In Lansing, auto pioneer Billy Durant gets little recognition. His contemporary the late Ransom E. Olds, founder of REO Motors and Oldsmobile, dominates local automotive history discussions, has the …
After covering multiple wars as an award-winning television correspondent for ABC and CBS, author Don Dahler engaged in a series of life-threatening adventures that taught him all too much about …
When Kenneth G. McIntyre entered Michigan State University in 1956, he had his heart set on being a sports writer. After working two summers for a local newspaper, though, he took a constitutional …
I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve heard writers say “I could do that” when it comes to writing poetry. No, you can’t. Writing poetry is hard. It takes a special …
Mark Kurlansky, who has written nearly three dozen books, some about mundane topics with titles such as “Salt” “Paper” and “Cod,” and is working on a book about …
In a recent survey by National Public Radio, literary experts and listeners were asked to the name books that best represent each of the 50 states. Local poet Laura Apol suggested two of her favorite …
For many families, this time of year marks the beginning of summer vacation — of carefree days and late nights having fun. This weekend, one of those local festivities will happen …
Most biographies of Malcolm X provide little insight into the life of his mother, Louise Little. Her life is often dismissed with the phrase “she was in a mental institution,” …
Summertime and the reading is easy. Summer is the time to put the 1,000-page classics and political biographies on the shelf at least until the leaves fall and turn your reading to the much more …
