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Old Reliable: Collection of Poems (2022) by T. Kilgore Splake

victor June 10, 2022 April 24, 2022Poetry Mack Hassler, T. Kilgore Splake 0

Trout Fishing in our Own Lake Review by Mack Hassler Like many serious writers, this poet tinkers with his name for literary purposes.  He invents an identity that links his work to the clever science fiction writer Kurt Vonnegut (Kilgore Trout) as well as to the Kerouac-type Beat writer Richard…

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A Mouse Tail on Mackinac Island by Summer Porter and Maggie Chambers

victor June 5, 2022 May 17, 2022Children / Fiction Mackinac Island 0

Review by Sharon Brunner In the book  A Mouse Tail on Mackinac Island written by Summer Porter a family of mice travels to Mackinac Island in search of a new home. Father Mouse is known for his love of cheese. Mother Mouse wore a white apron and sings lullabies. Max…

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Empire Mine Cascade Range: Michigan’s Largest Iron Mine By Allan Koski

victor June 1, 2022 March 7, 2022History History / Marquette, Iron Mining 0

Review by Victor R. Volkman Allan Koski is that rare combination of an eloquent historian, talented engineer, and a storyteller with a penchant for seeing the big picture.  Because I thoroughly enjoyed Koski’s Another Time, Another Place: World War II in the Pacific 1941-1944, which details the exploits of his…

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Life Beyond Shadows by t. kilgore splake

victor May 25, 2022 June 7, 2022Poetry Mack Hassler, T. Kilgore Splake 0

Life beyond shadows, poems by t. kilgore splake (Shoe Music Press, 2021); In Other Days, Roger Craik (BlazeVox Books, 2022) Haiku and Winnie-the-Pooh Review by Mack Hassler My friend and colleague, Roger Craik, has a very nice poem on A.A. Milne in the new collection of his poems In Other…

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Know Your Ships 2022 by Roger LeLievre

victor May 20, 2022 February 14, 2022Sports & Recreation 0

Review by Victor R. Volkman I’ll admit it’s extremely rare for a book like Know Your Ships 2022 to cross my desk, but I am extremely impressed by the beauty and detail that it packs into such a compact, colorful, and comprehensive volume.  It’s hardly bigger than an average trade…

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A Second Home by David Curtis

victor May 15, 2022 March 29, 2022Young Adult / Historical Fiction Donna Winters 0

Review by Donna Winters A Second Home is compelling, well-paced, and saturated with sound values. It offers preteen and early teen boys an excellent adventure chock full of interesting characters and excellent advice on dealing with bullies. The story opens in June 1957. The main character, 13-year-old Roger Tucker, runs…

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To Build a Tunnel by Deborah K Frontiera (

victor May 10, 2022 June 7, 2022Young Adult / Fantasy Deborah K. Frontiera, Mack Hassler 0

To Build a Tunnel by Deborah K Frontiera (originally published 2004) as volume one of The Chronicles of Henry Roach-Dairier From Fandom to Full Cultural Foundation Review by Mack Hassler In modern times, we often label this sort of enthusiastic imitation of types “fandom” as in science fiction fandom or…

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Roads Not Traveled: Collection of Poems by t. kilgore splake

victor May 1, 2022 May 7, 2022Poetry Sharon Brunner, T. Kilgore Splake 0

Review by Sharon Brunner The poems in this book, Roads Not Traveled: Collection of Poems, were inspired by Robert Frost. Travelers are strongly affected by the decisions they make, for better or worse. T. Kilgore Splake felt forced to take a path less wanted instead of a naval career. Teaching…

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