Peter Matthiessen Wheelwright's Blog

2023 Tucson Festival of Books

Come by and say hello on Sunday, March 5th

https://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org/?ac...

The New Yorker's Best Books of 2022

October 26, 2022

The Door-Man has been included on the list of "The New Yorker's Best Books of 2022 So Far"
https://www.newyorker.com/best-books-...

The New Yorker weighs in...

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/20...

5 of 5 Stars from Foreword Clarion Reviews

"A luminous historical novel..."
https://www.forewordreviews.com/revie...

"A breathtaking novel..."– NYJB

What can one say when a review begins: "Do.Not.Miss.This.Book."
https://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/book...

Be True To Your School

The New School and Parsons gives The Door-Man some love...
https://blogs.newschool.edu/news/2022...

Radio Interview about The Door-Man

a tad about the book, Peter Matthiessen and his father (my grandfather), architecture, and a bit of my Weltanschauung...
https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/po...

Do You Like Baseball...?

There is a short story about the Baltimore Orioles in The Twin Bill, a new online literary journal dedicated to all things baseball...and yes, I wrote it. It's called "The Life of Birds"...and if you've read my first novel, "As It Is On Earth", you will recognize Bin in the short story...named therein: Ben.
www.thetwinbill.com

Shape-Shifting at the Museum of Natural History: Rough Writers, The timeliness of Cymbals, and Bad Homophones

Piling on the 26th President - a seemingly prescient bit from The Door-Man:
https://www.peterwheelwright.com/shap...

Ideating in Central Park: Fuel Tanks, Flotsam, and Hot Sparks at 141.8 feet

Another snippet from The Door-Man + a thought or two:
https://www.peterwheelwright.com/idea...