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true even researching in and around a system meant to extinguish familial bonds, like the institution of American slavery. This session includes tips, tricks, and examples of how researching neighbors, witnesses, coworkers, and friends can further your research.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The
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<span style="color:#006EB6">2025 Michigan Notable Books list</span></a> is out! Every year, the Library of Michigan selects up to twenty of the most notable books, either written by a Michigan resident or about Michigan or the Great Lakes. Each selected title
speaks to our state's rich cultural, historical, and literary heritage and proves without a doubt that some of the greatest stories are found in the Michigan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Special thank you to the Detroit Free Press for their collaboration in announcing the
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<span style="color:#006EB6">2025 Michigan Notable Books list</span></a> as well as to the members of the selection committee. Learn more about the 2025 selections and other information about the Michigan Notable Books program at
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr.: Citizen Printer</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> by Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. – Letterform Archive Books<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:5.25pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Black Utopians: Searching for Paradise and the Promised Land in America</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> by Aaron Robertson – Farrar, Straus
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A Cast Away in Montana</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> by Tim Schulz – Lyons Press Robertson – Farrar, Straus and Giroux<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:5.25pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Funny Story: A Novel</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> by Emily Henry – Berkley<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:5.25pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Good Dress</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> by Brittany Rogers – Tin House Books<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:5.25pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Listening to Workers: Oral Histories of Metro Detroit Autoworkers in the 1950s</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> by Daniel J. Clark – University
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Luminous Life of Lucy Landry</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> by Anna Rose Johnson – Holiday House<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:5.25pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> by Gretchen Whitmer – Simon
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Waters: A Novel by Bonnie Jo Campbell – W.W. Norton & Company
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">What Can the Matter Be?
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">When Detroit Played the Numbers: Gambling's History and Cultural Impact on the Motor City</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> by Felicia B. George
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Michigan Notable Books</span></a> at the annual Night for Notables Reception on Saturday, April 26, 2025 at the Library of Michigan with past Michigan Notable Books honoree
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<span style="color:#006EB6">Curtis Chin</span></a> as the keynote speaker. See more details on the
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<span style="color:#006EB6">applications</span></a> for Michigan libraries to host authors as part of the 2025 Michigan Notable Books author tour. The annual tour takes place at 50 locations across Michigan during April, May, and June. Applicants will find
the online form with additional details at <a href="https://links-2.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.michigan.gov%2Fnotablebooks/2/01010194be3603ae-8bd15cf5-8180-41e2-b209-bfc63efcd5c9-000000/GVIavcdKvLV_vx5e7zwXvUqI22SBADOyvBknCzzsqiA=390" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#006EB6">Michigan.gov/NotableBooks</span></a>. Direct questions about the tour and application to <a href="mailto:Michigan-Notable-Books@michigan.gov"><span style="color:#006EB6">Michigan-Notable-Books@michigan.gov</span></a> or call (517)
335-1457.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Funding for the 2025 Michigan Notable Books program is made possible in part by the Library of Michigan,
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<span style="color:#006EB6">Library of Michigan Foundation</span></a>, and <a href="https://links-2.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.michiganhumanities.org%2F/1/01010194be3603ae-8bd15cf5-8180-41e2-b209-bfc63efcd5c9-000000/p0w2HrD_0H7QFrc0fCCxUU9ws7QMBqNYi3qKHFgU3Pk=390" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#006EB6">Michigan Humanities</span></a>, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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and the Holocaust</span></em>, a traveling exhibition from the <a href="https://links-2.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.ushmm.org%2F/1/01010194be3603ae-8bd15cf5-8180-41e2-b209-bfc63efcd5c9-000000/UXm3HOble10O7ogmTDGSuc30kZ_vWvdYel5PYn8CHTQ=390"><span style="color:#006EB6">United
States Holocaust Memorial Museum</span></a> and the <a href="https://links-2.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.ala.org%2F/1/01010194be3603ae-8bd15cf5-8180-41e2-b209-bfc63efcd5c9-000000/rIvNlqZKTjC1yeD4ZJEzMQFy1IsIBl9BTQKLBBYp40M=390"><span style="color:#006EB6">American
Library Association</span></a> (ALA) that examines the motives, pressures and fears that shaped Americans’ responses to Nazism, war and genocide in Europe during the 1930s and 1940s.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Americans and the Holocaust</span></em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> will be on display
at the Library of Michigan, along with a series of related special events, from January 11th, 2025 to February 22nd, 2025.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">In addition to the exhibit, there are multiple programs taking place at the Library of Michigan that the public is encouraged to attend:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">February 6, 2025 6-8PM</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> -
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Red Tape, Not Red Carpet: Contemporary Refuges and Bureaucracy in the United States</span></em><br>
Panelists: Ben Cabanaw, Shirin Kambin, Merkeb Youhannes, and Durkhshan Sediqy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This panel discussion will link Jewish immigration during the 20th century with the current experiences of immigrants to the United States.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">February 10, 2025 6-8PM</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> -
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Rethinking the History of Antisemitism in Michigan</span></em><br>
Panelists: Catherine Cangany, Karla Goldman, John Jackson, Jr., Andrew Lapin and Victoria Saker Woeste<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This panel will discuss the history of antisemitism in Michigan during the 20th century.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Learn more about the exhibit and programs by going to
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Library of Michigan continues to collect yearbook donations as part of its Michigan Yearbook Collection campaign. Generous donors
from all over Michigan and beyond have contributed to what will be a comprehensive collection of Michigan high school, college/university, and vocational school yearbooks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">A fascinating aspect of the project is seeing the influence of national and international cultural events on the design of school yearbooks.
For example, the Egyptian Revival style brought by the discovery Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922 introduced Egyptian imagery to architecture, textiles, jewelry, and several other areas, including yearbooks. These are Corunna High School yearbooks from 1925 and
1928 represent that influence through the graphics and use of calling the yearbook
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Sphinx</span></em>. Thank to
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<span style="color:#006EB6">Community District Library</span></a> for donating these yearbooks to the Library of Michigan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Learn more about the Michigan Yearbook Collection project by going to the
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