Do Haeng Michael Kitchen

Writer. Attorney. Detroit City FC Til I Die.

This Saturday, March 28, 2015, I, and over twenty authors, will be at the Plymouth District Library Local Author Fair. Plymouth District Library 223 South Main Plymouth, MI  48170 1PM – 3PM MORE INFO HERE Then, on Sunday, March 29, 2015, the East Detroit Historical Society is holding a Meet the Author event at the …

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The evening of Thursday, December 4, 2014, I participated in a gathering of local authors, hosted by the Chesterfield Township Library.  The event was organized by Alan Dean Naldrett, author of the Arcadia Press’ Images of America Series “Chesterfield Township” and co-author of “New Baltimore.”  He also penned “Forgotten Tales of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula.”  Other …

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I’ve recently written about my favorite book stores – those that carry the latest titles as well as used, rare and old book stores.  But one book store was missing from that lot, because it has been missing from the bookish landscape since 2011 – Borders. With its demise, I’ve discovered all these wonderful book …

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I’ll be at a couple of events signing copies of The Y in Life. Wednesday, October 22, 2014 Grey Wolfe Publishing Autumn Book Launch Troy Community Center 3179 Livernois Road Room #305 Troy, MI  48083 7:00PM – 10:00PM The event will be featuring “The Sun Never Sets” by Cate Caldwell and Matt Pearson with a …

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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 …

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Grey Wolfe Publishing’s Diana Plopa interviewed me for their website.  Here is how it begins: GWP: Do you have any writing rituals?  If so, what are they? MK: I don’t have any writing rituals.  All the virgins are safe and won’t be sacrificed to the writing gods on my account. GWP: What are the most …

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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 …

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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 …

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