In 1963, Michigan State University, the nation’s first land grant college, attracted a record number of National Merit Scholars by offering competitive scholarships. One of these exceptional students was Michael Kindman. After the beginning of the Free Speech Movement in Berkeley, Kindman, in line to be editor-in-chief of the official MSU student newspaper, felt compelled to seek a more radical forum of intellectual debate. In 1965, he dropped out of school and founded The Paper, one of the first five members of Underground Press Syndicate. This gripping autobiography follows Kindman’s inspiring journey of self-discovery, from MSU to Boston, where he joined the staff of Avatar, unaware that the large commune that controlled the paper was a charismatic cult. Five years later, he fled the commune’s outpost in Kansas and headed to San Francisco, where he came out as a gay man, changed his name to Mica, and continued his work as an activist and visionary.
ContentsForeword by Paul KrassnerForeword by Tommi Avicolli MeccaEditor’s IntroductionChapter 1: Going to College—But Not for LongChapter 2: Ambassador from Somewhere ElseChapter 3: And Now, Something Completely DifferentChapter 4: Moving to the FutureChapter 5: Settling InChapter 6: Two Different WorldsChapter 7: Time to Get a LifeChapter 8: A Purpose Finds MeChapter 9: A Simple ManChapter 10: Christ, You Know It Ain’t EasyChapter 11: SuperstarsChapter 12: Another Visit from the Karma SquadChapter 13: The Colonial Era Begins in EarnestChapter 14: Send Out a LifelineChapter 15: Hit the Road Again, JackChapter 16: What Next?Chapter 17: There’s a Place in the SunChapter 18: A New Movement, A New PaperChapter 19: Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You AreChapter 20: Looking Back, Looking ForwardAfterword: Michael “Mica” Kindman’s Last YearsIndex
