Reviews of Books

“A “Reader” is a book featuring more than one form of writing by a single author — poetry and prose in this case. I’d read some of Peabody’s fiction in previous books; and was happy to see our favorite Peabody poems are here; but, the exultant and unexpected pleasures are finding each piece takes on a significance not seen before when read singly……” Read more at The Washington Independent Review of Books 

“His skin was pale, his hair was dark and all over the place, and he was wearing Doc Martens. He was just the embodiment of cool,” a former student said after meeting writer and editor Richard Peabody. In a milieu populated by poseurs and wannabes, Peabody’s bohemian cool was the real thing, a hard-earned byproduct of four decades at the epicenter of the underground Washington literary scene….” Read more at The Washington Post

“'One does not love a place less for having suffered in it.' — Jane Austen

This simple preface to Richard Peabody’s latest set of stories, Blue Suburban Skies, is an apt starting point for the collection, set in, around or deliberately away from suburbia in the U.S.A. Rife with hip references to great rock and rollers, painterly sketches of mountain vistas, and telling insights into the seven ages of man, the tales run in length from a few paragraphs to a few chapters, and swing as widely in mood, narrative style, voice and plot complexity. Yet, despite the broad reach, the hand on the pen is assured, and the craft is unmistakable….”

Read more at The Washington Independent Review of Books 

Blue Suburban Skies was the Pick of the Week through Xmas at Politics & Prose bookstore in DC.

“I finally met Richard Peabody in person at AWP 2014 and he was one of the most interesting people I’ve ever had the privilege to meet. While I’ve enjoyed the anthologies he’s written as well as the epics that constitute the prestigious lit magazine, Gargoyle, Blue Suburban Skies was the first collection by him I read and it was a great read. Three stories really stood out for me…..” Read more at The Whimsy of Creation: The Blog of Tieryas

Broadkill Review (vol. 6, issue 6) – Reviewer Scott Whitaker calls the work a “… tight collection of satire, masculine existential crises, and strong females popping with sexual energy …” and (as) “entertaining as it is serious.”