
His fourth book, an intersection of performance and Zen, will be released in December of 2021. He has written two best-selling memoirs, Sleeping Where I Fall and The Rainman’s Third Cure and contributed to many other books and publications. He narrated eleven Ken Burns documentaries, for which he won two Emmy awards. He has worked with some of the world’s most distinguished filmmakers in more than 130 films and television shows throughout his long career.

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"Peter Coyote's poems are every bit as wonderful as his memoirs, rich and lively, sweet and perplexed, full of sorrow and laughter, love and lovers, soul and bodies, Zen and wild mother nature, truth, hope, disappointment, resurrection ie, Life with a capital L." -Anne LamottĪuthor: Peter Coyote is an accomplished actor, author, director, screenwriter, and narrator. He can add gifted poet to his already impressive resume." -Bonnie Raitt It reveals the same keen intelligence and wry perspective he showed in his two memoirs, with an eloquent, unique style that lays bare the universal in the deeply personal. "Pete's first poetry collection is a knockout. Written over several decades, they read as a collage, each piece distinct and contributing to a cohesive lyric narrative.

Peter Coyote’s poems take us on a whirlwind tour of an eclectic and exciting life as an actor and Zen Buddhist priest, meandering from love affairs to marriage to divorce to the Sixties to psychedelic spirituality and beyond.
