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SUMMARY:Humor, Heart, and Reflective Rural Stories: An Online Conversation
  with Michael Perry
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DESCRIPTION:Join us in conversation with bestselling author and humorist M
 ichael Perry, whose collection of genre-spanning works encapsulates the ex
 periences–and the magic–of rural town communities and the everyday peo
 ple who reside in them. Register today!In Michael Perry’s memoir, Popul
 ation: 485, the local vigilante is a farmer's wife armed with a pisto
 l 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. Against a backdrop of f
 ires and tangled wrecks, bar fights and smelt feeds, Perry tells a frequen
 tly comic tale leavened with moments of heartbreaking delicacy and searing
  tragedy. Jesus Cow, Perry’s fiction debut, is a hilarious yet sincere 
 exploration of faith and the foibles of modern life. Low-key Harley Jackso
 n 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 devel
 oper is threatening to pave the last vestiges of his family farm, and insi
 de his barn is a calf bearing the image of Jesus Christ–a secret he want
 s to keep quiet, until the truth slips right through the barn door. Regis
 ter today to hear more about Perry’s expansive collection of stories!Abo
 ut the Author: Michael Perry is a New York Times bestselling author, humor
 ist, corporate speaker, volunteer firefighter/first responder, and amateur
  snowplow driver. A lifelong resident of the rural Midwest, his “reflect
 ive roughneck” takes on life in Middle America have left hundreds of tho
 usands of readers and live audiences laughing, nodding, and sometimes mist
 y.Perry, a registered nurse who put himself through college working as a W
 yoming cowboy and a roller-skating Snoopy produces the popular audio newsl
 etter “Michael Perry’s Voice Mail,” performs widely as a humorist an
 d speaker, tours with his band The Long Beds, works as a script writer, vo
 iceover artist and audiobook narrator, and still makes an occasional call 
 with the local volunteer fire and rescue service.Perry lives in rural Wisc
 onsin and can be found online at www.sneezingcow.com.   The views expre
 ssed by presenters are their own and their appearance in a program does no
 t imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Reference to 
 any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recom
 mendation by Hayward Public Library.
URL:https://hayward.librarycalendar.com/event/humor-heart-and-reflective-r
 ural-stories-online-conversation-michael-perry-33059
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