,
Peter   Anderson

year in books

Peter Anderson’s Followers (32)

member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
Lori
3,579 books | 877 friends

Derek H...
1,284 books | 200 friends

Chad Post
1,891 books | 1,366 friends

Carl
1,185 books | 239 friends

William
869 books | 1,508 friends

Carolyn
3,311 books | 160 friends

shaz rasul
2,596 books | 181 friends

Jason Fisk
598 books | 313 friends

More friends…

Peter Anderson

Goodreads Author


Website

Twitter

Genre

Influences

Member Since
April 2010


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

"Warmth"

A new microfiction, "Warmth", is now up on my blog.
 •  0 comments  •  flag
Share on Twitter
Published on April 07, 2017 09:45
Average rating: 4.38 · 52 ratings · 23 reviews · 4 distinct works
Daddy Cool

by
4.70 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Wheatyard

4.11 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2013
Rate this book
Clear rating
On the Clock: Contemporary ...

by
4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2010
Rate this book
Clear rating
Where The Marshland Came To...

4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating

* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.

The Country Of Th...
Rate this book
Clear rating

 
Will the Circle B...
Rate this book
Clear rating

Peter Peter said: " In the twilight of his own life, the great Studs Terkel takes on his most ambitious project yet: talking to a broad cross-section of people on their feelings about death and the possibility of an afterlife. While some sections are harrowing or depres ...more "

 
145th Street: Sho...
Rate this book
Clear rating

 

Peter’s Recent Updates

Peter wants to read
The Waters by Bonnie Jo Campbell
Rate this book
Clear rating
Peter rated a book it was amazing
A Sinclair Lewis Reader by Sinclair Lewis
Rate this book
Clear rating
Terrific non fiction collection from the legendary novelist. I wish he had written much more like this.
Peter started reading
The Country Of The Pointed Firs And Other Stories by Sarah Orne Jewett
Rate this book
Clear rating
Peter is currently reading
Will the Circle Be Unbroken? Reflections on Death, Rebirth an... by Studs Terkel
Rate this book
Clear rating
Peter rated a book it was amazing
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
Rate this book
Clear rating
A heartbreaking but beautiful book about life and death, about grieving and finally moving toward recovery, about wanting to remember our lost loved ones to keep them close, without letting those memories hold us back from getting on with our lives.
Peter is currently reading
A Sinclair Lewis Reader by Sinclair Lewis
Rate this book
Clear rating
Peter wants to read
Heartland by Sarah Smarsh
Rate this book
Clear rating
Peter is currently reading
145th Street by Walter Dean Myers
Rate this book
Clear rating
Peter rated a book really liked it
The Missing by Ben Tanzer
The Missing
by Ben Tanzer (Goodreads Author)
Rate this book
Clear rating
This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here.
Peter started reading
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
Rate this book
Clear rating
More of Peter's books…
Quotes by Peter Anderson  (?)
Quotes are added by the Goodreads community and are not verified by Goodreads. (Learn more)

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

“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

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

“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

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

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

1218 The Next Best Book Club — 25121 members — last activity 2 hours, 1 min ago
Are you searching for the NEXT best book? Are you willing to kiss all your spare cash goodbye? Are you easily distracted by independent bookshops, bi ...more
2083 NYRB Classics — 1222 members — last activity Nov 15, 2024 07:02AM
For friends of NYRB Classics
14934 Word Riot Press — 154 members — last activity Jan 05, 2010 11:28AM
For fans of online literary magazine Word Riot and its small press extension Word Riot Press
43976 The Novella Club — 960 members — last activity Mar 31, 2024 06:24PM
A book group devoted to reading and discussing novellas (one a month). Definition of NOVELLA 1) plural novelle : a story with a compact and pointed ...more
94250 The Melville House Group — 217 members — last activity Feb 22, 2022 05:26PM
We rather like our books. Just a bit, maybe. A little. Naturally, we want to talk about them with fellow readers. Join us in discussing our books or ...more
97141 The Underrated Authors Project 2013 — 141 members — last activity May 04, 2020 09:50PM
Now, I am not sure if this has been done before, so I apologise if this already exists (I'd be surprised if it hasn't). I wanted to make a group dedic ...more
118024 Dalkey Archive Press reads — 149 members — last activity Apr 18, 2020 05:39AM
Hi everyone, Join our Backlist of the Month discussions! What is Backlist of the month, you ask? It's something we'll tell you all about on Faceboo ...more
134824 Alternating Current Press — 120 members — last activity Nov 27, 2015 04:45PM
Alternating Current is a boutique independent press and promotions team dedicated to publishing and promoting incredible literature that challenges re ...more
More of Peter’s groups…



Comments (showing 1-4)    post a comment »
dateUp arrow    newest »

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


message 3: by Jason

Jason Pettus It's about time that you joined Goodreads!


message 2: by Peter

Peter 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.


message 1: by Jason

Jason Jordan Welcome, Pete. What took ye so long?


back to top