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Michael Roberts

HPPR Radio Readers Book Club Contributor

Michael Roberts earned an associate degree from South Plains College, a bachelor’s degree in Education from Texas Tech University, and a master’s degree in Communication from West Texas A&M University. His career included stints in the oil and gas business and with Cargill Incorporated in management. In his years with the Amarillo ISD, he taught Advanced Placement English, Theory of Knowledge, and served as the International Baccalaureate Coordinator.

Michael Roberts shares a home in Canyon, Texas, with his wife Marilyn Roberts, a retired elementary mathematics teacher, along with Diego Roberts, an erudite Yorkie terrier.

  • 1930 Movie Poster
    HPPR Features
    Banned Book, Interrupted Movie
    Michael Roberts
    All Quiet on the Western Front was quite controversial after publication in January of 1928. If book sales, however, had been a sign of success All Quiet… would have been enshrined on the New York Times best seller list. In Germany, sales exceeded one million copies in the first year.
  • The Film Daily (July – December 1929)
    HPPR Features
    Navigating Chaos & Confusion in War
    Michael Roberts
    I have spent the better part of my life swimming in a world of tropes and schemes. In doing so, I have read and dissected a number of books, some fine examples of narrative prose and others simply wasted time. Eric Remarque’s excellent tome, All Quiet on the Western Front (AQWF), is one of my favorite anti-war books.