Full name: Off Main Street: Barnstormers, Prophets & Gatemouth's Gator: Essays

Author: Michael Perry Year: 2005 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Non Fiction, Essays, Humor, Memoirs Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780060755508 0060755504

Whether he's fighting fires, passing a kidney stone, hammering down I-80 in an 18-wheeler, or meditating on the relationship between cowboys and God, Michael Perry draws on his rural roots and footloose past to write from a perspective that merges the local with the global. Ranging across subjects as diverse as lot lizards, Klan wizards, and small-town funerals, Perry's writing in this wise and witty collection of essays balances earthiness with poetry, kinetics with contemplation, and is regularly salted with his unique brand of humor. Similar books: Meditations from a Movable Chair by Andre Dubus The Disappointment Artist by Jonathan Lethem Alibis by Andre Aciman Silk Parachute by John McPhee The Wrong Way to Save Your Life by Megan Stielstra My Misspent Youth by Meghan Daum One Man's Meat by E. B. White How to Write An Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee Loitering by Charles D'Ambrosio In Favor of the Sensitive Man by Anais Nin The Unspeakable by Meghan Daum After Henry by Joan Didion On Looking by Lia Purpura The Way the World Works by Nicholson Baker At the Same Time by Susan Sontag Visiting Tom by Michael Perry Coop by Michael Perry Ex Libris by Anne Fadiman I'm a Stranger Here Myself by Bill Bryson Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling