Anne Stanton: 200 essays showcase ‘Life in the Time of Virus’
Remember those dark days in early spring when the pandemic exploded into our lives?
Author Next Door: Marney Rich Keenan
Marney Keenan Tells the True Story of the Oakland County Child Killer by Erin Evans “Money and power can make a whole lot of things disappear,” said Marney Keenan (66). This was unfortunately the truth of the Oakland County Child Killings case, a 44-year-old murder investigation that has yet to be solved. Keenan’s book, The […]
Chasten Buttigieg: Traverse City Roots and What Lies Ahead
Chasten Buttigieg, husband of former Democratic presidential contender Pete Buttigieg and a Traverse City native, will join the National Writers Series for a free virtual event on September 10 to discuss his memoir, I Have Something to Tell You.
Nat Geo editor headlines NWS 10th anniversary fundraiser
It was 1896 and National Geographic had been publishing its iconic magazine for eight years without the image of a woman — any woman.
Nat Geo looks at the Great Lakes
Although Susan Goldberg, the first female editor-in-chief of National Geographic, lives in Washington, D.C., her roots are firmly planted in Michigan.
Author Next Door: Joan Schmeichel
Joan Schmeichel Writes Mysteries from Fairy Tale Characters to Football by Erin Evans Joan Schmeichel, 88, is always working on a story, and when she isn’t, she is thinking of her next one. When the idea of a character named Roman Boles — a 23-year-old football player — came to her, she was inspired to […]
King of Beaver Island
It is possible to make the argument that James Strang is the most interesting person who ever lived in northern Lower Michigan.
Author Next Door: Jenn Gregory
Jenn Gregory Writes to Inspire Graduates During the Pandemic by Erin Evans On the night of March 31, one month after Michigan schools shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic, Jenn Gregory could not sleep. Worry for those who were graduating this year—including her daughter—were keeping her up. Around midnight, Gregory got up and looked […]
Author Next Door: Robert Emmet
The Transplant that Changed Robert Emmet’s Life and His New Book that Could Change Yours By Erin Evans After enduring a double-lung transplant and the resulting PTSD, retired English teacher Robert Emmet, 70, took his therapist’s suggestion to write a book about his experience. His book, Close to My Heart: The Terrifying, Sometimes Humorous Journey to […]
Author Next Door: Emita Brady Hill
by Erin Evans The subjects in Emita Brady Hill’s two books of interviews are as different as can be: people living in the Bronx in the 1970s and 80s, and women in the food industry in northern Michigan. The common thread here? She finds all of their stories immensely interesting. Hill recently published Northern Harvest: Twenty […]
