July 10, 2010 -
- "James Baldwin and Uncle Tom's Cabin: A Multiplicity of Critical Problems" is currently under review at Callaloo.
June 1, 2010 -
Mike has a few more projects he is working on this summer:
- A commissioned essay for the upcoming Dexter and Philosophy book.
- Writing "A Restitution of Pairs: J.M. Coetzee, Elizabeth Costello, and the Margins of Obscenity" for submission to Contemporary Literature.
May 15, 2010 -
Working on revising two papers to submit for publication:
"Writing J. M. Coetzee: Summertime, Biography, and the Resistance to Being Written" for submission to The Journal of Modern Literature.
"James Baldwin and Uncle Tom's Cabin: A Multiplicity of Critical Problems" for submission to Callaloo.
May 5, 2010 -
Mike had a photograph, "Divine Solitude," published in the Spring 2010 edition of The John Carroll Review.
May 2, 2010 -
Launched a new blog - ActivistBlog.org - check it out by clicking the "Blog" link in the menu above. If you're interested in contributing to the blog, shoot me an email.
March 22, 2010 -
Presented a paper, "Orwell's Animal Farm and Picasso's Guernica: The Union of Allegory and Modernism," at the John Carroll University's 2010 Celebration of Scholarship.
January 7, 2010 -
Joined the Midwest Modern Language Association, the College English Association, and the Langston Hughes Society.
December 30, 2009 -
Became a member of the African American Literature & Culture Society.
December 12, 2009 -
Had two photographs published in the Fall 2009 edition of The John Carroll Review.
September 13, 2009 -
Mike's opinion piece "How to close the achievement gap" was published on September 13, 2009 in The Post Newspapers.
August 6, 2009 -
Became a member of the Modern Language Association.
July 17, 2009 -
"The School Shooting" - 4,987 words - A new short story that deals with an unusual school shooting at a high school in Detroit's inner city. It is sad that a word like "unusual" can even be used in conjunction with a school shooting.
June 28, 2009 -
"The Unseen" - 4,644 words - A retelling of the story of Lazarus and the rich man that takes their journey into Hades to a new level, even blurring the lines between good and evil.
May 12, 2009 -
"Chasing His Tail" - 2202 words - A short story telling of a fight between a newlywed couple, it flashes from the fight to the origins of the disagreement in real time.
April 5, 2009 -
Mike is working on some new short stories, which include the following:
"Into the Light" - 1,785 words - A desperate man plots to experience a certain divinity in light, which has become an obsession in his life.
"Perpetual Testing" - 4,438 words - A former teacher takes the GRE entrance exam, but gets more than he bargains for in the process.
"And the Greatest of These is Love" - 4,775 words - A selective documentary club at Harvard University is treated to the disturbing tale of one of its member's experiences in a coercive, christian cult.
All three of these stories have been sent out to various literary magazines. If you are interested in receiving any of these manuscripts, please email the author at mike@mikepiero.com with the website of your journal.
November 25, 2008 -
Check out Mike Piero's new blog, which features his thoughts on various issues ranging from current events to politics. Enjoy and post your comments!