Tag: Totem Books
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Totem Books offers Flint-area writers a Leap Day plan
By EVM Staff Totem Books will host its “second quadrennial” Leap into Writing event on Leap Day, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. According to a Feb. 15 press release, Totem Books’ first Leap into Writing event was held in 2020, when it “brought together writers of all genres and styles…
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Totem Books hosts Carrie Walling’s “Human Rights and Justice for All” book launch
By Paul Rozycki Carrie Booth Walling introduced her new book “Human Rights and Justice for All: Demanding Dignity in the United States and Around the World” at a well-attended kickoff event Thurs. Aug. 11, at Totem Books in Flint. Dawn Jones of ABC 12 TV conducted the interview and was moderator as Walling discussed the…
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“Rivethead” author Ben Hamper, bard of 20th century blue collar life, returns to Flint June 5
By Jan Worth-Nelson Ben Hamper, author of a classic best-selling account of “shop rat” life in Flint in the 1980s, returns to his hometown June 5 for a reading and book signing from 2-5 p.m. at Totem Books, 620 W. Court St. His appearance celebrates the 30th anniversary of the publication of Rivethead: Tales from…
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Murals, millage and more: an interview with Flint Public Art Project’s Joe Schipani
Editor’s Note: The following interview occurred before the coronavirus closures, so some of its details have been altered by circumstance. In fact, Totem Books, where the interview took place, is now closed because of the virus. However, Schipani’s commitment to the mural projects in Flint continue, and are sure to be picked up as soon…
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“Meaning Train” author Carrie Cunningham appearing Saturday at Totem
By Jan Worth-Nelson Carrie Cunningham, author of a new book exploring “ how ideas of nonviolence and love might save the world” will appear at 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23, at Totem Books, 620 W. Court St., Flint. Meaning Train: Essays on Religion and Politics was published by Archway Publishing this autumn. Cunningham, of Grosse Pointe…
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“A common sort of hunger,” competitive spirit motivate street art, muralists assert at FPAP panel
By Patsy Isenberg Assessing public art such as the dozens of murals that have sprung up in Flint over the past year, one of the artists involved in the Flint Public Art Project (FPAP) said Friday street art is “a vehicle for social change.” “This whole program proves that you can lift yourself up– people…
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“Forget what you thought about Flint before,” mural artists declare at festival panel
By Jan Worth-Nelson A conversation about the Flint Public Art Project (FPAP) murals in Flint Wednesday night at the Community Foundation of Greater Flint (CFGF) was a celebration of the city as experienced by outside artists. It also was a conversation among the panelists, all of whom are gay, about the responsibility to create safe…
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Flint Festival of Writers to feature “Dreams Like Mine” author LaTashia Perry
Flint Festival of Writers 2019 featured author LaTashia Perry ( Photo Credit 770 Photography) It has a new name, a new date, a new location, new talent and a fresh line-up of programs. The Flint Festival of Writers – formerly the Flint Literary Festival—will be held Sept. 13-14 in the Ferris Wheel, 615 Saginaw…
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Democracy at heart of how “Flint Fights Back,” author Ben Pauli says
By Paul Rozycki At the recent launch of his new book Flint Fights Back: Environmental Justice and Democracy in the Flint Water Crisis, activist and Kettering University Professor Benjamin Pauli contended that the loss of democracy and the struggle of Flint activists to reclaim and ferociously exercise it, is at the heart of the Flint…
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International and U.S. residents invited to socialize, mingle at May 2 coffee hour
The International Center of Greater Flint (ICGF) has scheduled an “international coffee hour” for international and U.S. residents to socialize and mingle. The free event, open to the community, is set for 5-7 p.m. May 2 at Totem Books, 620 W. Court St. More information is available at ICGFlint.org. –EVM Staff
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