Michael Perry

press release: New York Times Best Selling author and humorist Michael Perry is back with a brand new collection of bite-sized essays from his weekly Wisconsin State Journal newspaper column Roughneck Grace: Farmer Yoga, Creeping Codgerism, Apple Golf and Other Brief Essays from On and Off the Back Forty. The new Wisconsin Historical Society Press book dissects everything from skunks to yoga.  

From humbling to hilarious, Perry's perspectives on everything from cleaning the chicken coop to sharing a New York City elevator with supermodels, will have you snorting with laughter on one page, blinking back tears on the next, and-no matter your zip code-nodding in recognition throughout. His experiences range from the mundane to extraordinary, and relatable to all. Raised in rural Wisconsin, he has the voice of what all Midwesterners hope to be - down to earth and adventurous with a dash of sophistication - although he still won't be caught dead wearing proper dress shoes to the opera.

Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016,  4-5:30 p.m. (Book talk at 5 p.m.)

Location: Wisconsin State Journal offices, 1901 Fish Hatchery Road, Madison, Wis. The Wisconsin State Journal welcomes its popular weekly columnist, New York Times bestselling Author Michael Perry as he shares some of his newspaper columns collected in the new Wisconsin Historical Society Press book, "Roughneck Grace." A book signing will precede his talk.