Those two fissures are everything. Torpedo heater down there doin’ its thing. Fingers crossed. Snow tapering off and temps moderating for a couple days so there’s a shot.

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

If you’re within range of (or can stream) one of these stations tonight (Saturday, Feb. 16th) we hope you’ll join Mike as he hosts another edition of Tent Show Radio from Big Top Chautauqua. This…View post

Under Purple Skies: The Minneapolis Anthology, including the piece “Prince of the Midwest” by Michael Perry, is now available for pre-order here. NOTE FROM MIKE: I was invited by our…View post

It’s a book festival, and Mike’s bringing the band! This year’s Untitled Town lineup is remarkable: Walter Mosley, Jamie Ford, Susan Orlean (long before it published, she critiqued a passage of Truck for…View post