A collection of short stories (Publish date: March 2014)   
Finalist in the Fiction: Visionary category of the 2014 International Book Awards

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REVIEWS
"Michael Keith, a master of the near normal and bizarre, holds you in the grip of each story -- scarily when not tenderly -- leaving you to think of his characters long after your visit has ended. And always looking forward to more." –– Kathleen Kelley Reardon, author of Shadow Campus and correspondent for The Huffington Post.

"A gripping assortment of tales featuring, among other things, a dangerous, paranoid professor, an ominous military medal, and a magical Morrocan tree. The Collector of Tears is another first-rate story collection from Michael C. Keith, a talented writer at the very height of his powers." –– Nicholas Litchfield, Lowestoft Chronicle

"We are surprised, shocked, elated, and yes, sometimes even sad, when we enter the different worlds and into the lives of the characters in Keith's fiction. One thing is for certain, we are never disappointed."  –– Jeffrey Miller, Ice Cream Headache

MICHAEL C. KEITH'S BIO
Michael is the author of over 20 books on electronic media, as well as a memoir and three books of fiction. In 2009, he coedited a found manuscript by legendary writer/director Norman Corwin. What he refers to as his “fringe” group series consists of a monograph that examines the use of broadcast media by Native Americans—Signals in the Air (Praeger, 1995), a book that explores the nature and role of counterculture radio in the sixties—Voices in the Purple Haze (Praeger, 1997), a book that probes the extreme right-wing’s exploitation of the airwaves—Waves of Rancor (M.E. Sharpe, 1999, with Robert Hilliard), a book that examines the role of gays and lesbians in broadcasting—Queer Airwaves (M.E. Sharpe, 2001, with Phylis Johnson), a book about broadcasting and the First Amendment—Dirty Discourse (Blackwell, 2003, with Robert Hilliard), and a volume that evaluates the loss of localism in American radio—The Quieted Voice (Southern Illinois University Press, 2005, with Robert Hilliard).

Keith is also the author of the most widely adopted text on American radio—The Radio Station, 8th edition (Focal Press, 2010), an oral history—Talking Radio (M.E. Sharpe, 2000), a study of nocturnal broadcasting –Sounds in the Dark (Iowa State University Press, 2001), and The Broadcast Century, 4th edition (Focal Press, 2005, with Robert Hilliard. His most recent books include Radio Cultures (Peter Lang, 2010) and Sounds of Change (University North Carolina Press, 2010, with Christopher Sterling). He is also the author of the critically acclaimed memoir, The Next Better Place (Algonquin Books, 2003), as well as numerous journal articles. He is also the author of five story collections: And Through the Trembling Air, Hoag's Object, Of Night and Light, Sad Boy, and Everything is Epic. He has been invited to lecture internationally.

Prior to joining Boston College, Keith served as Chair of Education at the Museum of Broadcast Communications. He is co-founder of the Broadcast Education Association’s Radio Division, was director of the communication program at Dean College, and served as an invited professor at George Washington University and Marquette University. He is the recipient of numerous awards, among them the International Radio Television Society’s Stanton Fellow Award, the Broadcast Education Association's Distinguished Scholar Award, and the University of Rhode Island’s Achievement Award in the Humanities.

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