What’s the future for vampire inspired novels
Vampires versus werewolves versus zombies versus minotaur versus -wait a minute- is this an Abbott and Costello Meet the….movie? So what’s the future of vampire literature? Is it in decline or ready...
View ArticleBookstores celebrate the 50th anniversary of To Kill a Mockingbird
I’ll be there. As bookstores across the country, especially indie bookstores, celebrate the 5oth Anniversary of the book “To Kill a Mockingbird”, Schulers Books in the Eastwood Towne Center in Lansing...
View ArticleMichigan author Lev Raphael sends his archives to MSU
When I was talking with National Book Award Winner Jaimy Gordon today she said that Lev Raphael was the antithesis of her. (Raphael is shown on the left during his recent German tour for his book “My...
View Article100 years later Mark Twain gives Dexter workers a Christmas present
More than 100 years after his death Mark Twain has given some Dexter Michigan workers the best Christmas present of all-a job. At the Thompson Shore printing plant in Dexter workers are going non-stop...
View ArticleAuthor and counter-culture historian at Everybody Reads in Lansing Michigan
I was happy to loan the Lansing City Pulse a few copies of the “Joint Issue” from my counter-culture collection for this article on author Ken Wachsberger’s new book, “Voices from the Underground” on...
View ArticleAntiquarian Book and Paper Show set for this weekend
The Michigan Antiquarian Book & Paper Show will host more than 70 dealers this Sunday April 3 featuring an amazing array of books in every genre imaginable including children’s books, Michigan...
View ArticleSay a little prayer for me-Christian rock and a book that makes it roll
Jesus Christ rocks in a new book by Michigan State University Professor of History and Religion David Stowe. In his new book “No Sympathy For the Devil: Christian Pop Music and the Transformation of...
View ArticleMichael Moore making some stops in his home state to promote memoir
Michael Moore, documentary filmmaker, author and general trouble maker will be in East Lansing Tuesday November 29 for an event promoting his recently published memoir “Here Comes Trouble”. Moore will...
View ArticleLooking for books in all the right places
Manager Cindy Pattison and son Joseph There’s an old saying that when you stop believing in Santa Claus you get books. Why didn’t someone tell me sooner? The good news: The Lansing area never had a...
View Article56th Book Show coming to the Lansing Center
The 56th Michigan Antiquarian Book and Paper Show is set for Sunday October 7, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Lansing Center. A program guide with a list of exhibitors is in this week’s Lansing City Pulse....
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