Micah Perks's Writings
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Short Story
May.07.2013
The Chicago Quarterly Review, Volume 14, 2012
The Comeback Tour
When Lindy’s husband was fifty-three he decided he wanted braces. “Explore. Dream. Discover,” he said. Lindy admired his forward thinking, even though the supposedly invisible braces were totally visible--plastic guarding his mouth, and since he was executive chef in...
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Essay
May.07.2013
the anthology Encyclopedia, Volume 1, A-E
Escaping The Ending
My grandfather remembers each of his aunts for her extraordinary life, except Regina, who is remembered for her death. Sixty years ago, in Poland, my great, great aunt Regina leapt from a third story balcony. The end of her story was the...
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Essay
Apr.13.2013
The Rumpus
Saturday Rumpus Essay: All Tied Up: Homeland and The Female Fabulists
By Micah Perks
April 13th, 2013
When I first met the journalist, feminist cultural critic and all around genius Susan Faludi several years ago, I was delighted to discover that we were both working on Mary Rowlandson. Mary Rowlandson: author of the first book by a woman in the...
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Article
Jan.26.2013
From The Rumpus
SATURDAY RUMPUS INTERVIEW WITH BEN STRADER
BY MICAH PERKS
January 26th, 2013
I spent the first ten years of my life on a commune in the Adirondack wilderness of New York State, then the commune broke up and my family moved away. When I was in my early twenties I returned to the Adirondacks for a month long residency at The Blue Mountain Center.
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bittersweet, dangerous, full of mad enthusiasms, wild adventures ”
—Peter Coyote
About Micah
Micah Perks is the author of a novel, WE ARE GATHERED HERE, a memoir, PAGAN TIME, and many short stories. Recent short story publications include Zyzzyva, Encyclopedia, Viz Inter-Arts and The Best Underground Fiction. Two of her stories have been nominated...
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