NOTE FROM MIKE: They asked me to share my view of Milwaukee. With respect, I flipped the script. The Milwaukee Anthology, including the piece Mandela’s Milwaukee by Michael Perry, is now available for pre-order…View post

Young family member calmly removes smoking pan from stove, carries it outside to porch…story really kinda tells itself.

The amount of correspondence I receive precludes my responding to each email, letter, Facebook comment, etc., and so on, with the detail each deserves. But I still read’em all, and…View post

Currently reading Thick, by Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom. I champion Dr. McMillan Cottom’s work because she is that rare writer who accessibly, powerfully, and unapologetically bridges the silly, pernicious, and ridiculously…View post

Every week the Wisconsin State Journal runs “Roughneck Grace,” a weekly column written by Mike (many of the columns will be adapted from Mike’s Tent Show Radio monologues). This week’s…View post