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Animal Soulmates: Stories of the Intimate Bond Between Humans and Animals

Animal Soulmates: Stories of the Intimate Bond Between Humans and Animals

In Animal Soulmates: Stories of the Intimate Bond Between Humans and Animals, author and activist, Brenda Peterson, draws upon her lifelong relationship with animals, and the bond between the two species. The following includes her stories, "The Whale...

Duck and Cover: A Novel

Duck and Cover: A Novel

In this "bittersweet and utterly beguiling novel," (Publisher's Weekly) each of the MacKenzie family tells their stories in nine, wildly opposed points of view. Starting at a family reunion, three generations of the MacKenzies face off against each...

I Want To Be Left Behind

I Want To Be Left Behind

In Brenda Peterson’s unusual memoir, fundamentalism meets deep ecology. The author’s childhood in the high Sierra with her forest ranger father led her to embrace the entire natural world, while her Southern Baptist relatives prepared eagerly and...

Listening to Animals: Wild Chorus Author Brenda Peterson

Listening to Animals: Wild Chorus Author Brenda Peterson

Speaking for animals as both an artist and activist, Brenda Peterson, author of the popular book, Wild Chorus, takes us on a journey of her lifelong relationship with birds and wild mammals to explore the intricacies of animal communication,...

Navigating Nature Naturally

Navigating Nature Naturally

Brenda Peterson finds her spirituality in the soulfulness, humility, and forgiveness of the natural world. With a voice as gentle as her heart, she shares her first mystical encounter with the spirit of a river, and points the way to a sacredness...

Sister Stories: Bonds that Shape Our Lives

Sister Stories: Bonds that Shape Our Lives

"Sisters are doing it for themselves," sings Annie Lennox. In this classic and far-ranging portrait of sisterhood Peterson explores a hilarious slumber party, a singing duo of sisters about to find their fame, a Zulu tribe of sisters, the chosen...

Speaking for Animals: Author Brenda Peterson On Our Spiritual Bonds With Whales, Wolves, Birds, and Other Animals

Speaking for Animals: Author Brenda Peterson On Our Spiritual Bonds With Whales, Wolves, Birds, and Other Animals

As both an artist and activist, Brenda Peterson, author of the new book Wild Chorus, draws upon her lifelong relationship with wild animals, and the intuitive communication between our species to explore how they can be our guides as we navigate the...

The Dog Who Didn’t Love Me

The Dog Who Didn’t Love Me

What animals teach us about love. Brenda Peterson, author of the popular book, Wild Chorus, takes us on a moving, sometimes surprising journey of our more-than-human bonds with wild and domestic animals. Author interviewed by Almost Live! comedian,...

The Drowning World, First Contact: An Aquantis Series Novel - Part 1

The Drowning World, First Contact: An Aquantis Series Novel - Part 1

Two different people from two very different worlds. Can a mermaid and a human boy find love? Can they survive in his world and hers?A regal and highly trained young mermaid, Marina, is on her first spy mission to Skyeworld in 2020. She comes ashore...

The Drowning World, First Contact: An Aquantis Series Novel - Part 2

The Drowning World, First Contact: An Aquantis Series Novel - Part 2

Two different people from two very different worlds. Can a mermaid and a human boy find love? Can they survive in his world and hers?A regal and highly trained young mermaid, Marina, is on her first spy mission to Skyeworld in 2020. She comes ashore...

The Gift of the Feminine

The Gift of the Feminine

Our deepest lessons are found in the truths of our apparent enemies, by "looking at the person who harms you, and seeing how they are like you." This is the message of Brenda Peterson, speaking from her own family and daily life experiences, on topics...

The Healing Power Of Writing Your Memoir

The Healing Power Of Writing Your Memoir

Author and writing teacher Peterson shares her experience of writing her own memoirs and the process of creating a meaningful and compelling story. We learn how to overcome some of the common challenges such as where to start and how to make peace...

The Soul of A Dolphin

The Soul of A Dolphin

If you have an animal so advanced that being around them creates a kind of bliss in us, instead of enslaving that animal, why not just borrow their beautiful, free sounds? Brenda Peterson is a gifted nature writer who has spent her life observing and...

The Story of Your Soul

The Story of Your Soul

Brenda Peterson has discovered writing a memoir as a powerful tool for uncovering elements of your psyche that may have eluded every other attempt at self-examination. It forces you to see your life from an entirely different perspective. Author -...

Wildness in a Modern Age – The Reintroduction of Wolves to the Landscape

Wildness in a Modern Age – The Reintroduction of Wolves to the Landscape

There are some successful programs to reintroduce wild wolves into their natural habitat in the U.S. This keystone species recovery activity is a long game and there remains much opposition to this movement, at least some of which stems from our...

Your Life Is A Book: How To Craft and Market Your Memoir

Your Life Is A Book: How To Craft and Market Your Memoir

Your Life is a Book podcast by acclaimed memoirist, Brenda Peterson, and her literary agent, Sarah Jane Freymann, is a practical and inspiring guide. We offer storytelling insights and writing prompts on finding your voice, self-discovery, and the...