A LITTLE TOO QUIET: THE FERNDALE LIBRARY PODCAST

Local Author Interview: Joseph Harris - 'You're In The Wrong Place' (Michigan Notable)

Author Joseph Harris joins us to talk about his recent collection of short stories, 'You're In The Wrong Place,' which takes place predominantly in Ferndale and was recently named a Michigan Notable Book for 2021. 

In a thrilling interconnected narrative, You’re in the Wrong Place presents characters reaching for transcendence from a place they cannot escape. Charles Baxter stated that "Joseph Harris has a particular feeling for the Detroit suburbs and the slightly stunted lives of the young people there. . . . You’re in the Wrong Place isn’t uniformly downbeat—there are all sorts of rays of hope that gleam toward the end."

Stories by Joseph Harris have appeared in Midwest Review, Moon City Review, Great Lakes Review, The MacGuffin, Third Wednesday, Storm Cellar, and have received the Gesell, Tompkins, and Detroit Working Writers’ Awards for fiction. He holds an MFA from the University of Minnesota, an MA from Wayne State University, and a BFA from Emerson College.

Ms. Elissa's Ferndale Memories, Youth Librarianship & Spring Institute

Youth Librarian Elissa Zimmer joined us on the podcast during her last week here in Ferndale before moving on to a new position in West Michigan. But, since she is Vice-Chair of this year's Spring Institute for Youth Services, we are talking about that conference for librarians, as well as just taking a wistful stroll down memory lane--sharing thoughts on what makes this town, and its library, special. 

https://www.milibraries.org/spring-institute 

New Books in the 600's ("Applied Sciences")

Ferndale Librarian Michelle Williamson joins us to talk about new books in the non-fiction section, specifically with call numbers in the 600's. Williamson develops our collection of books that are categorized in the Dewey Decimal System (of the 600's), generally known as "applied sciences," but that certainly winds up covering A LOT! Gardening, cooking, crafting, cultural histories, and yes..., CATS! 

Craft - An American History: https://bit.ly/3audYFQ 
Red Sands: https://bit.ly/3dlttBL 
Nose Dive: https://bit.ly/2ON54uM 
A Cat's Tale: https://bit.ly/3qGEMbq 
Comic Book Guide to Growing Food: https://bit.ly/37oeZNF

Photographer Leni Sinclair Discusses Her Latest Exhibition & New Book

Leni Sinclair (born Magdalene Arndt) is an American photographer and political activist who lives in Detroit. She has photographed iconic rock and jazz musicians since the early 1960s, and she was a co-founder of the White Panther Party and the Detroit Artists Workshop. Her photos are currently exhibiting at Galerie Camille, for 'Come Together.' That exhibition was followed-up by another showing at MOCAD, in celebration of Sinclair's new book, 'Motor City Underground.'  

 

 

 

Author Linda K. Sienkiewicz Discusses New Children's Picture Book

A conversation with award-winning author and illustrator Linda K. Sienkiewicz about the creative process, and her new children's picture book, 'Gordy & the Ghost Crab.' http://lindaksienkiewicz.com/bio/ 

Other writing awards include a poetry chapbook award from Heartlands and a Pushcart Prize Nomination in poetry. She has three other poetry chapbooks: Postcard of a Naked Man (March Street Press), Dear Jim (Main Street Rag) and Security (March Street Press). Linda earned her Masters of Fine Art Degree (MFA) in Creative Writing from Stonecoast at the University of Southern Maine.

Marsha Music Discusses Poetry, Music History, and 'The Detroitist'

Marsha Music was born in Detroit and grew up in Highland Park, Michigan - a city within the city of Detroit. She has lived in these two cities her entire life. She is the daughter of legendary pre-Motown record producer, the late Joe Von Battle, and west side Detroit beauty and music lover, the late Shirley Battle. Ms. Music is a self-described "primordial Detroiter," and a "Detroitist". She became an activist in her early teens in the social tumult of the late sixties and was a founding member of the iconic League of Revolutionary Black Workers.  THE DETROITIST is an anthology of poems and stories about Detroit written by a daughter of Detroit. Marsha Music is one of the featured artists performing during the ongoing virtual exhibition, Come Together, at Galerie Camille. 

https://marshamusic.wordpress.com/

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