Peter Richardson

Stray Thoughts on California Culture

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Tuesday, February 04, 2025

Theodore Roszak and the Perils of Technocracy

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Michael Kramer and I wrote an article for The Nation . It's about Theodore Roszak, the social critic and peace activist who, in a serie...
Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Hunter Thompson and Haight-Ashbury on French TV

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I was asked to say a few words about Hunter Thompson and Haight-Ashbury for a French television program called "Invitation au Voyage....
Friday, October 04, 2024

Lowell Bergman on Electronic Communication and the First Amendment

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The OLLI program at UC Berkeley asked me to chat with Lowell Bergman about his latest topic, "The First Amendment Is NOT a Suicide Pact...
Friday, July 19, 2024

Essay on Bob Weir in "Hidden Voices"

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I was asked to contribute to "Hidden Voices: Americans with Disabilities in United States History," which was published by the NYC...
Wednesday, June 19, 2024

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Yet another great class in Berkeley, this time with David Weir. We focused on the Patty Hearst story he wrote with Howard Kohn for Rolling S...
Monday, June 17, 2024

Course on Rolling Stone Magazine at UC Berkeley

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I'm teaching a course on Rolling Stone magazine at UC Berkeley's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. So far, so good. I've invit...
Friday, March 01, 2024

Review of New Ralph Gleason Bio

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I was delighted to review Don Armstrong's new Ralph Gleason bio for Alta . Along with other elders like Bill Graham and Tom Donahue, Gl...
Tuesday, December 19, 2023

New Books Network Podcast About "Savage Journey"

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I chatted with U.S. historian Steven Hausmann about Hunter S. Thompson and Savage Journey . I thought the podcast came out quite well.

Kevin Starr at the Commonwealth Club

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I contributed to Redemptive Dreams , a volume about California historian Kevin Starr. It was edited by Jason Sexton and published by Routled...
Monday, July 17, 2023

GonzoFest 2023

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Delighted to participate in the tenth and final (?) GonzoFest. Seen here with Timothy Denevi, William McKeen, Margaret Ann Harrell, John Bri...
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Peter Richardson
I've written critically acclaimed books about Hunter S. Thompson, the Grateful Dead, Ramparts magazine, and Carey McWilliams. My essays have appeared in The Nation, The New Republic, the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Literary Hub, and many other outlets. I also like to review books and received the National Entertainment Journalism Award for Online Criticism in 2013. From 2006 to 2023, I taught at San Francisco State University. Before that, I was an English professor at the University of North Texas. Along the way, I also worked as an editor at the University of California Press, PoliPoint Press, the Public Policy Institute of California, and Harper & Row, Publishers. Back in the days of yore, I earned a Ph.D. in English from the University of California, Berkeley.
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