Category Archives: Books, Music & Video

Michigan Books: Stealing Buddha's Dinner: A Memoir by Bich Minh Nguyen

January 28, 2008 – 8:19 am

Stealing Buddha's Dinner: A Memoir by Bich Minh Nguyen (Viking) is - according to author Bich Minh Nguye's web site - a story of:
As a Vietnamese girl coming of age in the 1980s in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Bich Nguyen is filled with a rapacious hunger for American identity. In the pre-PC era Midwest, where the [...]

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Michigan Books: Sailing Grace by John Otterbacher

January 24, 2008 – 9:34 am

Sailing Grace by John Otterbacher (Samadhi Press) is the story of former Michigan legislator John Otterbacher of Grand Rapids surmounting the challenges of 8 heart surgeries in 8 months. From the Sailing Grace web site (where you can also see a lot of cool photos from the trip):
This true story, narrated with present-tense immediacy, begins [...]

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Michigan Books: Returning to Earth by Jim Harrison

January 23, 2008 – 9:17 am

Returning to Earth by Jim Harrison (Grove Press) is Harrison's ninth novel. It's the tale of Donald Burkett, a 45-year-old, terminally ill Chippewa-Finnish man who is determined to chronicle his family's history before he dies. An excellent review of Returning to Earth in the New York Times says that:
..."Returning to Earth" represents an interesting new [...]

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Michigan Books: The Red Parts: A Memoir by Maggie Nelson

January 22, 2008 – 10:29 am

The Red Parts: A Memoir by Maggie Nelson (Free Press) is the story of the killing of Jane Mixer - Ms. Nelson's aunt - and its impact on her family. The crime was originally considered one of the famous "Michigan Murders" that occurred in Ann Arbor in the 1960s, but in 2005 (as the [...]

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Michigan Books: A Primer on Parallel Lives by Dan Gerber

January 21, 2008 – 7:55 am

A Primer on Parallel Lives by Dan Gerber (Copper Canyon Press) is Gerber's seventh book of poetry and explores his fears and doubts as a youth growing up in western Michigan. Gerber won the 1992 Michigan Author Award and is a past recipient of the Mark Twain Award. In her Books in Northport blog, bookseller [...]

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Southeast Michigan Bookstores

January 18, 2008 – 9:18 am

Even with a whole lot of Southeast Michigan booksellers on the list, we know we're missing many more - add them in the comments!

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Michigan Books: Paper Tiger: One Athlete's Journey to the Underbelly of Pro Football by Ted A. Kluck

January 17, 2008 – 10:59 am

Paper Tiger: One Athlete's Journey to the Underbelly of Pro Football by Ted A. Kluck (Lyons Press) employs humor and the behind-the-scenes style of journalism pioneered in George Plimpton's classic Paper Lion. In the book, Kluck details his season as a long snapper with the Battle Creek Crunch of the Great Lakes Indoor Football [...]

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The Saline Fiddlers

January 16, 2008 – 9:36 am

The Saline Fiddlers are one of the most extraordinary extracurricular music programs in the United States. The group began 14 years ago with the goal of providing a different style of music education to students and has grown into a model program that:
...is a brilliant example of what young adults can and will [...]

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Michigan Books: One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of World War II by Lita Judge

January 16, 2008 – 8:38 am

One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of World War II by Lita Judge (Hyperion Books for Children) is the story of Judge's mother and grandmother, set during World War II in Pinckney. The book is illustrated with a combination of paintings, collages of original photographs, and foot tracings. Foot tracings? From the publisher's page on [...]

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Northeast Michigan Bookstores

January 16, 2008 – 8:29 am

Northeast Michigan is the next stop on or bookstore tour. There must be some we've missed - if you know of any booksellers - with our without web sites - that we missed, add a comment!
Saturn Booksellers, Gaylord
Gaylord's hometown bookstore right in the heart of the Alpine Village, is a general, independent shop for readers [...]

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