Publications
The Pathology of Privilege: Trump as Once and Future King • Medium, November 2024
A Writer’s Life—The Magic Flute • Medium, May
We Meet on the Page: The Writer-Editor Relationship • Medium, August 2021
Lessons in Stillness: What blue herons can teach us by Brenda Peterson • Orion, April 2024
Book Lust Interview on I Want To Be Left Behind • Nancy Pearl’s interview with Brenda, 2010
Why the Religious Right Fears Feminine Power • Medium, originally published May 2022, updated October 23, 2024
Listening to Wild Choruses Fosters Hope, Kinship, and Harmony - Brenda Peterson offers insights into the intricacies of intuitive communication • Psychology Today, March 2024
War Music: Survival Soundtracks by Brenda Peterson • Medium, February 2024
The Whale Who Adopted a Village by Brenda Peterson • Medium, January 2024
Deborah Kalb interviews Brenda about Stiletto • Book Q&As with Deborah Kalb, June 2023
Schoolchildren as Endangered Species by Brenda Peterson • Medium, March 2023
Why Write Children Books by Brenda Peterson • Medium, December 2022
Crane Maiden excerpt by Brenda Peterson and Ed Young • Orion, August 2022
The Dog Who Didn’t Love Me by Brenda Peterson • Medium, September 2020
This One Night,: Pandemic as Time Out by Brenda Peterson • Tikkun, April 2020
Kid Lit: Brenda Peterson and Catastrophe by the Sea, Psychology Today Interview on writing for kids, December 2019
El Lobo Returns Home, excerpt from Wolf Nation • The Morning News, April 2017
Saving Seals: Our duties in this world, and beyond • Orion, January 2008
The Last Lagoon (pdf) • excerpted from OPRAH magazine, July 2002