Michael Petracca is an American novelist, Lecturer Emeritus and former Acting Co-Director of the Writing Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Petracca is the son of screenwriter Joseph Petracca, and grew up in Southern California. After studying music, art, and the French language at the University of California, Los Angeles, he did graduate work at the University of California, Santa Barbara in the early 1970s,[1] completing a master's degree there in 1972.[2] As well as teaching writing, Petracca has also worked as a prison counselor,[1]
and has played guitar for musical groups J. T. and the Zydeco Zippers,[1] Bunnyhead,[3] Bossa Blue, Montecito Jazz Project and Cosmic Love Child.[4]
Petracca's two novels, Doctor Syntax and Captain Zzyzx, published by Capra Press, feature Harmon Nails III as a protagonist. In Doctor Syntax (set in the Los Angeles area), Nails is a graduate student struggling to finish his dissertation. In Captain Zzyzx (set in the fictional "Fiesta City", in Southern California), Nails has rejected academia and plays in a rhythm and blues band while searching for love.
In recent years Petracca's writing has focused on popular culture criticism[5] and creative nonfiction, the latter relating volunteers' contributions in the areas of habitat conservation[6][7][failed verification] and hospice care.
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^Gray-Blanc, Elena (December 8, 2007). "Weird UCSB Alumni". Santa Barbara Independent.
^"Bunnyhead", Santa Barbara Independent, retrieved 2018-08-29
^Mills, Ted (June 25, 2010), "Behind the Iron Curtain – An obscure but celebrated Santa Barbara synth band makes a cult comeback", Santa Barbara News-Press
^Petracca, Michael (Summer 1996). "Cornyphones and Cardboard Flamingos: A Green Consumer Reads His Breakfast". Journal of American Culture. 19 (2): 71–77. doi:10.1111/j.1542-734X.1996.1902_71.x.
^"Alligator Juniper Reviews". www.prescott.edu. Archived from the original on 10 February 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
^"Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve". nrs.ucop.edu. Archived from the original on 6 March 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
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