Literature - Current Magazine

The Crooked Nook Brings Book Fair Vibes to Pop Up Events

Mary Rose Kulczak

Remember the thrill of the Scholastic Book Fair days? Mom or Dad gave you ten dollars before you hopped on the school bus and...

New York Times Bestselling Author Signs Latest Novel at Schuler Books in Ann Arbor

Kurt Anthony Krug

Despite any rumors to the contrary, New York Times bestselling novelist Kim Harrison—the pseudonym of Dawn Cook—is not finished writing “The Hollows,” her bestselling...

Adventure Ink Brings Books and Community to Downtown Milan

Jacob Paul Nielsen

“I firmly believe that everyone is a nerd about something,” laughs Laura Harvey. She's one of three owners of Adventure Ink, downtown Milan’s hub...

Reading Toward a Better Future: Eco Book Club at Literati Turns 10

Ella Yip

Literati hosted, Eco book club turned 10 this year, started in 2015 by Allison Swan, Ecoliturature enthusiast and teacher. “It's definitely been a labor of...

Dr. Diana Martha Louis on Her New Book and the Racial History of Mental Health

Donna Iadipaolo

When Dr. Diana Martha Louis began studying the intersections of race, gender and mental illness in the 19th century, she didn’t set out to...

West Side Book Shop Turns 50

Drew Saunders

“After 50 years in the book business, we’re getting old enough that we don’t have to have our misadventures labeled ‘mid-life crisis,’” That is...

Retired Cop’s Book About 40-Year-Old Case Still Hits Home

Kurt Anthony Krug

The ramifications of the tragic events of Aug. 31, 1985 are still felt throughout Livingston County 40 years later. On that day at approximately 3:45...

Dirk Manning Resurrects Lost Silent Film “London After Midnight” as a Graphic Novel

Kurt Anthony Krug

As much as Source Point Press publisher and prolific writer Dirk Manning loves the comic book medium, he describes himself as a horror guy...

Schuler Books Hosts “Historical Mystery Night”

Kurt Anthony Krug

Bestselling author Sarah Zettel’s pseudonym Darcie Wilde started out as a joke. “In my career, I’ve run through a lot of pen names, mostly because...

Book Love Bar Offers Carefully Curated Collection in Downtown Ypsilanti

Mary Rose Kulczak

Bibliophiles have a new destination in downtown Ypsilanti. Book Love Bar opened at 110 W. Michigan Avenue in March, with plans to include a...

5 Inspirational Authors in Ann Arbor

Isha Savi

Rob Pasick Robert Pasick, Ph.D. is an executive coach (trained at the University of Michigan), a writer, and Harvard alum. Being educated in psychology and...

Learn How to Make Comic Books at Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival

Drew Saunders

Comic book characters have gotten more and more ubiquitous in American society, but how can a kid go from loving those characters to making...