His new memoir centers largely on his early years – which raises the question as to whether his own difficult upbringing inspired him to do things differently with his son, Nick, and daughter, Ariel, both of whom are now grown.

“My desire,” he says, “is to translate as closely as words will allow the tone and feeling and details of an experience of another person, and to wrestle with the language until the nuances all line up and are resonant.” His greatest pleasure is actually the rewriting process. It’s just done in a different vocabulary, one of gestures and feelings.” “Acting is an opportunity to share with people what you’ve gleaned about human nature. Today, Coyote takes writing and acting equally seriously.

While he said that he loves Sonoma and finds the Plaza charming, it turns out that he is a fan of the “fog belt” and is currently doing renovations at his new place in Sebastopol.Ĭoyote’s latest memoir is an eloquent introspection of his affluent but miserable childhood on the East Coast his involvement in the counterculture movement at Grinnell College in the 1960s and his years of poverty and drug use in California in his 30s – prior to finding success and happiness as an actor and dedicated Buddhist. It hasn’t been widely known which town has lured Coyote from his former home in Mill Valley. The longtime Marinite’s commute to the Plaza wasn’t as long as it used to be – the actor-author made the move to Sonoma County this summer. He is also making a name for himself as a writer, thanks to excellent reviews of his two books.Ĭoyote was in Sonoma on May 28 promoting his new memoir “The Rainman’s Third Cure: An Irregular Education” at Readers’ Books. the Extra-Terrestrial,” Peter Coyote is now best known as a busy character actor and the voice of countless commercials and documentaries. After hitting it big in his early 40s with a role in the blockbuster 1982 film “E.T.

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