Nightmareica is the sometimes anguished, frequently sarcastic, often ironic, response to America's political and social absurdities by Michael Baldwin, a former professor of American Government, civil rights activist, and concerned citizen. His critical and satirical poetry powerfully illuminates how American government has been usurped by Big Business and the ultra-wealthy to serve their own interests rather than the common good. Meanwhile the average citizen is distracted from considering real political and economic issues by addictive but frivolous technologies, by fabricated social problems that divide us into opposing factions, and by cynical wars that are required to keep us uber-patriotic and our weapons industries humming. Like the frog contentedly allowing itself to be boiled alive, Americans continue to work, drug, drive, and gun themselves to death, while telling themselves and being told by their billionaire masters that they are the freest and most privileged people in history. This is a wake-up call presented not in a dry factual essay or statistical charts, but in poetry that finds your mind like a sharp knife.

Michael Baldwin is a native of Fort Worth, Texas. He holds a BA in Political Science and Master's degrees in Library Science and Public Administration. Mike is now retired from a career as a library administrator and professor of American Government. He may be a descendent of the Lakota mystic warrior, Crazy Horse, and will be glad to elaborate over a couple of beers. In addition to writing in multiple genres, Mike provides seminars on creativity through neuroscience.

Baldwin has published two adventure novels: Murder Music and Neanderthal Gita. His lifelong interest in science caused him to publish four volumes of science-based science-fiction, the Passing Strange series. Also because of his interest in science, Mike published a children's science adventure book, Space Cat. Baldwin is also known for his award-winning poetry. He has published five books of poetry, three of which have won awards.