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New book preserves relationship with plants through at-home herbalism
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Cohen will be at Howe Memorial Library in Breckinridge, Michigan, on Nov. 15 from 6 to 7 p.m. presenting “Making Teas, Tinctures and Oils at Home.”
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New book spotlights Native American women’s band on Mackinac Island
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The book tells the history of the Agatha Biddle Band, a band of primarily Native American women who lived on Michigan’s Mackinac Island in the 1800s.
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Great Lakes artists repurposing trash for art
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Artists in the Great Lakes region are taking trash and turning it into art.
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New book celebrates Illinois couple’s turning back time in their own backyard
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“A Backyard Prairie. The Hidden Beauty of Tallgrass and Wildflowers” is available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble for $24.50.
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Novel sends U.P. game warden on 20th century spy mission
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A new novel from Michigan author Joseph Heywood.
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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.