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THE NEW NOVEL · NEW YORK, 1970

One night in Brooklyn changes everything.

When a celebrated rock guitarist walks into a legendary jazz club, one unforgettable jam session pulls him from the Fillmore East toward Veracruz—and a mysterious club where music, love, and destiny collide.

Stories with a sense of place │ Music threaded through every page │ Memory, mystery & transformation

THE BOOKS

Four journeys. One restless imagination.

Novels, poetry, and spoken fragments shaped by travel, music, memory, and the questions that stay with us.

  • Scenes from the White Club

    A 1970s journey from New York rock stardom to a new musical frontier in Veracruz.

  • Immortal Memories

    A lost-world adventure beyond the Himalayas, where ancient rituals bend memory and time.

  • Karmic Debris

    Two poetic voices from the upheaval and creative freedom of the 1960s and ’70s.

    Spoken Fragments
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  • Speaking in Poetic Tongues

    A poetic memoir of music, doubt, discovery, and the inner landscape of a life.

    Spoken Fragments
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MEET PETER

A life in motion becomes a life on the page.

Peter D. Genovese is a novelist, short-story writer, poet, and musician. His work moves through distant landscapes and intimate memories, always returning to the choices, encounters, and hidden turns that shape a life.

SPOKEN FRAGMENTS

Words made audible.

Audio companions to Karmic Debris and Speaking in Poetic Tongues.

Karmic Debris book cover
Looking for Pearls
Peter Genovese

From Karmic Debris →

Music: “A Far Away Place” by Mathew Halsall and the Gondwana Orchestra, 2014.

Speaking in Poetic Tongues book cover
A Lonely Woman
Peter Genovese

From Speaking in Poetic Tongues →

Music: “A Lonely Woman” by Pat Matheny with Charlie Haden & Billy Higgins, 2018.

INSIDE OUT

Peter D. Genovese

Stories shaped by travel, music, memory, and imagination.

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THE BOOKS

Scenes from the White Club
Immortal Memories
Karmic Debris
Speaking in Poetic Tongues

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