Kick off the Central Wisconsin Book Festival at the McMillan Memorial Library Fine Arts Center! Join us as we welcome Michael Perry.

Michael Perry is a farm boy turned humorist, New York Times bestselling author, volunteer firefighter/first responder, corporate speaker, and amateur snow plow driver from rural Wisconsin, known for leaving audiences laughing (and nodding, and sometimes getting misty) from his “reflective roughneck” takes on life in rural America.

Perry’s bestselling books include the volunteer firefighter memoir Population: 485 (subsequently adapted for the stage), Truck: A Love Story, Coop, Visiting Tom, and Montaigne in Barn Boots. Among his other twenty-plus titles are The Scavengers (for young readers), his novel The Jesus Cow, the essay collections Peaceful Persistence, Million Billion, and Hunker, and his most recent book, the deeply powerful novella Forty Acres Deep. Raised on a small Midwestern dairy farm, Perry put himself through nursing school while working on a ranch in Wyoming, then detoured into writing. He lives with his wife and two daughters in rural Wisconsin, where he still makes an occasional call with the local volunteer fire and rescue service. He performs widely as a humorist (his live humor albums include Never Stand Behind A Sneezing Cow and The Clodhopper Monologues), tours with his band The Long Beds, and lives online at www.sneezingcow.com. To book Mike as a speaker visit https://sneezingcow.com/book-mike/.

This FREE event is open to adults and no registration is required. For more information, please contact us at 715-422-5136.

Date: September 25, 2025
Time: 7PM
Cost: FREE

Location:
McMillan Memorial Library
490 East Grand Avenue
Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494