Do Haeng Michael Kitchen

Writer. Attorney. Detroit City FC Til I Die.

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 …

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 I was in her city She was not there or so I thought. Silly mind. Saturday, I participated in a photo walk.  Held semi-annually in the spring and fall, Bija, a Buddhist teacher from Still Point Zen Temple in Detroit, leads us through the Woodbridge neighborhood of Detroit, south of Wayne State University campus, armed …

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In one week, I’ll be at the book launch for The Y in Life.  It’s been a long road. The proof arrived on Thursday via UPS, after I had left for bowling.  I did not receive it until 10AM Friday when the apartment’s front office opened.  It was quite surreal.  I opened the package in …

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On July 10, 2013, I signed a book contract with Grey Wolfe Publishing for my novel, The Y in Life. This past Wednesday, I received the first round of edits, and having gone 200 pages of the 375 in the manuscript, the rewrites have been marginal. As of this moment, I have two stories being …

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You’re going to want to pick up Grey Wolfe Publishing’s Summer edition of Legends.  Not only has my new short story, “Mother Nature Makes the Extra Point” been accepted for publication, so, too, has my award-winning short story, “The Word of the Day is ‘Trust.’” For more info about Legends, go to Grey Wolfe Publishing’s …

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I have just received an email from Grey Wolfe Publishing: Dear Mike, We are pleased to inform you that your story, “Mother Nature Makes The Extra Point” has been selected for inclusion in the Grey Wolfe Publishing summer edition of our quarterly literary journal, “Legends”. According to the email, the “Summer Legends will be released …

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I was browsing a local book store recently and a title on the New Arrivals table caught my eye.  It was one of the local history books published by Arcadia Publishing, titled Legendary Locals of Detroit by Paul Vachon.  The cover is adorned with fifteen black & white portrait photographs of some of the locals …

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