The Trouble with Tweets
As a lover of writing and technique, I often read author’s collected letters to gain insight into their creative process. These letters are fascinating snapshots of writing that are often quite eloquent. As the modern age is embraced by writers the art of letter writing has seemingly died. Will future collections of correspondence between writers […]
Saying Goodbye To Doctorow
On July 21st the world lost an important modern literary figure, E.L. Doctorow at the age of 84. Best known for his historical fiction such as ‘Ragtime’, ‘The March’ and ‘Billy Bathgate’ Doctorow was also an essayist and editor. Doctorow’s accolades include a National Book Award, two PEN/Faulkner Awards and a Library of Congress Prize […]
Landmark Books Presents Terry Wooten Friday Evening
Landmark Books is proud to have poetry legend Terry Wooten in the store for a special reading and book signing Friday July 17th. Terry has been a part of the poetry community in Northern Michigan for over thirty years. Over that time he has taken his poetry from sea to shining sea reading all over […]
Unplug and Type-In At Landmark Books
On this day in 1868 a patent (US 79,265) was issued to Christopher Latham Sholes, Carlos Glidden and Samuel W Soule of Milwaukee, Wisconsin for what they called the ‘type-writer’. Their machine was purchased for $12,000 by Densmore and Yost who peddled the design to E Remington and Sons. The Sholes Glidden Type-Writer went into […]
Lady Chatterley’s Lover Banned Today!
On this day in 1959 the United States Postmaster General banned D.H. Lawrence’s book,’ Lady Chatterley’s Lover’ under the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act. It would go on to banned in almost every nation with printed words. Portions of the book first appeared in 1928, printed by a private press in Florence, Italy. The publisher Tipografia Guintina […]
Paul Stebleton To Read At Michigan State
We will be closed Tuesday June 2nd as Landmark Books owner Paul Stebleton will be part of a group of writers who will be reading at Michigan State University. He will take part in the spring symposium from the Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature. He will be reading at 9:00am along with writers […]
Happy Birthday Bertrand Russell
On this day in 1872 author, philosopher, social critic and political activist Bertrand Russell was born in Monmouthshire, England. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950 and was the author of over three dozen books. His works have influenced the fields of mathematics, philosophy, linguistics, artificial intelligence, epistemology and metaphysics. Russell was […]
Hemingway Wins The Pulitzer
On this day in 1953 Ernest Hemingway was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel, “The Old Man and the Sea”. It would be the last major novel to be published in Hemingway’s lifetime and was cited by the Nobel Committee as reason for him winning the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature. The novel is […]
Happy Birthday Harper Lee!
In school there are books that have become canon for youth, books we have all read at some point in our life. Today is the birthday of the author of one of these books. She had fallen out of the public eye until it was announced last year that a new book would be hitting […]
Landmark Books Welcomes Poet Keith Taylor
Friday Landmark Books is proud to host the broadside release by Keith Taylor. The broadside titled “To Face The Ordinary” was designed by Squirrel Cane Press and is their first release of the year and it commemorates National Poetry Month 2015. This is the first time this poem has appeared in print and we are […]