious pull of Irv Kupcinet is discussed, and Pete compares Irv's work to that of Ace in Casino At about 37:55, Lou Rosenthal's reticence and kinship with Robert Todd Lincoln are discussed At about 39:00, Peter expands on a scene in which the “grieving” narrator walks by the house where his ex-wife and daughter live; he discusses the importance he places on place At about 41:40, Sidney Korshak and his historical background and Chicago connection is discussed At about 44:10, The two discuss doubts in the story about the way in which Cookie died At about 45:20, Cookie's legacy and the ways in which Jed, the narrator, gains a sort of obsession with conspiracy theories and marginalia  At about 48:20, Peter talks about the book's storyline as a “family story” and using a “tiny kernel” as a “jump off” point for his book At about 49:20, Peter responds to Pete's questions about the state of the current conspiracy theories involving the Kupcinets and JFK's assassination  At about 51:20, The two discuss the breakup of the friendship between the Rosenthals and Kupcinets, as Pete compares a turned-down piece of writing to the book's storyline  At about 53:20, Peter reflects on the intrigue that comes with  At about 55:00, Peter expands on the “Captain” moniker his grandfather have, and that he played off in his book At about 58:20, The two reflect on the memorable character of Solly At about 1:01:00, Theories involving traumas and low points and broken relationships are discussed  At about 1:03:00, Pete highlights a resonant last scene        You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. 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On today’s program, we speak with the managing partner of law firm Bowditch and Dewey about their recent merger with Kenny and Sams. We’re also joined by Matt Stout of The Boston Globe as he talks to residents who are losing their homes on Cape Cod as part of the Sagamore Bridge replacement plan. Grant Welker senior reporter at the Boston Business Journal takes us through the weeks business headlines. And Jon Chesto of The Boston Globe talks about the Market Basket legal wranglings and the fight over a family trust fund.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For years, officials in Massachusetts have been working to secure federal funding to help replace the Cape Cod bridges. As part of the Sagamore Bridge replacement project, roughly a dozen homes would be taken by eminent domain. While local officials assure the public that the projects are moving forward, there is uncertainty about the funding for both bridge projects with the US Army Corps of Engineers recently pausing more than $11 billion in funding projects, which includes the Cape Cod bridge projects. We discussed the plans for these bridge replacement projects and spoke to some locals affected by the project.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Sagamore Bridge replacement project is something that many Massachusetts drivers are looking forward to, hoping to have an easier drive to the Cape. However, not everyone is excited as part of the project includes taking 13 local properties by eminent domain. Property owners Marc and Joan Hendel spent decades of savings and two years waiting for their Cape Cod home to be built, only to be given a notice one month after moving in that their home was going to be taken away. Marc and Joan joined us to share their story as we discuss the Sagamore Bridge replacement project.

This week: State representative Chris Flanagan from Cape Cod has been indicted, but will he step down from office? Neighbors of the Sagamore Bridge speak out on the pain of being in the path of new construction. And: a chilling video from New Bedford raises questions about federal immigration enforcement.

This week: Sagamore Bridge neighbors receive notice: their homes will be taken by eminent domain. And, a big crowd with some prominent names “Stands Up for Science” in a public rally. Also: Representative Bill Keating gets national attention for his defense of a fellow Congress member.

The governor prepares for the State of the Commonwealth, the state unveils a look at the future Sagamore Bridge, and a famous comedian from Brookline gets a big honor. Stay in "The Loop" with #iHeartRadio.

This week: Offshore wind started up and came to a crashing halt. The battle to build a heavy machine gun range on Cape Cod ended without a shot fired. And the Sagamore Bridge replacement landed its 2 billion dollars — but the Bourne Bridge is another story. We've got those stories and more on our special year-end news roundup for 2024.

Union hotel workers hit the picket lines at two of Boston's busiest hotels. Plans to rebuild the Sagamore Bridge continue to move foreward. In Chatham yesterday, witches float on the water all fo a good cause. Stay in "The Loop" with #iHeartRadio.

This week: A blade comes off a Vineyard Wind turbine scattering debris onto Nantucket beaches. The Cape gets $1 billion for replacing the Sagamore Bridge. And the state says no to Holtec dumping radioactive water into Cape Cod Bay.

A significant federal investment of $5 billion targets upgrading or replacing dozens of aging bridges across 16 states. President Joe Biden's administration announced the funding as part of a larger $1.2 trillion infrastructure law signed in 2021, which dedicates $40 billion over five years to bridge projects. The largest chunk of $1.4 billion will fund the improvement of the vertical lift bridges over the Columbia River, connecting Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington. Other major projects include the Sagamore Bridge in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and various bridges in Mobile, Alabama, and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Despite these investments, the American Road and Transportation Builders Association estimates that $319 billion is still needed for nationwide bridge repairs. Currently, about 42,400 U.S. bridges are in poor condition, impacting both safety and the economy. Additional funds will support bridge projects in Rhode Island, Florida, Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Kansas, and bridges linking Ohio and West Virginia. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg emphasized the urgent need for these investments.Learn more on this news visit us at: https://greyjournal.net/news/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The wake and funeral for the national grid worker killed at a construction detail last week. Massachusetts will recieve federal funding to replace the Sagamore Bridge. Today marks the two-hundreth anniversary of the Boston Tea Party. 5 Minutes of news to keep you in "The Loop".

The bridge has stood for nearly 90 years across the Cape Cod Canal. WBZ's Jim MacKay reports.

Riccardo Duranti"L'ultima auto sul Sagamore Bridge"Peter OrnerGallucci Editorewww.galluccieditore.comUn ragazzo salta una settimana di scuola dopo che la sorellina annega nello stagno, passando sotto il recinto come lui le aveva insegnato; una goffa vicenda sul tesoro di Al Capone al Lexington Hotel; un assassino in libertà vigilata che dedica gran parte del tempo a rispondere a lettere d'odio o di sostegno; un padre e una figlia che tentano di sfuggire a un uragano. Vite e destini descritti con saggezza, leggerezza, dolore, bellezza, sorpresa. Orner racconta l'animo umano come pochi, rendendo veri i suoi personaggi con una scrittura veloce e incisiva. “Un mosaico magnifico e commovente di storie indimenticabili” The New York Times“Intenso ed evocativo” Kirkus ReviewsPeter Orner (Chicago, 1968) è autore di romanzi e racconti. Esther Stories, la sua raccolta d'esordio, è stata segnalata dal “New York Times” come uno dei “libri da ricordare” del 2001. I suoi racconti sono stati anche pubblicati da “The New Yorker”, “The Atlantic Monthly” e “The Paris Review”. Insegna inglese e scrittura creativa al Dartmouth College, nel New Hampshire, e vive con la famiglia a Norwich, nel Vermont. I suoi scritti brevi ci giungono in italiano per la prima volta, grazie al lavoro del suo amico e grande traduttore Riccardo Duranti.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarewww.ilpostodelleparole.itQuesto show fa parte del network Spreaker Prime. Se sei interessato a fare pubblicità in questo podcast, contattaci su https://www.spreaker.com/show/1487855/advertisement

With both Cape Cod Canal bridges ready for replacement, this fall's effort focuses on completing an environmental impact statement and funding Phase 1 construction at the Sagamore Bridge. Lower Cape News caught up with John Bechard, Deputy Chief Engineer for Project Development at the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to learn the latest on the project. Click to Watch the Full Story  

Four tornadoes were confirmed yesterday morning in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Southern California residents are continuing to prepare for Hurricane Hillary as it is now a Category 4 storm. There was multi-vehicle crash that shut down the Sagamore Bridge yesterday. Five minutes of news to keep you in "The Loop".

The Sagamore Bridge was shut down yesterday after a multi-vehicle crash. Boston Police are seeking 20-year-old Stepheon Wells for the shooting death of a Sharon resident. President Joe Biden held a rally in Pennsylvania which marked the beginning of his 2024 re-election campaign. Five minutes of news to keep you in The Loop.

FDA eases blood donation restrictions for gay and bisexual men. COVID-19 public health emergency ends today. Maintenance work on the Sagamore Bridge is done ahead of schedule. Five minutes of news that will keep you in “The Loop."

FDA eases blood donation restrictions for gay and bisexual men. COVID-19 public health emergency ends today. Maintenance work on the Sagamore Bridge is done ahead of schedule. Five minutes of news that will keep you in “The Loop."

This week: The owner of the Pilgrim Nuclear Plant says it is applying for a permit to dump radioactive water into Cape Cod Bay. Also, we've got details on the new Sagamore bridge – where's its likely to go, and how we'll get on and off of it. And Massachusetts lobstermen gather in Hyannis for a trade show like no other.

Beginning Mar. 20, Sagamore Bridge vehicle traffic will reduce to one lane in each direction as the bridge undergoes maintenance work overseen by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District. According to the Cape Cod Commission, the lane closures will remain in effect 24 hours per day, with repair work expected to continue through May. 

President Biden says Silicon Valley Bank customers will get their money back. Maintenance work on the Sagamore Bridge is being pushed back a week. A longtime state representative from Gloucester has died. Five minutes of news that will keep you in The Loop.

This week: What's a school district to do when it can't pay its staff enough to live nearby? Provincetown and now Nantucket are facing that problem. And: a neighborhood at the foot of the Sagamore Bridge finds itself in the path of progress. Also, members of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe gather to vote this weekend.

Peter Orner is the author of the novels "The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo" and "Love and Shame and Love" and the story collections "Esther Stories," "Last Car Over the Sagamore Bridge," and "Maggie Brown & Others." His previous collection of essays, "Am I Alone Here?: Notes on Living to Read and Reading to Live," was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism. His new essay collection is "Still No Word from You: Notes in the Margin."

Chicago-born Peter Orner is the author of two novels: The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo and Love and Shame and Love, and three story collections Esther Stories, Last Car Over the Sagamore Bridge, and Maggie Brown & Others. 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. His new collection is called Am I Alone Here? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Peter Orner is the author of the novels "The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo" and "Love and Shame and Love" and the story collections "Esther Stories," "Last Car Over the Sagamore Bridge," and "Maggie Brown & Others." His previous collection of essays, "Am I Alone Here?: Notes on Living to Read and Reading to Live," was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism. His new essay collection is "Still No Word from You: Notes in the Margin."

Approaching the Sagamore Bridge there was bumper-to-bumper traffic spanning 15 miles at its peak. WBZ's Tim Dunn reports:

Episode 79 features Ultra Spartan Racer and Marathoner Caroline Staudt.  Professionally, she is an attorney turned realtor but currently she is on sabbatical living in Sweden for the year with her family. Caroline ran Cross Country and Track at Choate Rosemary Hall and Brown University. Athletically, after college, She continued running but very much as a recreational runner jumping into local races from the 5K to the marathon and never really focused on her training. She continued enjoying the act of running, but lost her competitive drive and focus. Then in 2018, she discovered Spartan races and when she quickly realized that she wanted to try a Spartan ultra in 2019, all of her passion for running and competing came back. In 2019, at her very first ever ultra and 4th OCR race, she finished 2nd at the Spartan Killington Ultra. She Followed that up with the Spartan Ultra World Championships in 2019 in Åre, Sweden – her second ever ultra and her first 24-hour event finishing just minutes outside of the top 10. Then when the pandemic hit, she had to find her own adventures. Instead of signing up for organized virtual races/runs (with the exception of our BMT for BLM 4 run this past February), She decided a “choose her own adventure route”. In October 2020, she ran her first 100K as a solo adventure running the length of Cape Cod from the Sagamore Bridge to Provincetown In May 2021, she took on a 4X4X48 run (running 4 miles every 4 hours for 48 hours). Instead of taking this on as a solo adventure, She brought her community along with her and turned it into a fundraiser. Having never done a charity run before, She ended up raising over $13,000 for the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund. She is currently enjoying the running scene in Sweden having already raced in the world's largest cross country race (a 30K) and is taking on a local trail 50K this weekend. Follow her story on IG@staudt.caroline and be inspired.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bemoretoday/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bemoretoday/support

Peter Orner's fiction and non-fiction has appeared in the New York Times, the Atlantic Monthly, Granta, The Paris Review, The New Yorker, McSweeney's, The Southern Review, Ploughshares and many other publications. Stories have been anthologized in Best American Stories and twice received a Pushcart Prize. Peter has been awarded the Rome Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy in Rome, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a two-year Lannan Foundation Literary Fellowship. His fiction titles include Maggie Brown and Others, Esther Stores, Last Car Over the Sagamore Bridge, Love and Shame and Love, and The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo. His non-fiction book is Am I Alone Here? He edited the titles Hope Deferred, Underground America, and Lavil: Life, Love and Death in Port-au-Prince. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This past weekend, Dan experienced quite a bit of traffic at the Sagamore Bridge! It appears it's that time of year again when the weather gets warmer and people start heading down to the Cape. Have you experienced any bad traffic recently when you were heading to the Cape?

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Today on CCTLive we talk about the end of the Sagamore Bridge work, a lawsuit over abuse allegations and more on the killing of Yarmouth police Sgt. Sean Gannon.

Peter Orner Not Alone Tonight at Least ~Co-presented by the Bolinas Library, The New School at Commonweal, and Point Reyes Books~ Join us for a reading and conversation with TNS Host Steve Heilig and writer Peter Orner. Peter teaches at the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers as well as at San Francisco State University, where he is currently chair of the Creative Writing Department. He is a member of the Bolinas Volunteer Fire Department. Peter Orner Chicago-born Peter Orner has lived in the San Francisco Bay area for sixteen years. He is the author of two novels (The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo, 2006, Love and Shame and Love, 2010) and two story collections (Esther Stories, 2001, and Last Car Over the Sagamore Bridge, 2013), as well as the editor of two oral histories (Voice of Witness). Orner’s fiction and non-fiction has appeared in the New York Times, the Atlantic Monthly, Granta, The Paris Review, McSweeney’s, The Southern Review, and many other publications. His stories have been anthologized in Best American Stories and twice received a Pushcart Prize. Orner has been awarded a the Rome Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a two-year Lannan Foundation Literary Fellowship, as well as a Fulbright to Namibia. A new book of oral history set in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, co-edited with Evan Lyon, will be published in January, 2017. Find out more about The New School at tns.commonweal.org.

Peter Orner is the guest. His new story collection, Last Car Over the Sagamore Bridge, is now available from Little, Brown.  Tom Bissell says “Peter Orner is a true writers’ writer, which is to say a writer writers complain to writers about readers not reading. His novel The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo (a title, one senses, Orner had to fight hard to retain) ranks high among the best works of fiction about Africa ever written by an American, and his collection Esther Stories contains work to rival that of David Means and Tobias Wolff. Orner’s latest collection, Last Car Over the Sagamore Bridge, is bundled into four sections and includes more than fifty pieces of fiction…Imagine Brief Interviews with Hideous Men written by Alice Munro.” And Booklist says "Orner is an undisputed master of the short short story." Monologue topics: feedback, Max Millwood, Gregory Sherl, the show's format, my dullness and incompetence Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Peter Orner says his poignantly distilled, often tiny short stories are attempts to "create silence on the page."

Peter Orner is the author of Esther Stories, The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo, Love and Shame and Love, and his newest collection, Last Car Over the Sagamore Bridge, which was hailed by the Chicago Tribune as “storytelling mastery.” In conversation with Isaac Fitzgerald from McSweeney’s, and with music by Paul Griffiths. Recorded live at Litquake’s Epicenter at Hotel Rex, and co-presented by Books, Inc.