A01=Jim Peterson
ancient family
Author_Jim Peterson
Category=FB
Colorado Springs
confront disturbing past
dark
death of mother
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finding self
leaving home
loss
mysterious circumstances
occult
powers
psychological journey
renewal
secretive
Southern California
speculative fiction
spiritual quest
struggle
trauma
Product details
- ISBN 9781597090070
- Weight: 295g
- Dimensions: 139 x 215mm
- Publication Date: 14 Apr 2005
- Publisher: Red Hen Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Blending features of speculative fiction, the occult, and the spiritual quest, Paper Crown details an unusual story of initiation. Traumatized by the mysterious circumstances of his mother's death, Chuck runs away from his Southern California home and lands in Colorado Springs where he becomes involved with Frank Posner and his mother, Lyuba. Leaders of an ancient and highly secretive family of travelers who have incredible powers, they take Chuck on a psychological journey in which he must face his disturbing past and confront a frightening and uncertain future. With a cast of vivid and sometimes bizarre characters, Paper Crown unfolds a classic story of loss, struggle, and renewal.
Jim Peterson is a poet, novelist, playwright, and essayist. Early books include The Man Who Grew Silent (Bench Press 1989), and An Afternoon With K (Holocene 1996). His Red Hen Press books are The Owning Stone (2000, winner of The Benjamin Saltman Award), Paper Crown (2005), and The Bob and Weave (2006). Two poetry chapbooks have also been published: Carvings on a Prayer Tree (1994) and Jim Peterson's Greatest Hits (2001, 2003). His poems have appeared in such journals as Poetry, Georgia Review, Prairie Schooner, Shenandoah, Texas Review, Connecticut Review, Southern Poetry Review, and The Journal. His poetry was awarded a Poetry Fellowship from the Virginia Commission on the Arts in 2002-03. A number of his plays have been produced in regional and college theatres around the country. He is writer-in-residence and coordinator of creative writing at Randolph College in Lynchburg, Virginia where he lives with his wife, Harriet, and their beloved Welsh Corgi, Dylan Thomas.
