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Thank you to Sheryl Cornett and the The North Carolina Literary Review for this insightful review of What a Wonderful World This Could Be!

I will be reading at this offsite AWP event beginning at 4 pm, Thursday, March 9, and hope to see friends there:

Folks going to AWP next week: I'll be signing copies of What a Wonderful World This Could Be from 1-2, Thurs., March 9, at the Madville Booth in the Bookfair and reading offsite at the Chieftan with others from 4-5:30 the same day.

Scenes from #AWP23: Here’s Lee Zacharias, author of Across the Great Lake! More on the book: tinyurl.com/kewemr8j

UNCG MFA Writing Program alum Susan O'Dell Underwood and UNCG English Department Faculty Emerita Lee Zacharias at Association of Writers Writing Programs annual conference AWP UNCG English Department UNCG College of Arts & Sciences #UNCGAlumni #UNCGWay #FindYourWayHere #AWP23 #awp2023

UNCG MFA Writing Program alum Michael Gills and UNCG English Department Faculty Emerita Lee Zacharias at Association of Writers Writing Programs annual conference AWP UNCG English Department UNCG College of Arts & Sciences #UNCGAlumni #UNCGWay #FindYourWayHere #AWP23 #awp2023

Folks at AWP: Madville (booth 722) is holding a sale this afternoon. $5 will get you a copy of my last novel or any of their other fine titles, fiction, poetry, or nonfiction.

Did you get a picture with Dolly. If so, post and tag #dollyawp #madvillepublish

I'm pleased that What a Wonderful World This Could Be has been named 1 of 2 Best Books in Literary Fiction for 2023 by the Pinnacle Book Achievement Awards.

Official announcement of my book

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Tomorrow, Sunday, June 4, 2 pm, Scuppernong Books, Greensboro. Come help us celebrate Mike's new book, my most recent award (not pictured), & 50 years of writing under the same roof!

The little book that keeps on keeping on, Across the Great Lake. It's won a lot of awards, but 5 years out of the gate & another later, this is sweet. #acrossthegreatlake #universityofwisconsinpress #sirwalterraleighaward #philliphmcmathaward #ippysilvermedal #forewordindies #st

Today, we're re-branding Scuppernong Books as X. Not for any particular reason, but because we are geniuses. Nonsensical mission statement to follow. Please refer to us as X from now on. We won't answer to that other name.

I'm delighted to announce that I have a new short book of essays titled Remember Me coming out from Unicorn Press in September, 2024. I'm thrilled to join their distinguished roster of writers.

Tomorrow, on Veterans Day, I will be talking with BettyJoyce Nash about her wonderful debut novel, Everybody Here Is Kin. One of the major characters is a veteran of the Iraq War suffering PTSD. In honor of all of America's military veterans:

Thanks to Tom Burkhalter and Books Go Social for this conversation on writing, research, and the role of the subconscious: youtu.be/ZuGKOJZd6Sg

I'm grateful to have this short essay from my memoir in progress up in the June issue of Bright Flash Literary Review: wordpress.com/reader/blogs/1…

I suspect some of the designers of Oscar gowns are the same designers who put marble tiles in bathrooms. They never ask let's see if you can sit down in this dress or get out of the shower without breaking yor neck?