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Love Country: Erin Hahn's latest romance novel is humorous, songful, and lyrical
by christopherporter
Nothing burns like unrequited love or miscommunication.
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For Love and Money: U-M professor Scott Rick explores how couples navigate finances in "Tightwads and Spendthrifts"
by christopherporter
In my family, I’m the person who insists on setting apart the cans that can be returned for deposit, while my husband says, “What do you get, three dollars? Not worth it.”
Perhaps not. But different philosophies about money, at the macro and micro level, are all-too-common in marriage. I mean, there’s a reason that finances always make the list of “things couples fight most about,” right?
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Peak of Success: Nick Baumgardner and Mark Snyder Revisit U-M Wolverines’ 1997 National Championship Season in New “Mountaintop” Book
by strattonl
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Helena Mesa discovers “Where Land Is Indistinguishable From Sea” in her new poetry collection
by christopherporter
Helena Mesa measures the space between places and people through the poems in her new collection, Where Land Is Indistinguishable From Sea. The poems teem with longing, whether from loss or distance or both.
This longing is sometimes for a person and other times for a place. In the poem “First Year Gone,” the poet speaks to an unreachable person as she undoes her knitting:
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AADL 2023 STAFF PICKS: HOMEPAGE
by christopherporter
People who work at the Ann Arbor District Library love to give recommendations.
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AARON BURCH EMBRACES AMBIGUITY AND NOSTALGIA IN HIS NEW ESSAY COLLECTION, “A KIND OF IN-BETWEEN”
by strattonl
Aaron Burch recounts major life changes and memories in the essays of A Kind of In-Between. Throughout the pages, Burch questions what is important in life. What do you remember? What does it mean? Why are you happy or not?
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This Is Your Song: Jeff Tweedy's New Book Makes Us Think About How We Connect With Our Favorite Music
by strattonl
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The Lord of the Screens: U-M professor Daniel Herbert chronicles the history of New Line Cinema in "Maverick Movies"
by christopherporter
Late August at Hotel Ozone. Stunts. Get Out Your Handkerchiefs. A Nightmare on Elm Street. Critters. House Party. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. Dumb and Dumber. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. Hedwig and the Angry Inch. The Lord of the Rings. The Notebook.
These films all have one thing in common: New Line Cinema.
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Public and Personal Policies: Airea D. Matthews’ autobiographical poetry collection questions economic theory amid the realities of poverty and violence
by christopherporter
Necessity and amusement. Sustenance and transaction. Security and turmoil.