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Today, the story of how a B-list celebrity reshaped the Republican party…in the 1970s. We chat with the host of the podcast Landslide, which explores how the presidential face-off between Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan helped shape our current political climate. Then, book lovers unite in Detroit! A community event is coming this weekend, uniting readers across genres and generations.
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Mary Scholl wrote The Empty House about 60 years ago. It was just published this month. Scholl joined Stateside to talk about her time at her grandparent's cottage on Beaver Island, writing her book, and how her book was brought back to life after decades in the dark.
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What the Project 2025 playbook might look like for Michigan during a second Trump term. Then, a beautifully illustrated 60-year-old children’s book written by a nonagenarian Beaver Island resident publishes for the first time. And, things to keep in mind for yourself and children while summertime doom scrolling on your phone.
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Tentative agreements have been made between the UAW and the Detroit 3, a somber warning of the dangers of meningitis, the best of the "silly," scary movies for Halloween season and a children's book for young bilingual readers.
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Michigan Radio staff asked their kids what books they'd recommend, and they did not disappoint! With a new school year, your child may also be looking for a new read.
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Middle school is a notoriously difficult time to be a kid. We talked with Detroit-based author Jack Cheng about his new young adult novel, The Many Masks of Andy Zhou.
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Voting machine tampering investigation update, Jack Cheng's new book, and why the national press keeps asking Governor Whitmer if she is running for president.
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A new children's book honors the many emotions experienced by kids.
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Today on Stateside, we caught up with poet Keith Taylor to get his three favorite reads from Michigan writers. Then, we revisited our conversation with writer Desiree Cooper and Kalamazoo poet Diane Seuss who won a Pulitzer Prize this year.
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The American Library Association reports that 2021 and 2022 have seen some of the highest numbers of book challenges in decades.