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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk - Humor, Heart, and Reflective Rural Stories w
 ith 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. In Michael Perry’s 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 bu
 tcher 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 tangle
 d wrecks, bar fights and smelt feeds, Perry tells a frequently comic tale 
 leavened with moments of heartbreaking delicacy and searing tragedy. Jesu
 s Cow, Perry’s fiction debut, is a hilarious yet sincere 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 stol
 en his bachelor’s heart, a Hummer-driving predatory developer is threate
 ning 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. Register today to he
 ar more about Perry’s expansive collection of stories!About the Author: 
 Michael Perry is a New York Times bestselling author, humorist, corporate 
 speaker, volunteer firefighter/first responder, and amateur snowplow drive
 r. A lifelong resident of the rural Midwest, his “reflective roughneck�
 � takes on life in Middle America have left hundreds of thousands of reade
 rs and live audiences laughing, nodding, and sometimes misty.Perry, a regi
 stered nurse who put himself through college working as a Wyoming cowboy a
 nd a roller-skating Snoopy produces the popular audio newsletter “Michae
 l Perry’s Voice Mail,” performs widely as a humorist and speaker, tour
 s with his band The Long Beds, works as a script writer, voiceover artist 
 and audiobook narrator, and still makes an occasional call with the local 
 volunteer fire and rescue service.Perry lives in rural Wisconsin and can b
 e found online at www.sneezingcow.com.
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