About
American poet, author, scholar, literary critic, and actor who became known for a 1967 work entitled Songs for a Son. His other works include Bronchial Tangle and The Drowned Man to the Fish.
Before Fame
He studied at the University of Wisconsin and traveled to England on a Fulbright Fellowship. Eventually, he earned a Ph.D. in Victorian literature.
Trivia
His live poetry readings sparked an acting career that eventually took him to theaters in Los Angeles and New York.
Family Life
He and his wife Jean had a son named Richard who died of meningitis. Later, following his divorce, Peters began a decades-long relationship with male poet Paul Trachtenberg.
Associated With
His personae poems were inspired by the work of Robert Browning.
