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Peter Anderson

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Peter Anderson's debut novella, Wheatyard, was published by Kuboa Press in April 2013. His short stories have appeared in many fine venues, including Storyglossia, THE2NDHAND, RAGAD, Midwestern Gothic and the collections On the Clock: Contemporary Short Stories of Work (Bottom Dog Press, 2010) and Daddy Cool: An Anthology of Writing by Fathers For & About Kids (Artistically Declined Press, 2013). A financial professional by trade, he writes fiction to ease the crushing monotony of corporate life. He lives in Joliet, Illinois, with his lovely wife Julie, charming daughter Madeleine and amiable felines Zelda and Lucky. ...more

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	Daddy Cool by Ben Tanzer (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ryan W. Bradley (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Mark R. Brand (Contributor) 4.70 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	On the Clock: Contemporary Short Stories of Work by Jeff Vande Zande (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Josh Maday (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Pete Fromm (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Nighthawk Blues

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New York School: A Cultural Reckoning

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The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation

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“Wheatyard came through as a storm, sudden and jarring, then gone not long after.”
― Peter Anderson, Wheatyard

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Peter’s Quotes

“The hard necessity of bringing the judge on the bench down into the dock has been the peculiar responsibility of the writer in all ages of man.”
― Nelson Algren, Chicago: City on the Make

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“Nothing begets friendship so readily as trouble.”
― Sholom Aleichem

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“Words are but the vague shadows of the volumes we mean. Little audible links, they are, chaining together great inaudible feelings and purposes.”
― Theodore Dreiser

tags: inadequacy-of-words, words, writing

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“I have a great deal of experience in justifying myself to myself.”
― Joseph Mitchell

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“Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long.”
― Walker Evans

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message 4: by Alexandra

Apr 22, 2013 12:02PM

Hi Pete. Please consider reading/rating my new memoir The Astor Orphan. Thanks, Alexandra

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message 3: by Jason

Jun 23, 2010 03:26PM

It's about time that you joined Goodreads!

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message 2: by Peter

Jun 23, 2010 07:36AM

Jason wrote: "Welcome, Pete. What took ye so long?"

No good excuse, really. It's not like I'm at all averse to online pursuits that distract me from my work.

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message 1: by Jason

Jun 22, 2010 05:50PM