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Mike Young

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April 28, 1986

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Mike Young is the author of the poetry collection We Are All Good If They Try Hard Enough (Publishing Genius 2010), the story collection Look! Look! Feathers (Word Riot Press 2010), and the chapbook MC Oroville's Answering Machine (Transmission Press 2009). He runs NOÖ Journal and Magic Helicopter Press.

Probably a lot of beautiful human beings have blogged since February. So, okay, I'm not one of them. But somewhere out there (I can't believe Blogger still lets you randomly scroll through blogs by clicking Next Blog, seems like Google will kill that soon, will replace it with their sniffs at circles of influence, as if the only meaningful connections were categorical and historical, no love f... read more »

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Average rating: 4.53 · 204 ratings · 48 reviews · 8 distinct works

	We are All Good If They Try Hard Enough 4.54 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Look! Look! Feathers 4.60 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	MC Oroville's Answering Machine 4.40 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	30 Under 30: An Anthology of Innovative Fiction by Younger Writers by Blake Butler (Editor), Lily Hoang (Editor), Ryan Call 3.95 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	A Metazen Christmas by Frank Hinton (Editor), Mike Young (Goodreads Author), Jordan Castro (Goodreads Author) 4.93 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Stoked Volume I by J.A. Tyler (Goodreads Author) (contributor), Daniel Bailey (Goodreads Author), Mike Young (Goodreads Author) 4.92 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Stoked: Volume II by J.A. Tyler (Goodreads Author), Carol Guess, Adam Moorad (Goodreads Author) 5.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Keyhole 10 by Keyhole, James Tadd Adcox (Goodreads Author), Chris Bachelder 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Bust Down The Door and Eat All The Chickens (issue 7) by Bradley Sands (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Mike Young (Goodreads Author), Corey Mesler (Goodreads Author) 4.00 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	My rating:

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Mike Young wrote a new blog post: history is a made thing. it doesn't just happen. it's made and recorded, and that record is part of its making. history is made of subjects and objects. to witness is to be a subject in history. to witness is to not allow others to make the story for you. history is a made thing. it doesn't just happen. it's made and recorded, and that record is part of its making. history is made of subjects and objects. to witness is to be a subject in history. to witness is to not allow others to make the story for you. Oakland Police Critically Injure Iraq War Vet Scott Olsen During Occupy March: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10... IN WHEELCHAIR GASSED BY OA... read more »
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Mike Young liked Grace's review of No, Not Today: " 'The oldest premise is aiming at what I was aiming at and then someone reminds me, you can change.' 'It's about time we dig. It's about time we torment the unseen. I'm coming to as slowly as I began.' 'There are atoms that are glorious and have no say.... " Read more of this review »
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Mike Young gave to: Because It is: Poems and Drawings by Kenneth Patchen by Kenneth Patchen	My rating:
"Oh, the kind of angel I’m on the side of / Won’t ever try to hide from the terrible responsibilities of love!"
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