Michael Perry's Blog, page 30
March 14, 2023
“Forty Acres Deep” in Anara Guard Newsletter
Thank you to Anara Guard for this kind mention of Forty Acres Deep in her newsletter. For the full text, click here. For more about Anara and her work, visit here.
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March 9, 2023
Old Poster, Old Friends, Old Gratitudes
It was indeed my “latest book” in 2016. Poster by Grant Alden. Turned out to be a real good night.Today I was doing an email search for something else and came across this exchange:
Grant and his partner Susan own CoffeeTree Books in Morehead, Kentucky. Grant was my editor when I freelanced for No Depression magazine a million years ago. He was a profound influence on me in that regard, and more to the point, really helped whip my writing into shape (with an additional nod to Peter Blackstock). But I also recall he gave me room to run. That’s a big deal.
Anyways. Grant and Susan came through on that impromptu Jesus Cow deal. Seventeen days after I fired off the email, I fired up the rental car, drove the 5.5 hours from Durham to Morehead, had a fine evening sharing stories with friendly strangers, then got back in the rental and headed out in the dark, bound for Nashville.
One day in a life. Forgotten until I accidentally unearthed it just now to be reminded of every kind word, every good person, all good will along the way. Along the decades.
Back to it. But thank you. All of you.
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March 7, 2023
Someone Asked…
…if I recorded the audiobook myself. Yep. Right over there.
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Books & Company selling Forty Acres Deep and other titles
Howdy Folks!
My life as a writer would not exist without indie bookstores. Books & Company just received more copies of Forty Acres Deep and other Michael Perry titles. Hop on down and grab a copy from them at 1039 Summit Ave, Oconomowoc, WI 53066. Phone: (262) 567-0106. They are open Monday – Friday 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM, Saturday & Sunday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
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Indies, Forty Acres Deep and other Michael Perry titles are available via Ingram. If you are interested in placing a bulk wholesale order (no minimum quantity) of signed copies of Forty Acres Deep (or Million Billion, Peaceful Persistence, and Hunker), please email booksellers@sneezingcow.com for more information.
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Forty Acres Deep On the Road
Thanks to the couple who are heading out on a cross-country road trip and shared this screen cap from their phone. Gives us a chance to say, yep, it’s available as an audiobook. Links here.
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March 5, 2023
Title Time
Thankful for everyone who has taken a chance on this book. It’s finding an audience in ways exceeding all our hopes. This is a screenshot from the day I finally chose the title. I had a long list of them: “Wintering,” “OverWintered,” OverWintering,” “Blizzarded,” “SnowBound,” on and on…some good, some awful, but every time I came up with a title I liked, I did a search and sure enough it was taken. You can double up on titles (e.g., there is more than one “Truck” book) but in this case I wanted to avoid the confusion. My favorite was “Sublimation,” but as beautiful and perfectly suited as the word is to the story, it was a tad too esoteric and ungrounded. So “Forty Acres Deep” it is.
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March 4, 2023
Michael Perry: On the Road PBS Rebroadcast
On Monday, February 27, 2023, PBS Wisconsin premiered their new special, Michael Perry: On the Road.
Encore broadcasts of the special will be aired Sunday March 5 at 3:30PM, Tuesday March 7 at 7PM, and Sunday March 12 at 7PM on PBS Wisconsin television.
More info can be found here.
The program is also available for on-demand streaming at pbswisconsin.org and in the free PBS Video App, which you can download here.
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This Week’s Tent Show Radio: Home Free
Check out Mike (Twitter: @SneezingCow) hosting episode 23-09 of Tent Show Radio (Twitter: @tentshowradio).
No instruments. No tracks. No fillers. Praised by the likes of American Songwriter, Billboard, and Rolling Stone, award winning a cappella sensation Home Free (Twitter: @HomeFreeGuys) return for their third appearance on the Big Top stage this September. Their high-energy and electrifying performances fuse Nashville standards with country-dipped pop hits, resulting in a truly unique and incredible sound. Declared “Country Music fans’ favorite a cappella group,” Home Free rose to fame after winning the fourth season of NBC’s vocal competition The Sing Off. Following their time on the show, the group committed themselves to producing music and video content while crafting and touring their incredible live shows.
The group has released 12 albums, five of which have been Christmas records including 2020’s Warmest Wishes. A number of their albums reached the top 10 on the Billboard Country charts, including their debut album 2014’s Crazy Life, 2015’s Country Evolution, and most recently 2021’s Dive Bar Saints rose to the #4 spot. The extraordinary world-class vocalists have garnered a large following, selling nearly 600,000 albums, embarking on major international tours, and amassing 500+ million views and 1.3 million subscribers on YouTube.
This episode of Tent Show Radio features recordings from Home Free’s September 2022 performance under the Big Top Chautauqua big blue tent (Twitter: @BigBlueTent).
Michael Perry shares humorous stories throughout on the Big Top stage. If you prefer to watch this and previous episodes, follow this link for all the available viewing options.
Stream it here along with other Tent Show Radio episodes.
Tent show Radio is broadcast each week on many fine independent stations, which can be found here: https://sneezingcow.com/ten-show-radio-stations/
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February 27, 2023
Live on PBS Tonight
Thanks to PBS for letting me yammer my heart out in this rambler of an interview. See you live on the TV in an hour or so. And yep, it’s Waylon.
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