A LITTLE TOO QUIET: THE FERNDALE LIBRARY PODCAST

Donald Levin - Savage City

Author Donald Levin joins us to talk about his latest novel, a work of historical fiction centering around a tumultuous week in Depression-era Detroit (1932), with crime, murder, union-busting, and four distinctive main characters caught up in the middle of it all. Levin is a veteran of the mystery genre but has also written works of dystopic fiction and poetry. Tune in for our chat and hear about the research required for historical fiction and exploring Detroit's sordid past. http://www.donaldlevin.com/ 

 

Lisabeth Posthuma - Baby & Solo

Lisabeth Posthuma was a teacher, photographer, and (most importantly) video rental clerk before becoming a writer. ~ And a video store is the central setting of her amazing novel, which we discuss: "Joel's new job at the video store is just what the therapist ordered. But what happens if the first true friend he's made in years finds out about What Was Wrong With Him?..."  https://www.lisabethposthuma.com/ 

Lynn Crawford - Paula Regossy

Paula Regossy is a detective novel by literary artist Lynn Crawford. The inspiration for the novel began with a painting by artist Peter Williams, which Crawford first saw on view at the gallery Paul Kotula Projects in Ferndale, Michigan, nearly a decade ago. Crawford is a fiction writer, art critic, a founding board member of MOCAD, and a 2010 Kresge Literary Arts Fellow. https://threefoldpress.org/imaginarydinnerparty https://www.lynncrawford.net/  

Villains

Well, this was quite an epic episode! Who doesn't love a good villain? Tune in for our nearly comprehensive dissertation featuring library staffers Rodi and Mary Grahame. From Darth Maul to the Phantom of the Opera, Maleficent to Iago, and many many...(ahem, MANY) more! Why do we sometimes root for the villain? Why do we sometimes....love the villain?!? 

See The Cites: Wikipedia and Information Literacy

The modern librarians' take on Wikipedia and how it relates to/concerns information literacy.  This is a free/open-access multilingual online encyclopedia, written and maintained by a community of volunteers through a model of open collaboration, and it's been around for 20 years, now! So let's talk about it! 

Brit Bennett

Acclaimed author Brit Bennett joins us to talk about The Vanishing Half (out on paperback), as well as what draws her to the themes explored in both of her books (including The Mothers). We also talk about the impact that her writing continues to have on readers, modern literature, and the public discourse; what it was like releasing two novels during two comparatively tumultuous times in history, her love of libraries, and her fond memories of Ann Arbor!