Every month, I visit my nearest independent book store (Book Beat in Southfield, Nicola’s Books and Literati Book Store in Ann Arbor, and both Brilliant Books and Horizon Books when I’m in Traverse City) to pick up the Indie Next List by IndieBound. I’ve come to rely on this monthly guide, finding good reads, such …
This book review covers five books which I’ve recently completed reading. At first, the common thread was unintentional. But after discovering that I was in the middle of reading three books by authors who are Buddhist, I added two more. Just because they are Buddhist authors, that does not necessarily mean that the topics are …
Remember these high school assignments: Write a 500-word essay on _____. The struggle. The agony. Five hundred words? How many pages is that? You’d write something, then count the words. Only three hundred and ten? How am I going to add another one hundred and ninety words to that? (Yes, I know. Today’s word processors …
At the age of twenty-three, Edward J. O’Brien launched The Best American Short Stories in 1915, a collection of the best short stories published in the previous year. Upon his death, killed in the bombing of London on February 24, 1941, Martha Foley was put in charge of the annual short story anthology, and did …
Over the last several months, I have noticed on my Facebook feed, friends have been posting memes featuring quotes from a writer named Charles Bukowski. I found myself in alignment some of them, such as: Well, maybe not necessarily the drinking one. 🙂 Still, it intrigued me to look into this writer. And as fate …
Serial, a 1980 comedy, puts regular guy Harvey Holroyd (Martin Mull) in a community of New Age philosophy, cults, and sexual freedom in Marin County, California, that tears at the fabric of his family. His wife, Kate, (Tuesday Weld), participates in a women’s consciousness raising group that is only too happy to point out Harvey’s …
In November, 2013, I was browsing the shelves of Brilliant Books in Traverse City, MI. There was a stand-alone shelf promoting the books from a single publisher – Europa Editions. According to the company website, Europa Editions was founded in 2005 and has published books by authors from twenty-six different countries, making it a leading …
The editors of Shambhala Sun recently listed the ten dharma books every Buddhist should have in their library (and I would assume have read at least once). Two of them (When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron and Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind by Shunryu Suzuki) are in my library and I certainly would recommend them. …
I will be at the Plymouth District Library’s Local Author Fair on Saturday, March 28, 2015. Plymouth District Library 223 South Main Plymouth, MI 48170 Saturday, March 28, 2015 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
I created a book trailer for “The Y in Life.” Enjoy!
DoHaeng Michael Kitchen 