On Saturday, March 29, 2014, I was a guest at the Local Author Fair held at the Plymouth District Library in Plymouth, Michigan. Twenty-four authors, including myself, set up our tables and greeted the public. It was an interesting two hours as lovers of books and writers cruised the tables. For me, this was homecoming …
Sherman Alexie, National Book Award winner and author of over twenty books, issued a letter on September 1, 2013 to authors to become “a superhero for independent bookstores” by spending Small Business Saturday (November 30, 2013) hand-selling books at their local independent bookstore. When I first saw the letter, I was intrigued, but The Y …
My son-in-law is from the Philadelphia area. When he and my daughter toured northern Michigan recently, he told her that he had heard of Cheboygan and thought it was a fictional place. Works of fiction (and nonfiction) have an adorable place to hang out before they are purchased in this real town at Purple Tree …
I love book stores. I especially love independent book stores. These are businesses where the owners have a true love for their product. They care about books because they love books. Their business is focused on their community and the readers within it. And they are knowledgeable about the vast area of books and authors …
The Y in Life launched at the Troy Community Center in Troy, Michigan on Tuesday, September 17, 2013. If you were unable to attend, the video is of my reading from the book, and a couple of questions from the Q&A session. My son, Colin Kitchen, shot the video and the follow up photos. The …
Ladies & Gentlemen, I bring to you the opportunity to pre-order my novel: The Y in Life! Click HERE
I have the e-galley now, and very soon, Grey Wolfe Publishing will begin accepting pre-orders. Stay tuned! I also have two short stories published in Legends: Summer 2013 which can be pre-ordered here.
It’s not often that a sporting event causes me to get choked up. I’ve had a few special sports moments in my life. But July 17, 2013 surpassed them all. It wasn’t a championship game. It didn’t feature a legendary player or create a moment in sports history. It wasn’t even a game that mattered …
Humorist Finley Peter Dunne once wrote about the powerful influence of newspapers; that, among other things, they comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. “Mother” Mary Jones applied its usage to social activism, and others have applied it to religion. My first introduction to the phrase came through my involvement in social activism as well, …
It was mid-February, 2003, when I was in Fort Lauderdale, Florida for a conference. The weather was pleasant enough – 70’s and 80’s during the day, 60’s in the evening. But there I was, in my hotel room, with the heater kicked on high, wearing sweats under the blankets. I must have had it up …
DoHaeng Michael Kitchen 