I feel like there are too many words in the world, and I think silence is so much more powerful than the glut of words.
Peter OrnerI revise and revise and revise. I'm not even sure "revise" is the right word. I work a story almost to death before it's done.
Peter OrnerI'm constantly trying to figure out how to crack that mystery; how to make a novel that has a sense of immediacy of a short story. I try to do that and I'll try it again, but I'll never get it.
Peter OrnerRarely is the pain of losing someone expressed with such directness, energy, and, yes, humor. The grief in Evan Kuhlman'sWolf Boyis palpable, and so is the flawed, honest humanity of his characters. Here is real loss and somehow, real catharsis.
Peter Orner