Old Reliable: Collection of Poems (2022) by T. Kilgore Splake
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…
A Mouse Tail on Mackinac Island by Summer Porter and Maggie Chambers
Empire Mine Cascade Range: Michigan’s Largest Iron Mine By Allan Koski
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…
Life Beyond Shadows by t. kilgore splake
Know Your Ships 2022 by Roger LeLievre
To Build a Tunnel by Deborah K Frontiera (
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…
Roads Not Traveled: Collection of Poems by t. kilgore splake
The Road to Splake by Robert M. Zoschke
Dance Your Dance, Sing Your Song, a True Story By Dorothy Paad
Michigan Tech Hockey: 100 Years of Memories” by William Sproule
“Michigan Tech Hockey: 100 Years of Memories” just released by Bill Sproule with the help of Calvin Larson, Michigan Tech’s Assistant Athletic Director, is the definitive encyclopedia of Huskies Hockey history. The book is chock full of in-depth information on every season from 1920 to 2021 and was commissioned for…
North Dixie Highway by Joseph D. Haske
Review by Victor R. Volkman At first glance, Joseph D. Haske’s North Dixie Highway is a rage-fueled trip through three generations of an Eastern U.P. family locked in a cycle of grinding poverty, trauma, and alcoholism. But beneath the surface there’s much more lurking as we follow this broken family…