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Mike’s latest book (Forty Acres Deep) (indie booksellers scroll down to lower left for wholesale info). All the other books (including Population 485) and CDs and DVDs and whatnots.

The Voice Mail page. (For free samples, click on the episodes without the miniature padlocks.)

Mike’s ability to spin his 20+ books and wide range of life experiences into humorous and heartfelt live presentations have put him in great demand as a public speaker. In addition to his one-man theater shows, Mike has delivered entertaining keynote addresses at conferences for software companies, hospitals and health care organizations, fire and EMS providers, farming and agricultural groups, national and regional utility cooperatives, business and economic development entities, governmental agencies, mental health organizations, dental hygienists, faith-based organizations, logging conventions, book festivals, MFA programs, libraries, and countless others. If you’re interested in retaining Mike for your event, please contact his booking agent here.

The mailing list signup (explained very specifically). We hope you’ll consider joining; it’s old-fashioned but way more loyal than social media. It’s also the best and most direct way to know when Mike’s got something new or is performing near you.

Upcoming live events.

Sometimes when I see a picture of me yapping I can tell exactly what part of what story I was telling. Here I am referring to the fellow on the cover of Danger: Man Working (he’s doing something dangerous with dangerous machinery) and how he was one of those old-timers I knew growing up who when you asked him, “Bob, what’s 2+3?” these were the fingers he held up.

Michael Perry joined THE CULTURE BUZZ with John Busbee.

Michael Perry, New York Times bestselling author, humorist, singer/songwriter, and amateur snow plow driver, dips his pen into his well of creative ink for The Jesus Cow, a novel about the sudden change in the life of Harley Jackson. Irresistible fun.

“A fun commentary on small-town America and today’s insatiable appetite for goofy stories to fill the Web.”
— New York Post (Required Reading — lead pick)

You can listen to the interview here.

Our merch dude Tony snuck up and got a shot of our soundcheck last night. Home now in the quiet. Thank you all.

Van fulla gear and off we go. Stoughton Opera House tonight, Viroqua Temple Theatre Friday night, Mabel Tainter Saturday night SOLD OUT–but Mike will be doing a 1 pm library event at the venue prior.

Welcome to Michael Perry’s Voice Mail, episode 207. This one’s available to free and paid subscribers alike. Click here to listen.

In today’s episode I share the story of heading down to Alabama to tell stories and sign books in roadhouses and meet a friend I’d never met before. It all began thanks to a tornado and a guy who used to live under a bridge. And although we didn’t read Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea, we coulda, and probably even finished it during the three hours we found ourselves adrift in the Gulf of Mexico.

It’s not my usual episode, but I hope you’ll enjoy tagging along as I introduce you to a fellow who went from living under a bridge to selling 20 million books.

A fish. The fish.

None of this would have happened if Andy hadn’t stopped by Arcadia Books.

All about Andy Andrews. And Andy’s books.

All about Mike’s books (including the Montaigne one).

A special thank you to Austin Andrews who opened for us at the Flora-Bama. Stunning singer/songwriter. Hear three of his songs here.

Bill-E’s, the place with the amazin’ bacon.

Mike’s recent YouTube visit with Andy:

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The desk in Andy’s studio.

I made the desk!

Tellin’ stories in the Flora-Bama roadhouse.

Signin’ books over there by the foosball table…

…and the pool table.

MARGINALIA

From Andy’s book The Bottom of the Pool (which I marked up on the flight home).

So good to know I’m not the only one. This section of Andy’s book could have been pulled right from the “Confound the Fool” chapter on absentmindedness in my Montaigne book.

Andy’s books are different than mine. But I learn from them if I read with personal intent.

The man in the boat beside me. Thank you, friend.