Announcing the Flint Literary Festival! Read More »
This has been a momentous month for all of the wrong reasons…
For almost two years, a growing chorus of parents, children, scientists, and everyday people in my city have been complaining that our water was dirty, unclean, unsafe, and undrinkable. … Read the rest
The Flint Water Crisis Read More »
In Flint, if you walk behind Southwestern Academy, past the sunken track and football field, the well-manicured baseball diamonds and tennis courts and their overgrown cousins, and the launching point for the Cronin Soapbox Derby Downs, you’ll find a creaky pedestrian overpass that crosses I-69 and seems to descend into a huge thicket of trees. … Read the rest
Exploring Flint’s Happy Hollow Nature Area Read More »
Author Connor Coyne’s second novel, Shattering Glass, was largely inspired by his experiences as a first-year student at the University of Chicago. The novel discloses many little-known secrets about dorm life, midterms, student organizations, and more. Join students Samo, Monty, Ezzie, and Dunya as they study, work, flirt, explore, and battle powers of ancient evil.… Read the rest
On the occasion of your funeral, I find myself reminiscing about our fling together.
We never saw each other seriously. It was more of a one-night stand. I, myself, was more of an Atlas and Grapevine kind of guy, but I still cherish our time together.… Read the rest
Farewell, My Lovely Read More »
It’s two days after Christmas and Maxine Street has never looked more beautiful. Many days of snowfall have created an ice-cream landscape that calls to mind the snow village on display at Bronner’s, a Christmas emporium forty miles to the north.… Read the rest
Flint, Michigan: My Remarkable Home and Its Beautiful People Read More »
Early this morning I couldn’t sleep, so I drove out to Gillie’s Coney Island just north of Flint to finish reading Edward McClelland’s engrossing book Nothin’ but Blue Skies: The Heyday, Hard Times, and Hopes of America’s Industrial Heartland.… Read the rest
Review: Nothin’ but Blue Skies, by Edward McClelland Read More »
Let’s get Biblio Graphic: I’ve just completed a highly-informal annotated bibliography for Hungry Rats. It includes sources and commentary for research I conducted in five key areas: Michigan’s lumber era; Flint, Michigan; Serial Homicide; Noir; and Other Sources. Let me know what you think!… Read the rest
Hungry Rats Bibliography. Read More »
Death followed him from a very young age.
They first glimpsed each other in the early 80s, when he was walking back home to his house on Devils Lake. Someone started shooting, and a stray bullet missed his head by about a foot.… Read the rest
30 <250-Word Stories in 30 Days (#11/30) : Angelo’s Meditation #2 Read More »
