Michael Aro

Simple Michael Aro

Simple is the first book in The Third of Three Trilogies. Divided into three sections, its poetry describes day to day life in 21st century America, a time and place which promises to be one of the most interesting periods in human existence. Portions of the book have appeared in Dan Waber's November 2010 Project and in Unlikely 2.0. Michael Aro is the pen name of Michael Harold, an award-winning author, visual artist and inventor whose books include the two trilogies The Names of Things and The Apocalypse Trilogy. The Names of Things explores the relationships between language, art and technology and contains the books Red Moon, somewords and Art & Technology. The Apocalypse Trilogy contains the dystopian novels M, The Rapture and A Brief History of Civilization. His writing is based on his personal experience of the contradictions and general insanity surrounding race, sex, religion, money and politics that are part of daily life in the 21st century.