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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Hi All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I just want to touch base with some additional information as a follow-up to the initial announcement of the 2021 Michigan Notable Books list last week. Below and attached
is the official press release that was sent to media outlets alerting them to this year’s list. You can also find a text copy of it on the
<a href="http://www.michigan.gov/LibraryOfMichigan">Library of Michigan</a>’s website under
<a href="https://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/0,9327,7-381-88857_20585-548715--,00.html">
About The Library</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I’d like to highlight a few items you can now find related to the 2021 list on our website’s Notable Books page:
<a href="http://www.Michigan.gov/NotableBooks">www.Michigan.gov/NotableBooks</a>. The list itself and the links to both the press release and announcement article in last week’s Detroit News can be found on the top. Additionally, under “Information for Libraries”
is a link to social media content libraries are encouraged to use for promoting the 2021 titles. Header/Cover images are available for both Twitter/Facebook as well as a general ad image that can be used across multiple platforms. We also have a list of social
media hashtags we encourage everyone to use when highlighting content related to the Michigan Notable Books program. For those that follow the Library of Michigan’s social media accounts (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram), you’ll see us posting content related
to each title on the 2021 list. We encourage everyone to “like” and share them on your own library’s platforms (Yea! Free content!).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I’m sure a number of people have questions regarding both the bookmarks/posters we traditionally send out and if there will be an author tour this summer. Regarding the bookmarks/posters,
we’ve listed on the Notable Books webpage that they are not ready for ordering. When that status changes, that will be reflected on the website and I’ll put out an announcement on MichLib-l. For now, please don’t fill out the online form requesting promotional
materials.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">As far as the author tour, the current situation with the COVID19 virus prevents us from committing to an author tour at this time. Instead, we will again be recording a virtual
Author Conversation series with many of our 2021 MNB authors that will be released on YouTube/Facebook. You can find the recordings of the 2020 MNB authors here:
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQNv-MrTjyhIngpYBxjWI7fg46Nu0vLQ1">
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQNv-MrTjyhIngpYBxjWI7fg46Nu0vLQ1</a>. You can expect the roll-out of the 2021 Author Conversations sometime in April and we also encourage everyone to share them on their library’s social media accounts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">That should be everything for now. Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Thanks and stay safe!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Adam<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Library of Michigan Announces 2021<br>
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January 5, 2021</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">LANSING – The 2021 Michigan Notable Books (MNB), announced today by the Library of Michigan (LM), provide a homegrown celebration of Michigan.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The MNB’s annal list features 20 books, published during the previous calendar year, which are about, or set, in Michigan or written by a Michigan author. Selections span
a diverse topics and genres, both fiction and nonfiction.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The latest list doesn’t disappoint, exploring the visionary work of Charlevoix’s Earl A. Young; the contemporary verse of the Anishinaabe; the life of music legend Aretha
Franklin; the natural mysteries of our state; and more.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">“The MNB selections clearly demonstrate the rich subject matter Michigan offers to writers, said State Librarian Randy Riley. “Everyone will find something of interest that
speaks to their lives or experiences in our great state.” </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Michigan’s State Superintendent Dr. Michael Rice said: “The diversity of these books reflects the diversity of our state. People, especially children, need to experience through
reading the lives and contributions of people like themselves in addition to others about whom they are not familiar. Books should be mirrors that reflect our own lives, as well as windows for us to see others.”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">MNB began as part of the 1991 Michigan Week celebration, designed to pay tribute and draw attention to the many people, places, and things that identify Michigan life as unique
and vibrant.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">This year’s MNB selection committee includes representatives from the Library of Michigan; the Library of Michigan Foundation; Detroit Public Library; Howard Miller Public
Library; Clinton-Macomb District Library; Capital Area District Libraries; Salem-South Lyon District Library; Cooley Law School; Lansing City Pulse newspaper; Michigan’s State Historic Preservation Office; Wayne State University; Michigan Department of Education;
Michigan Center for the Book; and<span style="color:red"> </span>Michigan Humanities.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">For more information about MNBs, contact the LM at 517-335-1477, visit
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The 2021 MNB selections are:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">2021 Michigan Notable Books</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><em><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Black Bottom Saints</span></b></em><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> by Alice Randall – Amistad
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">A columnist, nightclub emcee and fine arts philanthropist draws inspiration from the Catholic Saints Day books while reflecting on his encounters with legendary black artists
from the Great Depression through the post-World War II years.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><em><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Boulders: The Life and Creations of Earl A. Young in Charlevoix, Michigan</span></b></em><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> by
David L. Miles, photography by Mike Barton – Charlevoix Historical Society Press</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Earl A. Young is celebrated as one of Charlevoix’s most recognized figures of the 20<sup>th</sup> century. Using vintage photos and contemporary color shots, this biography
showcases the legacy of the renowned builder in stone as well as the growing appreciation for his visionary boulder homes and structures that have been visited by people from around the world.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><em><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">City of Champions: A History of Triumph and Defeat in Detroit</span></b></em><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> by Stefan Szymanski
and Silke-Maria Weineck – The New Press</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><em><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">City of Champions</span></em><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> explores the history of Detroit through the stories of its most-gifted athletes
and most-celebrated teams, linking iconic events in the history of Motown sports to the city's shifting fortunes. Driven by the conviction that sports not only mirror society but also have a special power to create both community and enduring narratives that
help define a city's sense of self, <em><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">City of Champions</span></em> is a unique history of the most American of cities.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><em><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X</span></b></em><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> by Les Payne and Tamara Payne –
Liveright </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">A revisionary portrait of the iconic civil rights leader draws on hundreds of hours of interviews with surviving family members, intelligence officers and political leaders
to offer new insights into Malcolm X’s Depression-era youth, religious conversion, and 1965 assassination.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><em><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Grief's Country: A Memoir in Pieces</span></b></em><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> by Gail Griffin – Wayne State University
Press</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Gail Griffin had only been married for four months when her husband’s body was found in the Manistee River, just a few yards from their cabin door.
<em><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Grief’s Country: A Memoir in Pieces</span></em> explores what grief does to the mind, heart, and body; and how it functions almost as an organism. The book’s intimacy is at times nearly disarming and its honesty
about struggling through grief, unfailing.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><em><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Half</span></b></em><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> by Sharon Harrigan – University of Wisconsin Press</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Growing up, identical twins Paula and Artis speak in one voiceŻuntil they can't. After years apart, with lives, partners, and children of their own, they are reunited on the
occasion of their father's funeral. Seeking to repair the damage wrought upon their relationship by outside forces, the twins retrace their early lives to uncover what happenedŻbut risk unraveling their carefully constructed cocoons.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><em><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">I Have Something to Tell You: A Memoir</span></b></em><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> by Chasten Buttigieg – Atria Books</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">A moving, hopeful, and refreshingly candid memoir by the husband of former Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg about growing up gay in his small Midwestern Michigan
town, his relationship with Pete, and his hope for America’s future.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><em><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero</span></b></em><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> by Kelly J. Baptist – Crown Books for Young Readers
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Referring to his late father’s journal for advice on how to be the man of the house, young Isaiah taps the support and ideas of two school friends who help him navigate rules
and manage without superpowers.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><em><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The King of Confidence: A Tale of Utopian Dreamers, Frontier Schemers, True Believers, False Prophets, and the Murder of an American Monarch</span></b></em><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
by Miles Harvey – Little, Brown and Company</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">In the summer of 1843, James Strang, a charismatic young lawyer and avowed atheist, vanished from a rural town in New York. Months later he reappeared on the Midwestern frontier
and converted to a burgeoning religious movement known as Mormonism. In the wake of the murder of the sect's leader, Joseph Smith, Strang unveiled a letter purportedly from the prophet naming him successor, and persuaded hundreds of fellow converts to follow
him to an island in Lake Michigan, where he declared himself a divine king. <em>
<span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The King of Confidence</span></em> tells this fascinating but largely forgotten story. Centering his narrative on this charlatan's turbulent 12 years in power, Miles Harvey gets to the root of a timeless American
original: the confidence man.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><em><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Lakewood</span></b></em><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> by Megan Giddings – Amistad</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Forced to drop out of school to help support her family, Lena takes a lucrative job as a secret laboratory subject before devastating side effects make her question how much
she can sacrifice.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><em><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The Mason House</span></b></em><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> by T. Marie Bertineau – Lanternfish Press</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">After her father's untimely death, Theresa faced a rocky and unstable childhood. But there was one place she felt safe: her grandmother's house in Mason, a depressed former
copper mining town in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Gram's passing leaves Theresa once again at the mercy of the lasting, sometimes destructive grief of her Ojibwe mother and white stepfather. As the family travels back and forth across the country in search
of a better life, one thing becomes clear: if they want to find peace, they will need to return to their roots.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><em><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">A People's Atlas of Detroit</span></b></em><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> edited by Linda Campbell, Andrew Newman, Sara Safransky,
and Tim Stallmann – Wayne State University Press</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Developed from a community-based participatory project, this book narrates the lived experiences of people engaged in political battles central to Detroit's future and that
of urban America. Featuring contributions by more than 50 figures from movement-building efforts in Detroit, it speaks to the challenges of fighting for land and housing justice, food sovereignty, economic democracy, accountable governance, and the right to
the city. It weaves together maps, poetry, interviews, photographs, essays, and stories to critique status quo urban governance while elucidating radical visions for change.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><em><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">R E S P E C T: The Poetry of Detroit Music</span></b></em><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> edited by Jim Daniels and M.L. Liebler
– Michigan State University Press</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">This collection of poems and lyrics covers numerous genres including jazz, blues, doo-wop, Motown, classic rock, punk, hip-hop, and techno. Detroit artists have forged the
paths in many of these genres, producing waves of creative energy that continue to reverberate across the country and around the world. While documenting and celebrating Detroit’s incredible musical history, this book captures the emotions that the music inspired
in its creators and in its listeners. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><em><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">RESPECT: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul</span></b></em><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated
by Frank Morrison – Atheneum Books for Young Readers</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Aretha Franklin was born to sing. Her musical talent was clear from her earliest days in her father’s Detroit church where her soaring voice spanned more than three octaves.
Her string of hit songs earned her the title “the Queen of Soul,” multiple Grammy Awards, and a place in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. But Aretha didn’t just raise her voice in song, she also spoke out against injustice and fought for civil rights.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><em><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The Ship We Built</span></b></em><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> by Lexie Bean – Dial Books</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">A fifth-grader whose best friends walked away, whose mother is detached, and whose father does unspeakable things, copes with the help of friend Sofie and anonymous letters
tied to balloons and released.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><em><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The Star in the Sycamore: Discovering Nature’s Hidden Virtues in the Wild Nearby</span></b></em><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
by Tom Springer, illustrated by Patrick Dengate – Mission Point Press</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">In the “wild nearby,” we can still discover places rich in natural mysteries. Through a collection of essays organized by seasons-within-the-seasons, Tom Springer finds them
in secret urban fishing holes, motherly old trees and even the curious link between stars, trees, and souls.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><em><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The Wicked Sister</span></b></em><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> by Karen Dionne – G.P. Putnam's Sons</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Living in self-imposed exile in a psychiatric facility where she is tortured by fractured memories of her parents' murder, Rachel uncovers maternal secrets and an unspeakable
act of evil that unveils the true nature of her bond with her sister.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><em><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Wolf Island: Discovering the Secrets of a Mythic Animal</span></b></em><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> by L. David Mech, with
Greg Breining – University of Minnesota Press</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Recounts three extraordinary summers and winters L. David Mech spent on the isolated outpost of Isle Royale National Park, tracking and observing wolves and moose on foot
and by airplane, and upending the common misperception of wolves as destructive killers of insatiable appetite.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><em><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Words like Thunder: New and Used Anishinaabe Prayers</span></b></em><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> by Lois Beardslee – Wayne
State University Press</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">A collection of poetry by award-winning Ojibwe author Lois Beardslee. Much of the book centers around native people of the Great Lakes but has a universal relevance to modern
indigenous people worldwide. Beardslee tackles contemporary topics like climate change and socioeconomic equality with a grace and readability that empowers readers and celebrates the strengths of today's indigenous peoples. She transforms the mundane into
the sacred. Beardslee lures in readers with the promise of traditional cultural material, even stereotypes, before quickly pivoting toward a direction of respect for the contemporaneity and adaptability of indigenous people's tenacious hold on traditions.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><em><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">You're in the Wrong Place</span></b></em><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> by Joseph Harris – Wayne State University Press</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The book, composed of 12 stories, begins in the fall of 2008 with the shuttering of Dynamic Fabricating—a fictional industrial shop located in the Detroit suburb of Ferndale.
Over the next seven years, the shop’s former employees—as well as their friends and families—struggle to find money, purpose, and levity in a landscape suddenly devoid of work, faith, and love.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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