michigan books

It’s bookclub Friday here on Stateside! Today we re-aired conversations with three Michigan authors whose stories grew out of the real-life histories of our state.

What can a criminal trial in Grand Rapids can tell us about use of force in Michigan police departments? After that discussion, we uncover a new take on risotto. Then - what it’s like starting over after the worst happens following a dam collapse. And novelist Aram Mrjoian sets his sights on one family tragedy, and some much broader questions about time and distance.

Today, financial pressure on abortion providers, a southeast Michigan writer who wove a multi-generational story, and WMU's incoming president on mid-sized schools.

Michelle Yang pens heartfelt memoir Phoenix Girl: How a Fat Asian with Bipolar Found Love, released on May 6.

First, we take a look at auto industry earnings amid tariffs. Then, we talk to stage producer Jeffrey Seller about his memoir.

Daria Burke talks about her new book, Of My Own Making: A Memoir.

West Michigan author and preacher Jeff Chu took the long way to the seminary. And once he got there, faith led him farther than he expected back out into the world. It all started with a compost pile on the seminary farm. We talked to Chu about his new memoir—titled Good Soil: The Education of an Accidental Farmhand.

Congresswoman Haley Stevens joins the campaign for a seat in the U.S. Senate, a Michigan woman whose mother survived the Holocaust and a chef's personal connection to cheesecake.

At 18, Michigan writer Lauren Roberts self-published her debut YA novel Powerless. Now, a few years later, Roberts is one of the romantasy genre's biggest stars. We talked to Roberts about how she turned her passion for reading romantasy into a full-fledged literary career writing it.

Yumna Jawad, known across social media as Feel Good Foodie, shared the Ramadan meals that make her excited about the holiday season.