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Michael Atchison

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in Mattoon, Illinois, The United States

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Fiction, Humor and Comedy, Contemporary

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Michael Atchison is the author of the novels Mellow Submarine and XL and the book True Sons: A Century of Missouri Tigers Basketball. His writing on collegiate sports and popular culture has appeared in Sports Illustrated, Basketball Times and The Providence Phoenix, among other publications.

During his previous career practicing law, Michael helped earn freedom for a man wrongly convicted of murder, aided basketball coaches who ran afoul of NCAA rules, and once stood in his office, stripped to the waist, and swapped clothes with veteran rocker Sammy Hagar. The other ninety-nine percent of the time he did things that some might think tedious.

Michael lives in Parkville, Missouri with his wife and two children.

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Michael Atchison I'd go to Championship Vinyl, where I'd make small talk with Rob, Barry and Dick about the new Liquorice Comfits compilation and then buy a couple of …moreI'd go to Championship Vinyl, where I'd make small talk with Rob, Barry and Dick about the new Liquorice Comfits compilation and then buy a couple of Blue Note reissues, and probably that Lee Hazlewood record that I've been meaning to get for ages.(less)

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Michael Atchison I don't have a summer reading list as much as I have a bunch of books lined up on my shelf, staring at me disapprovingly for not getting to them soone…moreI don't have a summer reading list as much as I have a bunch of books lined up on my shelf, staring at me disapprovingly for not getting to them sooner. They include Moonglow by Michael Chabon, Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut, Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison, Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison and my friend Bill Connelly's The 50 Best* College Football Teams of All Time. I'm also looking forward to Steve Rushin's Sting-Ray Afternoons, which is due July 3.(less)

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REVIVAL: All The Arists From The First Year

REVIVAL celebrates its first anniversary on 90.9 The Bridge this Sunday, April 14 with one of our best shows yet. Here's a short Q&A about the show, and below is a list of all 755 artists who have appeared during the show's first year. It is, to say the least, an eclectic group.

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