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Michael Anthony Adams Jr.

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Fiction, Poetry, Memoir

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This author is also published under Israfel Sivad.

Michael Anthony Adams, Jr. is originally from Whittier, CA. He's the author of two novels, five collections of short stories, seven collections of poetry, and a memoir. He holds a master’s degree in Philosophy from the New School for Social Research in New York City. As a teenager, he was the lead vocalist and lyricist for Richmond, VA-based hardcore band Broken Chains of Segregation. He’s the founder of Ursprung Collective, a spoken word/music project referred to as “fantastic brain food” on ReverbNation. He was the primary lyricist on indie rock group One & the Many’s first two albums, Forms and Hours. His writing has appeared in the Santa Fe Literary Review, The Stray Branch, Badlands Li ...more

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	Disorder: An Avant-Garde Memoir of Psychosis, Healing & Love by Israfel Sivad (Goodreads Author), Michael Anthony Adams Jr. (Goodreads Author) 3.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We Are the Underground by Israfel Sivad (Goodreads Author), Michael Anthony Adams Jr. (Goodreads Author) 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crossroads Blues by Israfel Sivad (Goodreads Author), Michael Anthony Adams Jr. (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tree Outside My Window: Poems by Israfel Sivad (Goodreads Author), Michael Anthony Adams Jr. (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Adversary's Good News by Israfel Sivad (Goodreads Author), Michael Anthony Adams Jr. (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Indigo Glow: Poems by Israfel Sivad (Goodreads Author), Michael Anthony Adams Jr. (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spare Change: Stories really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	At the Side of the Road: Poems by Israfel Sivad (Goodreads Author), Michael Anthony Adams Jr. (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Welcome to the Modern World, Charlie: Short Stories by Israfel Sivad (Goodreads Author), Michael Anthony Adams Jr. (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Here’s How You Fly: Chapter 1

Like the sounds hidden in a record’s grooves, smoke hung heavy and thick. It obscured the light from above as if the smog from his California childhood had followed him across the country. His dad still lived there, in Southern California. He’d been in Virginia for three years, since the summer of 1988. Now it was 1991. Not that the year made any difference. He was in ninth grade. Childhood—along

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