Helen Peterson

Poet

Norwich, CT
Connecticut US

Author's Bio

Helen Peterson is the managing editor of Chopper Poetry Journal out of New London, Ct, and has previously published in Xelas, Identity Theory, lit chaos, Concelebratory Shoehorn Review, Wilderness House Literary Review, Ken*Again, Juked, Fell Swoop, diddledog, Hiss Quarterly, Right Hand Pointing, Elimae, Haruah, Zygote in My Coffee, Pedestal Magazine (book review), Literary Fever, Debris Magazine, Images Inscript, and Poetrybay. Her work was also featured in an anthology put out by Poet Plant Press last Fall. For more information about Chopper, visit the Myspace page www.myspace.com/chopperjournal.

Publications & Prizes

Anthology:
My Time-- The Lunch Break Book (Poet Plant Press, 2007)
Book:
Melons and Memory (Little Red Tree Publishing, 2012)
Journals:
Barnwood International Poetry Magazine
,
Bartleby Snopes
,
Bull Spec
,
Concelebratory Shoehorn Review
,
Danse Macabre
,
Debris Magazine
,
dirtcakes
,
Doorknobs & BodyPaint
,
Elimae
,
Existere
,
Fell Swoop
,
flashquake
, ,
Girls with Insurance
,
Gloom Cupboard
,
Harûah: Breath of Heaven
,
Hiss Quarterly
,
Identity Theory
,
Juked
,
ken*again
,
lit chaos
,
Literary Fever
,
Literary Tonic
,
Poetic Diversity
,
Poetrybay
, , ,
The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature
,
The Legendary
,
The View from Here
, ,
Zygote in My Coffee

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now: 
Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain, Lay of the Land by Richard Ford, Haiku You Can Squeeze! by Tom Weigel, In the Presence of the Sun by N. Scott Momaday

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Dutch American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Groton
Raised in: 
Canterbury, CT
Connecticut
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Last update: Jun 09, 2011