Featured Interview With Michaek P Amram
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
No pets. a monkey would be nice We live in a condominium in St Louis Park. I grew up in Richfield.
I began writing funny little poems and rhymes in high school .and then really got into it on a prolific level in college. I wrote and wrote….and wrote. In 1989 I was using Wordperfect and filling 3.5 floppies with poetry, prose, and journals.
I first published a story in an obscure literary journal in 1998. I’ve had wavering successes through the years. In 2013, after shopping my first novel manuscript around to traditional publishers, I went the indie route. I signed with one and published two novels of historical fiction and three poetry collections between 2013 and 2015.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I have always read, from a young age. I began to write seriously, entertaining hopes of publication, at about twenty
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I love Bukowski and Kerouac, Steinbeck and some of Hawthorne. I read both books by Laura Hilenbrandt. She inspires me with her determination and attention to detail, the way she paints the door for the reader to enter. I love sensory detail.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
A manuscript I have complete and am trying to publish through traditional means, imbues a memoir. It tells the story of my parents, my family growing up in the 1970s and their efforts to end the Vietnam War. Both were extremely active in the DFL (Democratic Farmer-Labor) McCarthy anti-war movement
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