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Mike Algera

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in Scarborough, Canada

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Poetry, Fiction, Graphic Novels

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April 2013

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Mike Algera’s first full length poetry book, Old Gods for New is now available in print and as an e-book at www.BareBackPress.com and http://www.amazon.com/Old-Gods-for-New

He has also authored two chapbooks, Outskirts and Like Indigenous Tiger.

He has been published by Arc Poetry Magazine, BareBack Lit, Hamilton Arts & Letters, Nostrovia Poetry and Cyclamens & Swords Publishing

His favourite themes include dysfunctional families, Oriental mysticism, vigilante justice, love and love in all of the wrong places.

He lives in Hamilton Ontario, with his high maintenance dog, Grendel.

His home away from home is in digital la-la land, at www.mikealgera.com

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	Startling Sci-Fi: New Tales of the Beyond by Casey Ellis (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Scott Lambridis (Contributor), J.P. Lorence (Contributor) 4.88 avg rating — 8 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
	Old Gods for New 4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2013	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
	Unwrapped: The Bareback Anthology by Peter Jelen (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Nick Ransom (Contributor), Mike Thorn (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Like Indigenous Tiger really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012	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
	Salon Style: Fiction, Poetry and Art by Brian Centrone (Goodreads Author), M.P. Diederich, Michele Seminara (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014 — 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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Quotes by Mike Algera (?)

“When people ask me what I do for a living, I tell them I write poems. And then they say: 'No, what do you do for a living?”
― Mike Algera, Old Gods for New

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Mike’s Quotes

“No one washes their hands after they piss unless they’re in a public place. If I’m at the airport, or a restaurant, and someone else is there, I’ll soap up for the sake of civilization, but it’s only for show, I don’t really care if I have ultraviolet traces of urine or feces on my hands. But, if I see someone walk oudda the men’s without soaping up I’ll think he’s deranged, borderline psychotic. At least pretend that washing your hands matters. You know, for the sake of civilization.”
― Shannon Lyndsy, Celebrating Death

tags: humor, hygiene, satire

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“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: attributed-no-source, be-yourself, gilbert-perreira, honesty, inspirational, misattributed-oscar-wilde, quote-investigator

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“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories

tags: intelligence, self-deprecation

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“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: attributed-no-source, enemies, forgiveness, strategy

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“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest