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  • A massive radio telescope - Part of the Very Large Array - Photo by Donald Giannatti
    A massive radio telescope - Part of the Very Large Array - Photo by Donald Giannatti
    October 04, 2023

    Music, Automation, and Writing With a Satellite Mindset

    Technology drained away my love of new music with the promise of access. That’s why I didn’t see it happening. Logging on to my subscription streaming service, I’m greeted with abundance—playlists ...

  • Blue banner image with photo of writer Peter Counter and text reading "October 2023 writer in residence Peter Counter" with Open Book logo in bottom left corner
    Blue banner image with photo of writer Peter Counter and text reading "October 2023 writer in residence Peter Counter" with Open Book logo in bottom left corner
    October 02, 2023

    October 2023 Writer in Residence Peter Counter on Writing After the Unthinkable

    Peter Counter was on a perfectly normal family vacation when the unthinkable happened: a stranger shot Counter's father, leaving Counter to drag him, wounded and bleeding, to safety. It was a moment ...

  • "My Mind Instinctively Starts in Halloween Mode" Peter Counter on Horror as a Safe Space
    "My Mind Instinctively Starts in Halloween Mode" Peter Counter on Horror as a Safe Space
    November 10, 2020

    "My Mind Instinctively Starts in Halloween Mode" Peter Counter on Horror as a Safe Space

    Just because spooky season is over doesn't mean you have to pivot to Lifetime movies and all things feel-good. If you're someone who loves a good shiver up your spine in any month, you won't want to miss Peter ...

  • Book Therapy: Peter Counter’s Be Scared of Everything
    Book Therapy: Peter Counter’s Be Scared of Everything
    October 31, 2020

    Book Therapy: Peter Counter’s Be Scared of Everything

     “Life is all we have and, because we can’t contrast our experience with its absence, its value is unknowable. That’s what makes life a horror show.”—Peter Counter, Be Scared of Everything Lately ...

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