PETER ORNER

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Quick Links Salon Interview Underground America: Narratives of Undocumented Lives Forum (KQED NPR) with Michael Krasny: A Discussion about Underground America with Lorena, Luis Alberto Urrea, Dave Eggers and Peter Orner New York Times/ The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo Boston Globe/ The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo New York Times/ Esther Stories Audio Link: San Francisco Public Radio/ KQED Writer's Block Audio Link: Bomb Magazine: Fiction for Driving Brooklyn Academy of Music: Between the Lines Event Lannan Foundation Bard Fiction Prize Salon.com San Francisco Chronicle Op-Ed Mmegi Review from Botswana San Francisco State Class of 2011 Authors Guild

BOOKS Fiction/Novel The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo "With this staggering debut novel, Orner has joined the first rank of American writers." --Steve Almond, Boston Globe Magazines and Anthologies Orner's work has appeared in the Atlantic Monthly and the Paris Review,as well in Best American Stories, the Pushcart Prize Anthology, and a number of other collections Non-Fiction Underground America Underground America: Narratives of Undocumented Lives Short Story Collection Esther Stories "These are stories of unusual delicacy and beauty, and this is a remarkable collection." --Charles Baxter

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