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Columnist Domenica Trevor reveals her sordid past as a romance novelist, her tenuous connection to literary giant J.D. Salinger, and her views on the many and various forms of trash, literary and otherwise. [Full Story]
Columnist Domenica Trevor reviews Ann Arbor author Margaret Fuchs Singer’s “Legacy of a False Promise,” a memoir that reflects on the impact of her parents’ ties to the Communist Party in the 1930s and ’40s. [Full Story]
Columnist Domenica Trevor reflects on one of her favorite childhood books, “The Happy Prince” by Oscar Wilde, and the message that book has for the recent public art debate in Ann Arbor. [Full Story]
Just in time for Thanksgiving, Ann Arbor Chronicle book reviewer Domenica Trevor makes a meal of a new graphic novel by Ann Arbor artist Jay Fosgitt: “Dead Duck.” Fosgitt will be signing copies at Ann Arbor’s Vault of Midnight on Main Street from 5-8 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 2. [Full Story]
A review of Travis Holland’s “The Archivist’s Story,” and a look ahead to the Dexter author’s next novel. [Full Story]
A review of “In A Perfect World” by Chelsea novelist and poet Laura Kasischke. [Full Story]
Civil engineering graffiti all along the east sidewalk of Division, between William and Liberty, indicates that the sidewalk is coming up soon. Signs at the north and south ends say the sidewalk is closed, but dozens of pedestrians use it anyway.
The Detroit Free Press looks at a dispute between state legislators and the boards that manage Detroit’s two public pension funds. Lawmakers have introduced bills to bring the pension funds under the control of a Lansing-based nonprofit trust, the Municipal Employees’ Retirement System. The article quotes Bob Stevenson, an Ann Arbor-based pension attorney, who says the Bing administration should restructure the existing boards: “Undoubtedly, the Detroit pension systems have been poorly run, but I don’t think the answer in my view would be to transition to MERS. I would find some means to keep these pension plans autonomous.” [Source]
The Eat Close to Home blog puts out a call for volunteers for Avalon Housing’s Edible Avalon project: “Edible Avalon is a great group that’s not only helping to build gardens in the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti area, they are teaching people how to garden and supporting them through their first gardening efforts. They are looking for volunteers to help mentor new gardeners at their garden sites 1-3 hours per week.” [Source]
In a recent report on an AAPS board meeting, we paraphrased remarks of participants, and we employed the informal nomenclature of the speakers for “Ann Arbor Open School @ Mack.” Those variants were departures from the accepted standard shortening to “Ann Arbor Open.” We acknowledge the name of the school here, and have cleaned up references to it in the original piece.
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