Michael Perry on THE CULTURE BUZZ – Wednesday, January 3, 2024

Michael Perry joins THE CULTURE BUZZ with John Busbee Wednesday, 01.03.24, at 11:00 AM. The show can be heard live on the radio in the Des Moines, IA area on KFMG 98.9 FM and streamed live online at www.kfmg.org.

11:00 AM – Michael Perry is a masterful storyteller, whether in performance, on one of his albums or in the wonderful essence of humanity he captures in his books. Peaceful Persistence is a gem of a read. Listen as Mike shares some insights into this career, and his path for this book.

“A collection of brief essays on memorials and mercy, storms and farewells, family and fowl, barnyard ballets, the Sunday night sads, the wisdom of roadies, cucumbers and kindness, quotidian asparagus, appropo malaprops, pickleball, sushi boats and weird TV, the poetics of garlic, contrails, Mobius mind-grooves, quietude, Christmas tree injuries, cats, waffle houses, puffy partridges, bonfire bonhomie, dating in a hearse, and a weird evening involving Neil Gaiman, the aforementioned sushi, and Suze Orman.”