Pittsburg, KS Author Publishes New Book

Destructive Styles, a new book by Michael A. Wilson, has been released by RoseDog Books.

Destructive Styles is based on actual situations that have taken place around the author over the years while he was growing up in a tough neighborhood. They are written in poetic form. The author, Michael, writes of these unforgettable memories of his childhood, desperately wanting and hoping that life in tough neighborhoods will change for the better and not for the worse. He also speaks of some struggles of living with schizophrenia in his poems.

About the Author

Michael A. Wilson has been suffering from schizophrenia since the age of sixteen. Michael previously led a life of crime and drug addiction. He eventually went to prison from 1994-1997. Upon his release, he relocated to Pittsburg, Kansas, where he is raising a family and striving to be a positive role model for others who struggle with a mental illness and for troubled teens around his community.

This is Michael's second poetry book.

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Destructive Styles is a 36-page paperback with a retail price of $10.00. The ISBN is 978-1-4349-8988-8. It was published by RoseDog Books of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For more information or to request a review copy, please visit our virtual pressroom at www.rosedog.com/pressroom or our online bookstore at www.rosedogbookstore.com.