PETERS, Robert

PETERS, Robert. American, b. 1924. Genres: Novellas/Short stories, Plays/Screenplays, Poetry, Gay and lesbian issues, Literary criticism and history, Autobiography/Memoirs, Biography, Essays, Humor/Satire. Career: Boston University, assistant professor of humanities, 1952-54; Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, assistant professor of English, 1954-57; Wayne State University, Detroit, associate professor of English, 1957-63; University of California at Riverside, professor, 1963-67; University of California at Irvine, professor of English, 1967-. Publications: Victorians on Literature and Art, 1961; The Crowns of Apollo, 1965; Fuck Mother (play), 1970; Red Midnight Moon, 1974; The Great American Poetry Bake-Off (criticism), 3 vols., 1979-87; The Peters Black and Blue Guides to Literary Journals (criticism), 1984; The Blood Countess (play), 1987; Zapped (novellas), 1993; Where the Bee Sucks, 1994; Crunching Gravel (memoir), 1993; Nell's Story (memoir), 1995; For You, Lili Marlene, a Memoir of WWII, 1996; Feather: A Child's Death and Life, 1997; Familial Love and Other Misfortunes, 2001. POETRY: Songs for a Son, 1967; The Sow's Head and Other Poems, 1969; Connections in the English Lake District, 1973; Byron Exhumed, 1973; Holy Cow: Parable Poems, 1974; Cool Zebras of Light, 1974; Bronchial Tangle, Heart System, 1974; The Gift to Be Simple, 1975; Gauguin's Chair, 1974; The Poet as Ice-Skater, 1976; Hawthorne, 1977; The Drowned Man to the Fish, 1978; The Picnic in the Snow: Ludwig II of Bavaria, 1982; What Dillinger Meant to Me, 1984; Hawker, 1985; Kane, 1985; Shaker Light, 1988; Breughel's Pig, 1989; Haydon, 1989; Good Night, Paul, 1992; Love Poems for Robert Mitchum, 1992; Poems: Selected and New, 1992. EDITOR/ CO-EDITOR: America: The Diary of a Visit by E. Gosse, 1966; Pioneers of Modern Poetry, 1967; The Letters of John Addington Symonds, 3 vols., 1967-69; Letters to a Tutor, 1988. Address: 9431 Krepp Dr, Huntington Beach, CA 92646, U.S.A. Online address: ptrachrp@aol.com