In the 1990s, when Michael Perry was a magazine freelancer hustling books off a card table at craft fairs, the mall, and out of his car trunk, he self-published two books: Why They Killed Big Boy and Other Stories and Big Rigs Elvis, & the Grand Dragon Wayne.
In 2005, after the success of Perry’s book Population 485, he published Off Main Street, a collection of essays, magazine articles, and short fiction.
This engaging read, Big Boy’s Big Rig: The Leftovers, contains the 11 essays that weren’t included in Off Main Street. This new collection offers a look into Perry’s early, independent work. It bridges his early freelance days with later, fresh and more polished reflections and commentary.
Reviews call it “Insightful pieces told by a voice that has a regular guy feel.”
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Preface
- Why They Killed Big Boy (Original Preface)
- Shooting the Split
- Fighting Fire…In Belize
- The Moon Brings Not Pleasure
- Steve Gunderson and the Game of Politics
- A Day with Dave
- Big Rigs, Elvis & the Grand Dragon Wayne Original Preface
- Put the Wet Stuff on the Red Stuff
- Anatomy of an Interview
- Insoluble Toxins
- A Pilgrim’s Progress
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