Humor, Heart, and Reflective Rural Stories with Michael Perry

Humor, Heart, and Reflective Rural Stories with Michael Perry

Join us in conversation with bestselling author Michael Perry, whose genre-spanning works capture the experiences–and the magic–of rural town communities and the people who live in them. In his memoir, Population: 485, the local vigilante is a farmer's wife armed with a pistol and a Bible, the most senior member of the volunteer fire department is a cross-eyed butcher with one kidney and two ex-wives, and the back roads are haunted by the ghosts of children and farmers. Jesus Cow, Perry’s fiction debut, is an exploration of faith and the foibles of modern life. Low-key Harley Jackson finds himself entangled in drama from all corners: A woman in a big red pickup has stolen his bachelor’s heart, a Hummer-driving predatory developer is threatening to pave the last vestiges of his family farm, and inside his barn is a calf bearing the image of Jesus Christ–a secret he wants to keep quiet, until the truth slips right through the barn door. 

Michael Perry is a New York Times bestselling author, humorist, corporate speaker, volunteer firefighter/first responder, and amateur snowplow driver. A registered nurse who put himself through college working as a Wyoming cowboy and a roller-skating Snoopy, he produces the audio newsletter “Michael Perry’s Voice Mail,” tours with his band The Long Beds, and still makes an occasional call with the local volunteer fire and rescue service. Perry lives in rural Wisconsin and can be found online at www.sneezingcow.com.

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