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    Peter Kaldheim

    Oct 09, 2019 2 minutes

    Age: Seventy. Residence: Lindenhurst, New York. Book: Idiot Wind (Canongate, August 2019), a memoir of the author’s journey from addiction to recovery while on the road from New York City to Portland, Oregon, and back again. Agent: David McCormick of McCormick Literary. Editor: Hannah Knowles.

    IF THE recent publication of my memoir, , has any lesson to offer aspiring writers, it’s this: Never underest imate the power of persistence. As someone

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