Michael T. Fournier is the author of the forthcoming novel The Impasse (St. Rooster Books 2024). Previously, he wrote Double Nickels on the Dime (Continuum/Bloomsbury, 2007), Hidden Wheel (Three Rooms Press, 2011) and Swing State (Three Rooms Press, 2014). He graduated from University of Maine's MA program, where he won the Steven Grady Award for fiction. Fournier has toured the United States extensively -- twice through successful crowdfunded prerelease campaigns.
His writing has appeared in Razorcake --America's only non-profit punk magazine -- as well as Pitchfork, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, Vice, Electric Literature, Oxford American, Boston Globe and more.
Mike is the co-editor of Zisk, the baseball zine for people who hate baseball zines. He's the drummer and main songwriter for Dead Trend, and plays bass in Plaza, Cape Cod’s #1 band.
Mike hosts the Policymaker Radio Hour biweekly on WOMR and WFMR, showcasing new music from the punk and indie underground. He is co-founder of Outer Frequencies, a not-for-profit group devoted to bringing independent artists to Cape Cod.
A lifelong Red Sox fan, he lives on Cape Cod with his wife Rebecca and their two cats.
Photographer: Rebecca Griffin