Sort of Still Original in Unoriginal Times
In Sort of Still Original in Unoriginal Times, Michael Loyd Gray's memories are shared from adventures and instances of mayhem throughout several decades. Entertainment is provided as Gray recounts his experiences from Arkansas to Arizona, from Chicago to Paris, and from drunken Polish block parties to porn star gatherings. We meet famous individuals, including authors and musicians. We learn helpful and solid advice about the career of writing. We evaluate the pros and cons of music, movies, politics, and culture. We consider the differences between great rock and roll music and the nonsense dubbed "rap."". We embrace a deep and profound admiration of Hemingway, and the art of literature.
Gray provides his select recollections of his life as a boy who broke his arm, as a young man who lucked out of the draft, as a college student who absorbed the knowledge from his professors, and as a reporter who chanced to meet and interview numerous and memorable people. With sharp wit, unforgiving opinions, direct rhetoric, and sarcastic politics, Sort of Still Original in Unoriginal Times is an enjoyable read.
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Sort of Still Original in Unoriginal Times
In Sort of Still Original in Unoriginal Times, Michael Loyd Gray's memories are shared from adventures and instances of mayhem throughout several decades. Entertainment is provided as Gray recounts his experiences from Arkansas to Arizona, from Chicago to Paris, and from drunken Polish block parties to porn star gatherings. We meet famous individuals, including authors and musicians. We learn helpful and solid advice about the career of writing. We evaluate the pros and cons of music, movies, politics, and culture. We consider the differences between great rock and roll music and the nonsense dubbed "rap."". We embrace a deep and profound admiration of Hemingway, and the art of literature.
Gray provides his select recollections of his life as a boy who broke his arm, as a young man who lucked out of the draft, as a college student who absorbed the knowledge from his professors, and as a reporter who chanced to meet and interview numerous and memorable people. With sharp wit, unforgiving opinions, direct rhetoric, and sarcastic politics, Sort of Still Original in Unoriginal Times is an enjoyable read.
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Sort of Still Original in Unoriginal Times

Sort of Still Original in Unoriginal Times

by Michael Loyd Gray
Sort of Still Original in Unoriginal Times

Sort of Still Original in Unoriginal Times

by Michael Loyd Gray

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Overview

In Sort of Still Original in Unoriginal Times, Michael Loyd Gray's memories are shared from adventures and instances of mayhem throughout several decades. Entertainment is provided as Gray recounts his experiences from Arkansas to Arizona, from Chicago to Paris, and from drunken Polish block parties to porn star gatherings. We meet famous individuals, including authors and musicians. We learn helpful and solid advice about the career of writing. We evaluate the pros and cons of music, movies, politics, and culture. We consider the differences between great rock and roll music and the nonsense dubbed "rap."". We embrace a deep and profound admiration of Hemingway, and the art of literature.
Gray provides his select recollections of his life as a boy who broke his arm, as a young man who lucked out of the draft, as a college student who absorbed the knowledge from his professors, and as a reporter who chanced to meet and interview numerous and memorable people. With sharp wit, unforgiving opinions, direct rhetoric, and sarcastic politics, Sort of Still Original in Unoriginal Times is an enjoyable read.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781786295545
Publisher: Austin-Macauley Publishers Ltd
Publication date: 01/31/2017
Pages: 191
Product dimensions: 5.10(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range: 6 - 10 Years

About the Author

Michael Loyd Gray is the author of the novel The Canary, a Pushcart Prize nominee (2013) revealing Amelia Earhart's final days. His novel Exile on Kalamazoo Street was released in 2015 by Coffeetown Press. He is also the author of the novel Not Famous Anymore, 2011, which was awarded a grant by the Elizabeth George Foundation, and the novels, Well Deserved (2008 Sol Books Prose Series Prize) and King Biscuit (Tempest, 2012). Gray won the 2005 Alligator Juniper Fiction Prize and the 2005 The Writers Place Award for Fiction. He earned a MFA from Western Michigan University, a bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois, and has taught at colleges and universities in Illinois, Texas, and New York. For nearly ten years he was a staff writer for newspapers in Arizona and Illinois. Big orange cats, the Chicago Bears, and the Rolling Stones are among the constants in his life.
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