{"product_id":"understories","title":"Understories","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Schireson\u003c\/strong\u003e grew up in California, earned a B.A. from UC Berkeley, an M.Ed. at University of Victoria, and an Ed.D. from Harvard University. After retiring from a career, first in education and later in business, he returned to school to earn an MFA in Poetry from The Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eIn addition to poems in journals, he has published four chapbooks, \u003ci\u003eThe Welter of Me and You, The Salt, What Worlds and Moons,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/kelsaybooks.com\/products\/before-the-sun?_pos=2\u0026amp;_sid=ad26ba402\u0026amp;_ss=r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eBefore the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e; and two full-length collections of poems, \u003ci\u003eSword of Glass\u003c\/i\u003e (Broadstone Books) and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/kelsaybooks.com\/products\/how-we-met?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=ad26ba402\u0026amp;_ss=r\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow We Met\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (Kelsay Books).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eHe is an ordained Zen Buddhist priest, having trained in both the US and Japan. He is married to the psychologist and Zen teacher Grace Jill Schireson with whom he co-edited \u003ci\u003eZen Bridge: The Zen Teachings of Keido Fukushima.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003ePeter and Jill live in Palm Springs, California. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eWebsite:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/peterschireson.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003ewww.peterschireson.com\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback: 48 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (March 4, 2026)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53029302173880,"sku":null,"price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/0800\/0329\/files\/schireson_front.jpg?v=1773877610","url":"https:\/\/kelsaybooks.com\/products\/understories","provider":"Kelsay Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}