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Egg Rolls and Racism: Curtis Chin's memoir recalls growing up in his family's Chinese restaurant in the Cass Corridor

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Curtis Chin and his book Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant.

Author photo courtesy of Curtis Chin.

Some lessons arrive early in life and stick with you for years. 

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Fables of the Deconstruction: Allison Epstein’s second novel uses Eastern European mythology to create queer historical fiction

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A photo of Allison Epstein and the cover of her Let the Dead Bury the Dead book.

Author photo by Kate Scott Photography.

Allison Epstein says Let the Dead Bury the Dead is “my COVID novel, for sure."

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Purple-Colored Glasses: Sarah Costello and Kayla Kaszyca Provide Asexual and Aromantic Perspectives in “Sounds Fake But Okay”

by strattonl

The cover of Sounds Fake But Okay and authors Sarah Costello on the top right and Kayla Kaszyca on the bottom right.

Sarah Costello (top right) and Kayla Kaszyca explore asexuality and aromanticism in their new book, Sounds Fake But Okay.

University of Michigan alums Sarah Costello and Kayla Kaszyca host the podcast “Sounds Fake But Okay” and recently came out with their new nonfiction book, Sounds Fake But Okay: An Asexual and Aromantic Perspective on Love, Relationships, Sex, and Pretty Much Anything Else. The book delves into what it means to be asexual and aromatic. Along the way, they define many terms, both in the glossary at the start of the book and in subsequent chapters. They offer their own personal examples and quotations about identities from other people who responded to a survey. 

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David Lawrence Morse's Short Story Collection, "The Book of Disbelieving," Challenges Distinctions Between Fantasy and Reality

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The cover of "The Book of Disbelieving" along with a photo of David Lawrence Morse.

Sea creatures, time, mating, life, and death all take a twist under David Lawrence Morse’s pen in his new short story collection, The Book of Disbelieving

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Late in the World: Molly Lynch's new novel tracks the willing disappearance of a mother and wife

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Molly Lynch and her book The Forbidden Territory of a Terrifying Woman

Author photo by Hadji Bakara.

Imagine that you have an urge to disappear and be unreachable. 

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The debut novel by Ann Arbor author and therapist Jan Leland follows characters processing emotions in the early days of the pandemic

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Jan Leland and her novel, After the Before-Times

We all collectively endured the pandemic, but we each had an individual experience of it. 

The unique but relatable stories from 2020 to 2021 are what Jan Leland tells in her new novel, After the Before-Times

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Fifth Avenue Press launches nine new titles at A2 Community Bookfest

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Fifth Avenue Press logo and A2 Community Bookfest 2023 banner

The Ann Arbor District Library's Fifth Avenue Press, which started in 2017, helps local authors produce a print-ready book at no cost—from copyediting to cover design—and the writers retain all rights. In return, the library gets to distribute ebooks to its patrons without paying royalties, but authors can sell their books—print, digital, or audio—in whatever ways they choose and keep all the proceeds.

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The Dating Game: Julia Argy’s Debut Novel “The One” Chronicles the Fallacy of Finding True Love on a Reality TV Show

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The bright pink book cover of "The One" is on the left and a photo of Julia Argy wearing a white sleeveless blouse and red pants is on the right.

Julia Argy photo by Sejal Soham

“‘I’m actually in the market for a new opportunity,’ I answered, and thus my journey to find love began.”

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"Books Across America" documentary visits 50 places in 50 days, including Ann Arbor

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Mason Engel standing against a white background, leaning against a pile of fake books whose spines each list the name of a state.

Literati Bookstore has a relatively small physical footprint. But what the space lacks in size, it makes up for in reputation and has become one of the most beloved independent bookstores in the literature world.

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Flow State: Katie Hartsock’s Poems Fluidly Move from One Place to the Next in New "Wolf Trees" Poetry Collection

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A book cover featuring a large solitary tree is on the left and a woman with long brown hair surrounded by tree leaves is on the right.

Katie Hartsock’s poetry collection, Wolf Trees, surveys what persists amidst trials that must be weathered. One poem defines the titular term as, “A tree that is the forest that is / the island.” A wolf tree is also, “A tree to lean / against and think, I’m there.”