 In 2001, Pernice published a collection of poetry called "Two Blind Pigeons".The majority of that book consists of Pernice's MFA thesis.In 2003, as a part of Continuum Publishing's 33 1/3 series of short books about some of rock music's most important and influential albums, Pernice issued "Meat Is Murder", a novella about suicide and an almost unhealthy obsession with the Smiths' 1985 album of the same name.