Returning to the literary form he loves best, the short story, Peter Orner visits Hugo House to read from his brand-new collection, Last Car Over the Sagamore Bridge. Employing the masterful compression for which he has become known, Orner presents a kaleidoscope of individual lives viewed in intimate close-up. A woman’s husband dies before their

Poet Adam Fitzgerald, author of The Late Parade (W.W. Norton), visits Hugo House with fellow New York poets Tom Healy, Anthony Madrid, and Leah Umansky.Connect with the event on Facebook!The reading is free. Books will be for sale, and the bar will be open. If you like cheap drinks, writing, and being around other people who

If you like cheap drinks, writing, and being around other people who like cheap drinks and writing, look no further than our Writers' Happy Hour on July 24. We'll provide prompts and drinks; you bring paper, pen, and the will to write. There'll be time for both writing and mingling, and, at 7:00 p.m., you