Location: United States
Member Since:
Feb. 13, 2013
Mike Palecek
Biography
Mike Palecek is a writer who lives in Saginaw, Minnesota, west of Duluth. He is a former federal prisoner for peace, was the Iowa Democratic Party candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives, 5th District in the 2000 election, is a former award winning reporter, editor, publisher in Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota. The small newspaper Mike & Ruth Palecek owned and operated in Byron, Minnesota won the MNA Newspaper of the Year Award in 1993. Mike and Ruth have two children and recently moved from Iowa to Minnesota. The Paleceks both work for group homes in the Cloquet area. Mike has written several other books.
He is the co-host of The New American Dream Radio Show, along with Chuck Gregory, which has been broadcasting each Thursday at 6:30 pm. since February 2011.
Here is a link to some past books:
http://newamericandream.info/
Link to radio show. I am co-host:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/the-new-american-dream-radio-show
Link to radio interviews I have done, concerning my books [left-hand side of page] :
http://newamericandream.net/
Link to columns I wrote, published in Cold Type, while on book tour:
http://coldtype.net/find.html
[scroll down to "Mike Palecek, The American Dream Book Tour"
Some other links, reviews, etc:
http://jamesfetzer.blogspot.com/2010/02/guests-of-nation-chapters-16-21.html
http://willyloman.wordpress.com/2011/06/22/bigfoot-loves-balloons-a-review-of-mike-paleceks-camp-america/
http://johnnymoon.newamericandream.info/kevin-barrett-on-johnny-moon/
http://blogcritics.org/books/article/book-review-terror-nation-by-mike/
http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/books-speak-english-by-mike-palecek.html
http://madhattersreview.com/issue6/book_reviews.shtml#palecek
http://dissidentvoice.org/Feb07/MickeyZ27.htm
http://www.politicalcortex.com/story/2007/3/13/195217/176
http://www.januarymagazine.com/fiction/bigfoot.html
http://prairieprogressive.com/2006/05/12/book-review-terror-nation-2006/
He is the co-host of The New American Dream Radio Show, along with Chuck Gregory, which has been broadcasting each Thursday at 6:30 pm. since February 2011.
Here is a link to some past books:
http://newamericandream.info/
Link to radio show. I am co-host:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/the-new-american-dream-radio-show
Link to radio interviews I have done, concerning my books [left-hand side of page] :
http://newamericandream.net/
Link to columns I wrote, published in Cold Type, while on book tour:
http://coldtype.net/find.html
[scroll down to "Mike Palecek, The American Dream Book Tour"
Some other links, reviews, etc:
http://jamesfetzer.blogspot.com/2010/02/guests-of-nation-chapters-16-21.html
http://willyloman.wordpress.com/2011/06/22/bigfoot-loves-balloons-a-review-of-mike-paleceks-camp-america/
http://johnnymoon.newamericandream.info/kevin-barrett-on-johnny-moon/
http://blogcritics.org/books/article/book-review-terror-nation-by-mike/
http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/books-speak-english-by-mike-palecek.html
http://madhattersreview.com/issue6/book_reviews.shtml#palecek
http://dissidentvoice.org/Feb07/MickeyZ27.htm
http://www.politicalcortex.com/story/2007/3/13/195217/176
http://www.januarymagazine.com/fiction/bigfoot.html
http://prairieprogressive.com/2006/05/12/book-review-terror-nation-2006/
Where to buy in print
Books
Crusher vs The Empire
by Mike Palecek
Price:
Free!
Words: 150,050.
Language:
English.
Published: May 20, 2017
by
CWG Press.
Categories:
Fiction » Transgressional fiction, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Political
Turn the other way today and join the revolution. Come along with the young residents of a Twin Cities group home as they go way against the grain. No money, no hope, no health care, no job security - they know why. And one day they decide they’re not going to take it any longer. Basta.
They organize the CRUSHER rebellion, Geronimo’s Revenge.
Because it’s about time somebody did.
"Dumb Guys" — Hunting, in a small town, and other tales of The Great Westerly Midwest
by Mike Palecek
Price:
Free!
Words: 1,030.
Language:
English.
Published: June 28, 2013
.
Categories:
Fiction » Sports
The fall is a beautiful time of year. Some say, the best. For some it's time to die, at the hands of dumb guys out in the woods. For some, killing is how they have a good time, "enjoy the outdoors." Robert S. Thompson heard one time about some hunters getting killed by another hunter and one hunter going to jail. Well, that's a good start, says Robert.
"Popguns & Pacemakers" — Patriotism, in a small town, and other tales of The Great American Westerly Midwest
by Mike Palecek
Price:
Free!
Words: 2,890.
Language:
English.
Published: June 28, 2013
.
Categories:
Fiction » Alternative history
Where we find that Robert S. Thompson has sat on his bench on main street and written a letter to the editor talking about war and about how a local boy has died for mostly nothing. We find Nona The Waitress musing about the lack of democracy in the good ol' USA, and Tommy on his bike remembering his brother, who they say died for freedom, but Tommy doesn't believe that, not at all.
"Holy Crap!" — Religion, in a small town, and other tales of The Great American Westerly Midwest
by Mike Palecek
Price:
Free!
Words: 3,520.
Language:
English.
Published: June 28, 2013
.
Categories:
Fiction » Humor & comedy » Satire
Again we join the adventures of Tommy, Nona The Waitress and Robert S. Thompson in The Great American Westerly Midwest. This time we follow Tommy around town as he and his friend, Johnny, try to solve the great mysteries of religion; whether God exists, and if so, where is He? In the park? In the drug store? The cafe? Nona doesn't believe in God, she says, and Robert is just glad to be alive.
White Picket Fences: Homeland Security in a small town, and other tales of The Great American Westerly Midwest
by Mike Palecek
Price:
Free!
Words: 6,230.
Language:
English.
Published: June 28, 2013
.
Categories:
Fiction » Alternative history
Again we join Tommy, Robert S. Thompson and Nona The Waitress, in The Midwest, the Westerly Midwest, of America — as they follow The Swarm on their little bicycles zooming around town, and the activities of Moon Walking, the head librarian, as she fights the city fathers, who have demanded that everyone put up a fence in town, to keep everyone safe, from all sorts of terrible dangers.
The Bigfoot Chronicles
by Mike Palecek
Price:
Free!
Words: 16,090.
Language:
English.
Published: June 22, 2013
.
Categories:
Nonfiction » Politics & Current Affairs » History
The field notes of Mike Palecek from years of walking in the woods of Minnesota, Iowa and South Dakota in search of Bigfoot.
Speak English
by Mike Palecek
Price:
$7.99 USD.
Words: 51,850.
Language:
English.
Published: October 31, 2009
by
CWG Press.
Categories:
Fiction » Literature » Literary, Fiction » Science fiction » General
Mike Palecek's new novel Speak English tells what happened when some rowdy teenagers encountered an alien, somewhere around 1970. Why did they shoot it? What were the consequences? Was it really an alien, or maybe a mental patient?
How did this incident affect these three when they grew up? Did they ever meet another alien?
To find out, read Speak English.