An academic, writer, and minister collects eighteen interviews that have been conducted with him that were previously published or broadcast as part of larger works.
But first, he has to earn the respect of the audience. "Rod MacDonald paid his dues in the coffeehouses of Greenwich Village during the 1970s and early '80s, and has caught the feel of the time and place in his new novel.
Open Mike is a dark love story between a comedian and a stripper.
Important themes in the book include: the tension between self and society in the creative process, issues of creative authenticity and authorship, and on-going cultural changes central to the Do-It-Yourself cultural zeitgeist of the early ...
... Open Mike, Rod MacDonald portraysthe Village's renewal of creative—and, yes, sexual—energy duringhis earlyyears there. Although Reo MacGregor and his peersnever perceive their local open mikehopping as anything worthyof historical note ...
He has performed stand-up comedy in six of the United States, including stage time in New York City and Los Angeles. Which sounds more impressive now than it will after you read this book.
Open Mike: Bullying
Drawing on her own travels and the work of urban theorists, Williams offers real solutions to rebuild declining communities.
While the eccentric nuances of rural life spin around him, Mike manages to stay sane by playing guitar at amateur open mic nights in his local pub, The Whipped Peasant.
Open Mike: Handbook for Creation and Operation of a Poetry Reading
Edited by acclaimed author and speaker Mitali Perkins, this collection of fiction and nonfiction uses a mix of styles as diverse as their authors, from laugh-out-loud funny to wry, ironic, or poingnant, in prose, poetry, and comic form.