“In a photo taken at three and a half months, I am sitting naked in the bathroom sink, my eyes are wide and my eyebrows are raised. I look like a startled little Buddha.”   – Truck: A Love Story

A while back I received the following email from a reader working his way through Million Billion: Just received my copy, and as always I enjoy musing along with you at my own pace, always eager to embrace a new topic. I’m sure it comes as no surprise that it’s perfect sitting-on-the-john reading…you could market…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 column ‘Michael Perry: Up from the ashes grow the roses of lasting memories and friendships‘ can be seen online here.

I’m not sure if it’s the pandemic or the rise of technology or what, but while I’ve always received more requests to read manuscripts, edit manuscripts, blurb manuscripts, listen to albums/songs, hook people up with editors, agents or provide “the secret” to getting published, lately it’s become a deluge. Several per week. I’m writing this…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 column ‘Michael Perry: You can’t always read what’s on my mind, unless it’s inscribed on my head‘ can be seen online here.