Works
Riding the Wheel: prose-poems (Kelsay Books; 2024)
Peter Anderson's dispatches from the western slope of the Sangre de Cristos appeared for many years in Colorado Central Magazine and the Crestone Eagle. Riding the Wheel gathers and distills many of those seasonal meditations into a lyrical almanac, which affirms and celebrates the great wheel of life.
Reading Colorado: A Literary Road Guide (Bower House Books; 2023)
Reading Colorado, winner of a 2024 Colorado Book Award, ia a high-octane road trip through the diverse literary landscapes of the Centennial State, gathers narratives of exploration, stories from the mining and agricultural frontiers, urban tales reflecting the emergence and growth of Denver and the Front Range, and a diverse range of contemporary voices, from the Plains to the Peaks, who invite readers into their home territory.
Take a drive into the literary landscapes of Colorado. Meet Kent Haruf's bachelor farmers in the Eastern Plains, ford the South Platte with Mark Twain, rail against nuclear weapons with Anne Waldman and Allen Ginsberg, hitch a ride to Denver with Jack Kerouac, climb the highest peaks with Isabella Bird and Enos Mills, explore the cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde with Willa Cather.
First Church of the Higher Elevations: Mountains, Prayer, and Presence (Conundrum Press, 2015)
Set on an island of mountains in Utah’s red rock country, in a Colorado ghost town near the Continental Divide, along a ridge above Salt Lake City, on a mountain above America’s most toxic county, and on the trails of the High Uinta Wilderness, First Church of the Higher Elevations (Ghost Road Press; 2005) explores the ecology of story, spirituality, and landscape.