Michael: Card Player, Blogger, and Cultural Participant

This chapter provides a detailed description of Michael, a person the speaker met in Ann Arbor. Michael was a skilled card player and had a good head for statistics, which he used to support himself through card counting and poker. He was actively involved in the cultural and intellectual life of the University of Michigan, participating in plays, music, literature, and creatively disruptive protests. The speaker describes Michael as sweet, brilliant, and neurotic, with a particular fascination for America, love, beauty, and truth.