Michael Backus
Michael Backus is the author of the novel "The Vanishing Point" and the memoir "The Heart is Meat: An 80s memoir." He lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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Writer (a novel, The Vanishing Point; a memoir, The Heart is Meat: An 80s Memoir, May 2025 on Headpress/Oil on Water press out of England), teacher of writing (Gotham Writer's Workshop 2003-present), film nut, book lover, NBA fan. Click to read Michael Backus on Substack. Launched a month ago.
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Michael Backus, author of The Heart is Meat | An 80's Memoir, The Vanishing Point | A Novel, and Coney on the Moon | A Chapbook. A published writer of many stories, articles and film. Creative Writing teacher at Gotham Writers Workshop and Zoetrope Magazine.
The Heart is Meat | Kirkus Reviews
The Heart is Meat | Kirkus Reviews
Outsideleft review, The Heart is Meat
Outsideleft review, The Heart is Meat
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Listen to an excerpt
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Heart is Meat Toxic Masculinity playlist
Heart is Meat Toxic Masculinity playlist
Gansevoort Market 80s playlist #1
Gansevoort Market 80s playlist #1
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Gansevoort Market 80s playlist #2
