| "Old Writings" represents a good deal of my personal writings over the years. If you read any of this you might have noticed that I've roamed far and wide intellectually. Glitter City is a dark humorous novel written in three parts based in Detroit's wastewater treatment plant. "Mind" is the work of Moses Davis that is scattered throughout "Glitter City". It is a thorough treatise on the nature of Human Consciousness. "Poems of Poet" are the full body of poems of "Robert Johnson" Detroit Cass Corridor poet from the seventies. "Heels" Here you'll find the photos taken by Wendella Jackson The New Writing section has my thoughts on my new topic of interest: Global Cooling or Abrupt Climate Change. This isn't meant to be a treatise so it involves more questions than answers. I hope someone out there has them. New Writing - The WWZ Zombie scenario set in Lansing, Mi. Social Commentary on Detroit and Lansing. The beginnings of my experiences in NYC. |
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| My name is Michael Barker and I'm unstuck in the world. Which is the best way I know to describe myself. I was born in Blackbottom in Detroit in 1952. This, if you know anything about race in America, was not the best start in life you can imagine. I compounded all this by being nearly unteachable. This is to say, I was a failure in ghetto schools and mostly a failure at ghetto life, in general. I managed to be an outsider in a segregated subculture. Where, I ask you, can a person go from there? Well, up! Some how all the wrong turns of my life seemed to add up to what I needed and I think I'll probably finish up with a smile. |
| Who the heck is this Michael Barker? |