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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Visit: Humor, Heart, and Reflective Rural Stories w
 ith Michael Perry
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DESCRIPTION:Join the Virtual Author Talk from home, on a computer or smart
  phone. Internet access is required. Register and ask questions of the aut
 hor here.Join us in conversation with bestselling author and humorist Mich
 ael Perry, whose collection of genre-spanning works encapsulates the exper
 iences–and the magic–of rural town communities and the everyday people
  who reside in them. In Michael Perry’s memoir, Population: 485, the lo
 cal 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 butch
 er with one kidney and two ex-wives, and the back roads are haunted by the
  ghosts of children and farmers. Against a backdrop of fires and tangled w
 recks, bar fights and smelt feeds, Perry tells a frequently comic tale lea
 vened with moments of heartbreaking delicacy and searing tragedy. Jesus C
 ow, Perry’s fiction debut, is a hilarious yet sincere exploration of fai
 th and the foibles of modern life. Low-key Harley Jackson finds himself en
 tangled in drama from all corners: A woman in a big red pickup has stolen 
 his bachelor’s heart, a Hummer-driving predatory developer is threatenin
 g to pave the last vestiges of his family farm, and inside his barn is a c
 alf bearing the image of Jesus Christ–a secret he wants to keep quiet, u
 ntil the truth slips right through the barn door. Register today to hear 
 more about Perry’s expansive collection of stories!About the Author: Mic
 hael Perry is a New York Times bestselling author, humorist, corporate spe
 aker, volunteer firefighter/first responder, and amateur snowplow driver. 
 A lifelong resident of the rural Midwest, his “reflective roughneck” t
 akes on life in Middle America have left hundreds of thousands of readers 
 and live audiences laughing, nodding, and sometimes misty.Perry, a registe
 red nurse who put himself through college working as a Wyoming cowboy and 
 a roller-skating Snoopy produces the popular audio newsletter “Michael P
 erry’s Voice Mail,” performs widely as a humorist and speaker, tours w
 ith his band The Long Beds, works as a script writer, voiceover artist and
  audiobook narrator, and still makes an occasional call with the local vol
 unteer fire and rescue service.Perry lives in rural Wisconsin and can be f
 ound online at www.sneezingcow.com. The views expressed by presenters are
  their own and their appearance in a program does not imply an endorsement
  of them or any entity they represent. Reference to any specific product o
 r entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by Carnegie-
 Stout Public Library.  
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 umor-heart-and-reflective-rural-stories-michael-perry-20427
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