Peter Richardson

Stray Thoughts on California Culture

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Friday, February 27, 2015

Largehearted Boy Playlist for NO SIMPLE HIGHWAY

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Largehearted Boy asked me to assemble a playlist to accompany No Simple Highway . Turns out that wasn't so easy, but here's what I ...
Friday, February 20, 2015

Nick Meriwether, Blogger

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So glad to see this: Nicholas Meriwether is now blogging on the Dead's critical reception over at Dead.net. Very grateful for the shout...
Thursday, February 19, 2015

"Ask the Agent" Interview

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My agent, Andy Ross, quizzed me for his blog recently. You can find the interview here . Andy is also well known for owning and operating Co...

Hunter & Garcia Inducted Into Songwriters Hall of Fame

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Great news that Robert Hunter and Jerry Garcia have been recognized by the Songwriters Hall of Fame. But it feels a little weird that they w...

NYRB Letter

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It seems unlikely that the New York Review of Books will run my recent letter to them, but here's the complete text: To the Editors: ...
Sunday, February 15, 2015

Consequence of Sound

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Just found this exchange , a smart discussion of No Simple Highway , on Consequence of Sound . The criticisms are earned and therefore well ...
Friday, February 13, 2015

Houston, We Have No Problems Whatsover

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This sweet review from Bob Ruggiero's Houston Press Get Lit blog. You also receive the embedded "Touch of Grey" video at no e...
Wednesday, February 04, 2015

Yapping It Up With Arroe Collins

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Just found this online. It's one of the longer chats (19 minutes) I had in my most recent radio blitz, and I really like the way it tur...
Tuesday, February 03, 2015

NO SIMPLE HIGHWAY Tops List of Bay Area Books This Month

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Got a little love from Georgia Rowe at the San Jose Mercury-News , who selected No Simple Highway as the top book of the month by a Bay Ar...
Friday, January 30, 2015

Another Grateful Week

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Couldn't be happier about the book's reception this week. This is definitely the fun part. Brisk business on Amazon, and my agent to...
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Peter Richardson
I've written critically acclaimed books about Rolling Stone magazine, 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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