Sound Like Trapped Thunder selected by Jenny Boully as winner of the 2020 Deborah Tall Lyric Essay Book Prize, published by Seneca Review Books.
Finalist, Memoir & Creative Nonfiction - 2022 Minnesota Book Awards
Best Arts & Entertainment of 2021 - Duluth News Tribune
“A sparkling collection of essays about animals and humans…funny — weird and witty and off-kilter in its delivery…Peterson's collection crackles with dangerous energy…Those of literary mind-set will be tempted to look for the seams, to sniff out precisely how this sleight-of-hand will be accomplished, but it's always best to simply let magicians cast their spells. For this is ultimately what Peterson is after — the imperfect magic of our somewhat broken world. She wants to make peace with all its flaws and fractures.”– Minneapolis Star Tribune
“In the face of existential questions, Peterson strikes a captivating balance between existential dread and a lighthearted, subtle sense of humor…Whether talking about recurring phone calls from a stranger or her fear of her grandmother’s death, Peterson offers a refreshing outlook on the mysterious world we inhabit…Perhaps most impressively, Peterson weaves her everyday experiences with her memories of the past, her present feelings of loneliness, and her fear of the future. She manages to present her readers with a gripping narrative without proceeding chronologically, reflecting instead the circular process in which she explores. Peterson faces complex issues head on by embracing things she cannot control. Her profound honesty is compelling and unconventionally reassuring as she accepts belonging to a world of duality, where winter is both harsh and beautiful.” – India Smith, Rain Taxi Review
“Duluth writer’s debut essay collection offers chance to play on the page…it has a sense of what-if wondering that is darkly funny…”
– Duluth News Tribune
ESSAYS (select)
“Dear G.B” The Rumpus, 2021
“The Counsel of Trees” | Climate Stories Project, Orion, Oct. 2020
"Strange Season” Orion, 2020
Best American Essays 2021 -Notable Essays & Literary Nonfiction of 2021
“Beat a Dead” Seneca Review
"This is Doris Ronn” Alaska Quarterly Review
COLUMNS
“Writers Recommend” Poets & Writers 2021
”What to Read When Nature Calls” The Rumpus, 2021
ANTHOLOGIES (contributor):
River Teeth: 20 Years of Creative Nonfiction, University of New Mexico Press
Lyric Essay as Resistance; Truth From the Margins, Wayne State University Press, 2023
