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Michael Cline

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Born

The United States

Website

https://wordsfrommichaelcline.carrd.co/

Genre

Memoir, Self Help, Travel

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Henry Miller

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October 2022

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Michael Cline writes raw, honest memoir drawn from a life lived close to the edge. His book New York City Junky Days is a stream-of-consciousness account of heroin addiction in the East Village of the 1980s and 90s, set against a downtown New York that no longer exists, full of dive bars, late nights, and chance run-ins with the likes of the Ramones, Iggy Pop, Michael Alig, and Allen Ginsberg. Its sequel, New York Recovery Days, follows the harder, quieter work of getting clean and staying that way.

More than two decades sober, Michael credits part of his recovery to an unlikely obsession: the remote Russian republic of Tuva, the subject of his book My Adventures in Tuva. Originally from the United States, he now lives in Barcelona, where he ...more

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Average rating: 4.83 · 23 ratings · 20 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	New York City Junky Days 4.81 avg rating — 16 ratings — 2 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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Michael Cline made a comment on Lara Ernest’s review of New York City Junky Days " I'm please to hear that you enjoyed it and found it genuine!!!!! ...more "
Jul 03, 2026 10:42AM · see review
Michael Cline liked Lara Ernest's review of New York City Junky Days: "I lived on the Lower East Side when this memoir takes place, and Michael Cline gets it right. The dive bars, the people, the internal logic of that world all felt authentic to me. That New York is gone now, and I’m grateful Michael Cline took the tim" Read more of this review »
Jul 03, 2026 10:42AM · see review
Michael Cline made a comment on Symon Cope’s review of New York City Junky Days " Thank you, Symon. "
Jul 01, 2026 06:44AM · see review
Michael Cline liked Symon Cope's review of New York City Junky Days: "New York City Junky Days is a remarkable and unsparing document of addiction as lived in the late 1980s through the 1990s. Michael Cline does not merely write about heroin; he preserves an entire vanished human culture — the dirty, dangerous, pre-san" Read more of this review »
Jun 28, 2026 02:21AM · see review
Michael Cline liked Olivia Bennett's review of New York Recovery Days: "New York Recovery Days by Michael Cline is a deeply personal and emotionally powerful memoir that offers an unfiltered look at addiction, recovery, and the struggle to find meaning after years of pain. Written with honesty and vulnerability, the book" Read more of this review »
Jun 11, 2026 05:05AM · see review
Michael Cline rated a book really liked it Lucky Lancaster by Peter Beale	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
My mother-in-law met the author in Spain and purchased this book from him for me as a gift. To be perfectly honest, the genre did not interest me at all. However, it's a very well-written story, and no matter how many times I rolled my eyes, it kept ...more
Apr 14, 2026 01:06AM · like · see review
Michael Cline rated a book it was amazing My Adventures in Tuva by Michael Cline (Goodreads Author)	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
AUTHOR'S NOTES: It was at the time that I kicked my last drug habit that I discovered the fascinating music of Tuva. To this day, decades later, I still believe that Tuvan throat singing saved my life. You don't have to be a fan of this vocal technique ...more
Apr 07, 2026 01:30AM · like · see review
Michael Cline rated a book it was amazing New York City Junky Days by Michael Cline (Goodreads Author)	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
AUTHOR'S THOUGHTS: Out of the three books that I've written, this one has sold the most copies. If you'd like to see old-school NYC of the 80s and 90s, this is your chance to do so without getting mugged! Set in the East Village, you can almost taste ...more
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Michael Cline rated a book it was amazing New York Recovery Days by Michael Cline (Goodreads Author)	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
AUTHOR'S NOTE: An honest view of the life of an addict with severe childhood trauma and the difficulties of staying clean and sober before finally working on the root cause of his addiction. It contains valuable insight into the difference between abs ...more
Apr 07, 2026 01:03AM · like · see review
Michael Cline made a comment on Me’s review of My Riot: Agnostic Front, Grit, Guts & Glory " Roger, a long long long time friend of mine, read one of my books that covered the crazy years of lower Manhattan. You might enjoy NEW YORK CITY JUNKY ...more "
Mar 29, 2026 02:33AM · see review