Michael Perry

Michael Perry (born December 16, 1964) is an American author, born and raised in New Auburn, Wisconsin.

Biography After spending his childhood on a small Midwestern dairy farm, Perry put himself through nursing school while working on a ranch in Wyoming, and subsequently worked as a nurse and an emergency medical technician. He lives with his wife and two daughters in rural Wisconsin; in addition to writing, Perry maintains a farm, raising chickens and formerly pigs. Perry hosts the nationally syndicated Tent Show Radio, performs as a humorist, and tours with his band, the Long Beds. His memoirs include Population 485, Truck: A Love Story, Coop, Off Main Street: Brainstormers, Prophets, and Gatemouth's Gator (HarperCollins, 2005) Truck: A Love Story (HarperCollins, 2006) Coop: A Year of Poultry, Pigs, and Parenting (HarperCollins, 2009) Visiting Tom: A Man, a Highway, and the Road to Roughneck Grace (HarperCollins, 2012) From the Top: Brief Transmissions from Tent Show Radio (Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2013) The Scavengers (HarperCollins, 2014) The Jesus Cow (HarperCollins, 2015) Roughneck Grace: Farmer Yoga, Creeping Codgerism, Apple Golf, and Other Brief Essays from On and Off the Back Forty (Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2016) Montaigne in Barn Boots: An Amateur Ambles Through Philosophy (HarperCollins, 2017) Danger, Man Working: Writing from the Heart, the Gut, and the Poison Ivy Patch (Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2017) Big Boy’s Big Rig: The Leftovers (Sneezing Cow Publishing, 2020) Million Billion: Brief Essays on Snow Days, Spitwads, Bad Sandwiches, Dad Socks, Hairballs, Headbanging Bird Love, and Hope. (Sneezing Cow, Inc., 2020) Peaceful Persistence (Sneezing Cow Publishing, 2020) Hunker: Brief Essays on Human Connection (Sneezing Cow Publishing, 2022) Forty Acres Deep (Sneezing Cow Publishing, 2023)

Discography Headwinded – Michael Perry and the Long Beds (2006) Tiny Pilot – Michael Perry and the Long Beds (2010) Bootlegged at the Big Top – Michael Perry and the Long Beds (2014) Long Road To You – Michael Perry and the Long Beds (2019)

Recordings (Humor) Never Stand Behind A Sneezing Cow (1996) I Got It From The Cows (2001) Clodhopper Monologues (2011)