Join us at the McMillan Memorial Library as we welcome New York Times bestselling author Michael Perry to kick off the 2025 Central Wisconsin Book Festival!
Michael Perry is a farm boy turned humorist, New York Times bestselling author, volunteer firefighter/first responder, corporate speaker, and amateur snow plow driver from rural Wisconsin, known for leaving audiences laughing (and nodding, and sometimes getting misty) from his “reflective roughneck” takes on life in rural America.
Perry’s bestselling books include the volunteer firefighter memoir "Population: 485" (subsequently adapted for the stage), "Truck: A Love Story", "Coop", "Visiting Tom", and "Montaigne in Barn Boots." Among his other twenty-plus titles are "The Scavengers" (for young readers), his novel "The Jesus Cow", the essay collections "Peaceful Persistence", "Million Billion", and "Hunker", and his most recent book, the deeply powerful novella "Forty Acres Deep." Raised on a small Midwestern dairy farm, Perry put himself through nursing school while working on a ranch in Wyoming, then detoured into writing. He lives with his wife and two daughters in rural Wisconsin, where he still makes an occasional call with the local volunteer fire and rescue service. He performs widely as a humorist (his live humor albums include Never Stand Behind A Sneezing Cow and The Clodhopper Monologues), tours with his band The Long Beds, and lives online at www.sneezingcow.com. To book Mike as a speaker visit
https://sneezingcow.com/book-mike/.
This free event is open to adults, with no registration required. For more Central Wisconsin Book Festival events, visit mcpl.us/cwbf/schedule.
The Central Wisconsin Book Festival would not happen without the support from several organizations, foundations, and businesses. Support for the 2025 Central Wisconsin Book Festival was provided through the Marathon County Public Library, Portage County Public Library, and McMillan Memorial Library, and the Community Arts Grant Program of the Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin and the B.A. & Esther Greenheck Foundation. Additional support was provided by the MURCO Foundation, Ruder Ware Law Firm, the Marathon County Public Library Foundation, and the Portage County Public Library Foundation, as well as Bound to Happen Books, Janke Book Store, Sojourn Booksellers, Red Eye Brewing Company, the Hmong American Center Inc., the Marathon County Historical Society, Timekeeper Distillery, Wisconsin Public Radio, and the UW Center for Civic Engagement.
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