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Our annual reading guide returns with 380+ new titles handpicked by NPR staff and trusted critics. Find 13 years of recommendations all in one place — that's more than 4,000 great reads.

We learned about what food prices can tell us about the economy, sustainable products for curly hair, and a fatal car accident involving a Ford test vehicle that is still unresolved a year later.

This show features conversations about conserving the Huron River Watershed in a time of flux, surviving a plane ejection at 695 miles per hour, and a new book about how Black Americans have expressed the psychological scars of slavery.

An MSU professor joins us to discuss the stakes for Detroit in next week’s mayoral election. A woman whose boyfriend was arrested by ICE shares their experience. A northern Michigan author discusses her new spooky book set in the Upper Peninsula. And, listener responses to On Hand.

Volunteers with the LiTEArary society read to children who live in "book deserts" and bring them their own books.

While some might be bothered by a biography that regularly, and proudly, takes liberties with facts and chronology, such artistry is the heart and strength of Kate Evans' delightful and illuminating work.

How Michigan residents are pushing back against proposed data centers in their backyards. A debut novel about friendship and addiction set in Michigan. And, how the Big Beautiful Bill has changed Michigan.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has appointed a new chief climate officer. The University of Michigan is hosting a month-long arts festival. A local podcast provides some advice about making your bed. A poet discusses his first novel. And this week’s episode of On Hand, a Michigan Public podcast.

Cal Freeman reviews David Dodd Lee's latest book of poetry exploring the landscapes and emotional undercurrents of the Great Lakes.

Today, one Michigander talks about her family’s losses in the October 7 Hamas attacks in Israel. Then, how cuts to SNAP education programs are hitting Northern Michigan. And, an appreciation of James Baldwin from one Michigan scholar who tracked the writer’s personal relationships.