October 7, 2025
By Susan Horwich
Come join us for our next WordSprouts’ event in partnership with the Old Stone House, featuring poet Peter Schneider.
Peter will read from his debut collection, The Map is Not the Territory (Anaphora Press, 2018), and his most recent publication, In the Field of Unintended Consequences (Pb&j Books, 2023). In addition, Peter will share new work.
WordSprouts is a long-running PSFC author series featuring Coop authors sharing their work and creative process.
Our next event:
Author: Peter Schneider (PSFC member)
Literary Genre: Poetry
When: Wednesday, October 29, 2025—doors open at 6:45 p.m., event begins at 7 p.m.
Where: Old Stone House, 336 3rd Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215
Format: In-person only (no recording)
RSVP:
The American poet, scholar and artist Maya Pindyck reviewed Peter’s poetry for Anaphora Press, saying:
“The poems explore states of consciousness triggered by the author’s connections to the land where he resides in Central Vermont and the cityscapes that he is intimate with in Brooklyn, New York. They are also informed by his long-time practices of zazen meditation and t’ai chi and his ongoing study of Western and Eastern philosophy and psychology.”
“Awake and in love with the natural world, these poems merge psychological and spiritual landscapes with rivers, trees, and seasons in vital ways. Schneider’s poems are rooted and moving, lingering in and traveling through American towns, flowers, human bodies, and philosophies. With exactitude and vastness, the poems speak to the beautiful strangeness of ordinary things while keeping a sly grin: ‘Refuge is swaying / side to side leaning over / on one’s black cushion / to cut a loud fart.’ We need these grounded, funny, wise and open poems in the world. They show us the vibrancy of a ‘gray winter morning’ for the first time all over again.”
Peter Schneider has been a Coop member since 2009. He is a poet, recovering philosopher and psychotherapist. Retired from his therapy practice, he splits his time between Brooklyn, NY, and Rochester, VT. His poems have appeared in a number of literary journals. His MFA is from Columbia University and his PhD is in clinical psychology from New York University. His favorite snack from the Coop is Humboldt Fog cheese. Now retired from the Coop, he misses the raucous camaraderie of the cheese squad in the basement.
Peter’s presentation will be followed by questions from the audience and drinks and snacks (including Humboldt Fog cheese) courtesy of the Coop.
Peter will be available to sign copies of both The Map is Not the Territory (Anaphora Press, 2018), and In the Field of Unintended Consequences (Pb&j Books, 2023), and will have copies available to sell.
Both books can be ordered from several online booksellers, including amazon.com and walmart.com.
To get updates about WordSprouts events, check the Linewaiters’ Gazette, sign up for the mailing list at psfcwordsprouts@gmail.com and follow us on Instagram at @foodcoopwordsprouts.
WordSprouts’ committee includes committee leader Sarah Schenck and committee members Susan Horwich and Ruthy Nachmany.