In the ongoing “nonhumans with books” series, I present a chicken reading Coop: Found it in a year-old Facebook message which I unfortunately archived before identifying the sender…so a general…View post

Among the more humbling (and recurring) ironies of calling oneself a “writer” resides the regular recognition that one is regularly incapable of finding words commensurate to circumstance, be there joy or grief,…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). Today’s column,…View post

If you’re within range of one of these stations tonight (Saturday, August, 27th) we hope you’ll join Mike as he hosts another edition of Tent Show Radio from Big Top Chautauqua. Information on streaming the show…View post

If you’re within range of one of these stations tomorrow (Saturday, August, 27th) we hope you’ll join Mike as he hosts another edition of Tent Show Radio from Big Top Chautauqua. Information on streaming the show…View post