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The great Green Arcade bookstore is closing

Marke B. - July 19, 2023

Patrick Marks' literary center of progressive politics and radical writing shuts Sun/23. Go visit one last time.

Movies

Screen Grabs: The campus rebels who kept film culture alive

Dennis Harvey - July 18, 2023

A new book details Ann Arbor's essential cinema underground. Plus: Soviet director Yuliya Solntseva gets her due, more

Lit

In endless US wars, some people matter, and some people don’t

Tim Redmond - July 12, 2023

Author Norman Solomon talks about the human toll of the military machine—and why we so rarely hear about it.

Lit

In ‘Pedro & Daniel’ and ‘Gordo,’ cracking open the young queer Mexican American experience

Emily Wilson - July 4, 2023

Two books set in the '70s detail the lives of young boys—two brothers and a farmworkers' son—vividly and loving

Books

JM Balbuena’s guide for weed entrepreneurs of color, now available en español

Caitlin Donohue - July 3, 2023

'Canna-Emprende' steps into the vacuum left by racially-biased prohibition and social stigma—in and out of the US.

Lit

The way we wank: Trans and disability-friendly masturbation guide goes for round two

Caitlin Donohue - June 19, 2023

You can help fund Vic Liu’s ‘Bang!’

Art

Binding craft to concept at Center for the Book, from Yoko Ono to Reginald Walker

Emily Wilson - June 12, 2023

Curator Megan N. Liberty's latest show highlights a surprising artistic intersection of materials and ideas.

News + Politics

Shamann Walton’s path—and his message

Tim Redmond - June 7, 2023

An autobiography tells of a childhood of drugs, violence, and incarceration—and the change that led to a successful political career.

Art

In ‘Subscription to Mischief,’ ’90s graffiti zines spring back to life

Adrian Spinelli - June 6, 2023

Revelatory show at Letterform Archive documents how street artists built global networks before the Internet plunge.

Art

Ema Sintamarian’s road to art began with a pair of rebellious red shoes

Mary Corbin - May 24, 2023

Forged in Bucharest's conformity, the multimedia artist now spins tales of melancholy, loneliness, and the absurd.

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