Book Review
Review: "The Yesterdays of Grand Rapids" by Charles Belknap
by (DROWE66)
Submitted 04-16-2021 under LOCAL LIFE
Charles E. Belknap was a man for all seasons in the history of Grand Rapids. He was a Civil War hero, successful business man, firefighter, US Congressman, and mayor of Grand Rapids. He moved with his family to Grand Rapids at eight years of...
Newly-released book by local author highlights Grand Rapids food justice issues
by (wendypchef)
Submitted 06-26-2013 under OPINION
When I received a copy of Grand Rapids Food: A Culinary Revolution by Lisa Rose Starner (American Palate, 2013), I wasn’t sure what to expect. The topic of food in West Michigan is near and dear to my heart. Would it go beyond the obvious...
Abuse victim advocates for healing in new book
by (AnnByle)
Submitted 11-08-2012 under NEWS
Give readers a one-sentence description of your book, When a Woman You Love Was Abused. My book is a guide for husbands to help them understand and then be able to help their wives who have experienced childhood sexual abuse; it’s also...
The price of liberty: Bugan's "Burying the Typewriter"
by (David Cope)
Submitted 07-10-2012 under OPINION
As a writer and citizen of the world, Carmen Bugan has many roles. The Grand Rapids-based poet is a Romanian expatriate, eldest child of Ion and Mioara Bugan and chronicler of her father’s heroic stand against the tyrannical Ceauşescu regime...
Book Review: The Lacuna, Barbara Kingsolver
by (markrumsey)
Submitted 10-27-2009 under OPINION
Once, over a decade ago, I picked up Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver and promptly put it down after the first chapter. There was a plainness about it that I found uninteresting. Earlier this year I found the same book at a used bookstore...