Nils Peterson is Professor Emeritus at San Jose State University where he taught in the English and Humanities Departments. He has published poetry, science fiction, and articles on subjects as varying as golf and Shakespeare, a chapbook entitled Here Is No Ordinary Rejoicing, and poetry collections entitled The Comedy of Desire with an introduction by Robert Bly, Driving a Herd of Moose to Durango, For This Day, and The Revenge of the Socks. In 2011, A new collection, A Walk to the Center of Things, was published.In 2009, he was chosen to be the first Poet Laureate of Santa Clara County.
- Mother at the Piano by Nils Peterson
