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A light to guide trees and people: “The Star in the Sycamore” is a broad take on the natural world
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The collection of nature essays was recently selected by the Library of Michigan as one of the 2021 Michigan Notable Books.
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Ninth-annual Thunder Bay International Film Festival moves online
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More than 70 films are showcased at the virtual festival that ends this Sunday.
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“A Fine Canopy” brings you outdoors while the world is stuck inside
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“A Fine Canopy” is Alison Swan’s new book of poetry.
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Great gifts for Great Lakes enthusiasts
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By Eric Freedman
Looking for a holiday gift with the spirit of the Great Lakes region? If so, here are books (in alphabetical order by title) that Great Lakes Echo has written about this year, including interviews with their authors. Eating with the Seasons, Great Lakes Region by Dereck Nicholas
This cookbook combines recipes, language and the history of the Anishinaabeg people. What the author says: “Back in the day, elders would take their sons and their daughters out fishing and they would use the language. You’d hear how to catch the fish, how to net fish, how to cook the fish.
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Ann Arbor author explores Great Lakes as the ‘inner coast’
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Donovan Hohn’s a new book of essays, “The Inner Coast” is available from W.W. Norton.
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Remembering the birth of Isle Royale’s wolf-moose study
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When L. David Mech arrived at Isle Royale in 1959, he had no idea he would pioneer the nation’s longest-running prey-predator study, one that would become a model for wildlife biologists around the world.
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Artists, activists shift environmental art exhibit online during pandemic
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An art exhibition and panel discussions hosted by the Detroit Center for Design + Technology that addresses climate change is available to explore online through August 15.
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New cookbook highlights food of Great Lakes Indigenous peoples
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A new cookbook serves up the culture along with the food of the Indigenous people of the Great Lakes region.
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Mobsters in the vacationlands
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From crime boss and occasional visitor “Scarface” Al Capone to the Upper Peninsula’s own Public Enemy #1, John “Red” Hamilton, Up North has historic ties to organized crime and the baddies who used the area as a playground.
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“Mastering the Inland Seas” explores history of Great Lakes navigation
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The new book from Theodore Karamanski explains how industries and communities dependent on the Great Lakes have created tools and markers to safely navigate them.