We hear a fresh new voice in Michael Amram, one that talks quite candidly about the horrors, scandals, scams, and profiteering made possible by religion. In Would God Move a Ping-Pong Table? A Cumulative Analysis of Faith and Religion he describes what has become a clandestine society, immune to the laws and politics of the rest of the world quite simply because it is backed by God. Amram pits researched material agaist his own humorously told experiences in a writing style that presents the facts and the hard truths of his subject while trying not to lose the reader with its weightiness. One such experience--"A wandering Jew I was . . . sampling all there was to offer for the theologically vulnerable"--tells of the time at UMD when he became a Christian for 48 hours!
About the Author
Mr. Amram acquired a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Minnesota-Duluth in 1989. Since then he has been writing fiction, poetry and non-fiction on his own.
In 1999 his short story "The Den of Antiquities" was published in The Unicorn Reader, a small Canadian publication. Mr. Amram also wrote a side piece for an article featured in the Canadian magazine Abilities. He has also published a short story titled "I Went to Hawaii and Didn't Get Lei-d" on skylinermagazine.net in February 2005. Amram lives in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. He can be reached by e-mail at Pouvi37@aol.com.
