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How Thomas McGuane Went From Academic Ignominy to Literary Icon
Things weren't looking good for future novelist Thomas McGuane at the University of Michigan, where he鈥檇 begun his undergraduate studies in the late 1950s....
Kiley Reid Releases New Novel ‘Come & Get It’
Following the seismic success of her 2019 debut novel, Such a Fun Age, bestselling author Kiley Reid 鈥 who moved to Ann Arbor in...
Curtis Chin Discusses His Book “Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant,...
"We as people are a reflection of the places we grow up in, right?鈥 says writer Curtis Chin. 鈥淭hey inform us; they change who...
Independent Book Stores Worth a Visit in Metro Detroit鈥
Despite the emergence of e-books, good old-fashioned physical copies are still a go-to for book worms. And while big box stores and Amazon dominate the market, there are a surprising number of great independent bookstores scattered around metro Detroit.
This Book by a U-M Professor Helps Couples Manage Money
Money may make the world go round, but man, do we hate talking about it 鈥 especially when our approach to spending and saving...
New Book Highlights Sustainability in Northern Michigan’s Food Industry
It doesn't get more local than Moomers Homemade Ice Cream on the west side of Traverse City. In a busy year, the creamery churns...
Book Review: Dearborn by Ghassan Zeineddine
"I tell jokes nonstop. So many of them do not land,鈥 says Ghassan Zeineddine, whose debut short-story collection, Dearborn 鈥 which is both moving...
Give the Gift of Reading With These Books by Local Authors
For the serious readerDetroit鈥檚 most famous journalist-author, Mitch Albom, has a new novel about Holocaust survivors. The Little Liar tells the story of 11-year-old...
Six Michigan Art Deco High-Rises Featured in New Book
What happens when a writer and artist, both passionate about architecture, come together? You get a stunning book that creatively depicts some of the...
Stephen Mack Jones Discusses His Latest Novel ‘Deus X’
Stephen Mack Jones 鈥 the award-winning Farmington Hills-based crime writer whose fourth August Snow novel, Deus X, debuts Nov. 7 鈥 is living proof...
Detroit Chef to Release First Cookbook
Chef and cookbook author Jon Kung has a confession to make.鈥淚 don鈥檛 read a lot of headnotes in recipes,鈥 says Kung, whose debut cookbook,...
Writer Loren Estleman Talks His Tech-Free Career
To make contact with Loren Estleman, I had to do something I hadn鈥檛 done in years: write a letter, put a stamp on it,...
Meet the Author of the Michigan Chillers Series
For many Michiganders who attended elementary school in the early aughts, Johnathan Rand鈥檚 Michigan and American Chillers book series were a ubiquitous part of...
The Stories of the Girl Groups of the ’60s
For a time, harmonizing Black female teens 鈥 鈥済irl groups鈥 who wore matching dresses and sang doo-wop 鈥 dominated the pop music charts.There were...
This Ann Arbor Graphic Novelist Highlights Scientists in His Work
The zigzaggy career of Ann Arbor-based author Jim Ottaviani 鈥 who鈥檚 now published more than a dozen science-centric graphic novels 鈥 began, in part,...