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is required beyond the gravesite. Dig into the types of information available at the Library of Michigan when researching cemeteries and unearth best practices for cemetery research.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#006EB6">Michigan Notable Books</span></a> program, including the history of the program, an overview of how books are selected, and reviewing past and present Notable Books titles.<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">Over 200 people attended the Night for Notables Celebration on Saturday, April 26, 2025 at the Library of Michigan to honor the 2025 Michigan
Notable Books selections and their authors. The event's schedule included remarks by Library of Michigan Foundation Chair Brian Hare, CPA, State Librarian Randy Riley, Michigan Poet Laureate Dr. Melba Joyce Boyd, and Special Collections Manager David Votta.
The keynote address was a conversation between writer/producer/director <a href="https://links-2.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.curtisfromdetroit.com%2F/1/010101968806672e-941cba62-4d36-4dee-947c-4082d73a9287-000000/U27yC745DWZiVpSaKxme2rnBNdVJ4CWmAAG3oXwBvKU=403" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#006EB6">Curtis Chin</span></a> (author of the 2024 Michigan Notable Books selection
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant: A Memoir</span></em>) and
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Lansing City Pulse</span></em> writer Bill Castanier.<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">Following the keynote conversation, the afterglow reception in the Library of Michigan atrium allowed event attendees to visit with the
2025 MNB authors as well as view the Library's new exhibit <em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Innocents In Peril</span></em> in the Lake Erie Room. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#006EB6">event sponsors</span></a>. Visit the Michigan Notable Books page on the Library of Michigan website to see a
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<span style="color:#006EB6">selection of photographs</span></a> from the event: <a href="https://links-2.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.michigan.gov%2Flibraryofmichigan%2Fpublic%2Fmnb/1/010101968806672e-941cba62-4d36-4dee-947c-4082d73a9287-000000/7lID_Qfq3pciSNgsv06icEexRsoh2aosmJo2IK6dpcA=403" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#006EB6">Michigan.gov/NotableBooks</span></a>.<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 2025 Michigan Notable Books Author Tour is underway, with several events already held across the state this April and more to come.
The bulk of the author tour events are scheduled throughout May and June so look for upcoming programs near you by viewing the tour schedule on the
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<span style="color:#006EB6">Michigan Notable Books Author Tour page</span></a>.<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">Find more information about the Michigan Notable Books program and author tour at
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<span style="color:#006EB6">Michigan.gov/NotableBooks</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">"The Black Utopians: Searching for Paradise and the Promised Land in America" author Aaron Robertson at Charlotte Community Library.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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