The sunflower, Ukraine’s national flower, is becoming a global symbol of solidarity.
Dear Friends and Readers,
One simple remedy to the stress in life is to read new books. Reading can help restore and reset our balance, revive our faith in society, culture and creativity.
March is National Reading Month and a good time to begin a new book. If you’re looking for ideas, perhaps try reading one of the many books that have been challenged, censored and banned. Here’s a list of censored classics. Stop by soon and browse our selection of banned and censored books.
Reading is FUNdamental for all ages! Reading has many benefits including increasing memory, learning, and reducing stress. Just like any skill one learns, the more you read and practice reading, turning pages into a habit, the more confident you’ll become. Books are one of the best tools we have for empathetic learning.
Start or join a reading group, tutor a child or adult, or donate books to area school libraries. These and more ideas can be found in our March is Reading Month post
March is also Women’s History Month, a time to learn about the contributions of women in history, culture and the arts. From Abigail Adams to Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner Truth to Rosa Parks, the timeline of American women’s historic milestones stretches back to the founding of the United States.
In the Smithsonian Magazine article, ‘The Women Who Shaped the Past 100 Years of American Literature’ they cover 24 important American women authors, including Lorraine Hansberry, Sandra Cisneros and Maxine Hong Kingston.
Our March newsletter includes an interview with Dale Carlson on his new field guide to the architecture of Albert Kahn, an appreciation of the art and culture of Ukraine, the mysterious Sculptographs of photographer Barry Roth, and a new collection of small press reviews by Tom Bowden in his column: i arrogantly recommend…
Norman Rockwell’s ‘The Golden Rule’, 1961
We pray for the people of Ukraine and for Russia to wake up from their amnesia. And we hope for an intervention soon to stop this cruel and pointless destruction of a culture and its people.
We wish everyone Peace, good health and good Reading!
~Cary, Colleen, and the Staff at Book Beat
New Books by Local Authors!
We’d like to point out a few newly published books deserving of merit and attention. Buy local!
• The Wicking of the Broken Heart by local poet Robin Eichele, is a highly original collection by this co-founding member of the legendary Detroit Artists’ Workshop Society and Press. Signed books are available.
• Savage City by Ferndale resident Donald Levin is a blazing noir crime novel set in 1930s Detroit, during the era of the Purple Gang and the bloody Ford Hunger March. Signed books are available.
• Persistence of Vision #1: The Sculptograph Series by photographer Barry Roth is a collection of new photo based collages that challenge the medium. Available as a signed limited edition of ten copies with a signed sculptograph!
• Lives of the Saints by Alan Franklin takes a jaundiced look at the meaning of sainthood in the modern world. Franklin’s book is the outcome of many years spent wondering how we humans went so wildly astray in our treatment of each other and of our shared planetary home. Copies will arrive by mid-month.
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