Book Club Seeks Advice for Living
EAST LANSING, MI (WKAR) - Members of the Better Living Book Club in East Lansing want to deal with their personal problems and live a happier life.People join book clubs for all kinds of reasons: to...
View ArticleUnder the Radar: Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus
Book reviewer Lev Raphael this month shares a kind of reading he's never brought in before. He spoke with WKAR's Melissa Benmark.
View ArticleUnder the Radar: Raphael Reviews "The Maid And The Queen"
Book reviewer Lev Raphael has been reading a book that sheds new light on the life of Joan of Arc. He spoke with WKAR's Melissa Benmark.
View ArticleEast Lansing OBOC To Read, Welcome Author Katherine Boo
The annual One Book, One Community program, co-sponsored by the City of East Lansing and Michigan State University, encourages the city and university communities to read the same book and talk about...
View ArticleUnder The Radar: Raphael Reviews Book About Borgia Family
"Under the Radar" reviewer Lev Raphael has a political book for us in this political season. It’s about a powerful family dynasty in Italy during the Renaissance. He spoke with WKAR's Melissa Benmark.
View ArticleUnder The Radar: At Home With Edith Wharton
This month’s “Under the Radar” segment features a beautiful book about a famous author’s home. Reviewer Lev Raphael spoke with WKAR’s Melissa Benmark about Edith Wharton at Home.
View ArticleRaphael Reviews Pearl Harbor Book On 71st Anniversary of Attack
Seventy-one years ago today, Japanese forces bombed the U. S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The event led directly to American entry into World War Two. On this anniversary, our book reviewer Lev...
View ArticleRaphael Reviews "The Raising"
WKAR book reviewer Lev Raphael is finally done grading student papers and has been reading a book set on a Midwestern college campus. The book is “The Raising” by Laura Kasischke. Lev Raphael spoke...
View ArticleRaphael Reviews "The Raising"
WKAR book reviewer Lev Raphael is finally done grading student papers and has been reading a book set on a Midwestern college campus. The book is “The Raising” by Laura Kasischke. Lev Raphael spoke...
View ArticleRaphael Reviews "The Raising"
WKAR book reviewer Lev Raphael is finally done grading student papers and has been reading a book set on a Midwestern college campus. The book is “The Raising” by Laura Kasischke. Lev Raphael spoke...
View ArticleFlint expat writes on returning home
"Teardown: Memoir of a Vanishing City"by Michigan native Gordon Young depicts his attempt to return to his hometown of Flint, Michigan.
View ArticleBook Review: Steve Hamilton's 'Let It Burn'
Lansing-based writer Scott Southard chose as his first book review “Let It Burn” by Steve Hamilton. I am a book nerd and what that means is I love to get in debates with fellow readers and...
View ArticleBook Review: J.K. Rowling's 'The Cuckoo's Calling'
Publishers, libraries and book stores like to pigeonhole writers into neat little boxes. Write one fantasy novel and you wear that mantle for the rest of your career. Same goes for romance and science...
View ArticleHow to lead employees? Don't overmanage
How to become a great leader? The trick may not be in how much work you do, but in trusting your staff.
View ArticleBook Review: Lori Nelson Speilman’s ‘The Life List’
By Scott SouthardI never liked the book description “women’s fiction.”It is the literary equivalent of the pink aisle in toy stores, no boys allowed. The funny thing is I have yet to see a book...
View ArticleLocal author explores relationships, dreams and goals with 'The Life List'.
A new book by mid-Michigan author Lori Nelson Spielman is getting some buzz. "The Life List" is a novel that explores the relationship between a mother and daughter, and taps into the dreams and goals...
View Article'The Way North' a budding Upper Peninsula literary tradition
Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is not known for it’s great literary figures, but a new anthology is trying to change that. " The Way North: Collected Uppe
View ArticleLocal author on living with Muscular Dystrophy
Labor Day is next Monday, and with it, the annual Muscular Dystrophy Telethon. Over the years, hundreds of millions of dollars have been raised for research, and to help people like Mo Gerhardt live...
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