Peter Cherches

Portrait of Peter Cherches
Peter Cherches 1956–
1956Born

Peter Cherches is a short fiction writer, singer and performance artist. His short fictions gathered in Condensed Book present complete narratives of usually less that one page. The stories, carefully wrought with close attention to the language, often employ irony, wit, and surreal elements. Cherches was also editor of Zone, a magazine that, with Benzene, published many of writers in the downtown scene.

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What readers say about Peter Cherches

  1. On Lift Your Right Arm

    “i showed this poem to all my classes and they all enjoyed it. they thought it was the stupidest thing ever. but i still think you are great Peter. i mean they still make fun of me and the poem since 2 years ago. very nice job”

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  1. Lift Your Right Arm4 comments
  2. Where Is She?2 comments

All 2 poems

Condensed Book · 1986 · 2 poems