About Peter

Peter Lovenheim is an author and journalist whose articles and essays have appeared in the New York Times, New York magazine, The Los Angeles Times, Parade, Politico, The Washington Post, and other publications. He is Washington Correspondent for the Rochester Beacon, an online source of news and commentary for his hometown of Rochester, NY.

Peter’s Books

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Read About It

First selection by the Action Book Club
Read About It

2013 eBook Edition
Read About It

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Praise for The Attachment Effect

“Lovenheim [tells] a story in a way you feel you are sitting with him having a very interesting conversation.”
—PsychCentral.com

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Praise for In The Neighborhood

“Lovenheim advances ideas about isolation in the modern world, and why a welcoming front porch is needed now more than ever.”
—Booklist

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Praise for Portrait of a Burger as a Young Calf

“Great tension…drives the book almost from its very beginning… Few writers have worked so hard for this view of an animal’s life… Lyrical… informative… sweet… an important work.”
—New York Times Book Review

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