Natalia Holtzman

15 years after Borders' end, Ann Arbor and Ypsi independent bookstores succeed by playing to their strengths – Concentrate Despite the collapse of the big-box bookstore, local independent stores have successfully emphasized community, tactile experience, curation, and collaboration.

at a moment when our world seems to be disintegrating at the seams, it was a joy to speak with independent booksellers in Ann Arbor & Ypsilanti about their community-building efforts

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Making World Literature Out of Private Lives | Kirkus Reviews For award-winning Indian writer Geetanjali Shree, writing about ordinary people is an act of resistance—and hope.

For the latest Kirkus Reviews, I interviewed #GeetanjaliShree , who in 2018 became the first writer writing in Hindi to win the #InternationalBookerPrize

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in an mmmbop they’re gone. in an mmmbop they’re not THERE

Jazz luminaries to celebrate 100 years of Miles Davis and John Coltrane in Ann Arbor concert – Concentrate As saxophonist Ravi Coltrane and trumpeter Terence Blanchard embark on a tour celebrating the 100th anniversary of jazz legends Miles Davis' and John Coltrane's births, Ravi Coltrane says "the real pl...

Ravi Coltrane & Terence Blanchard embark on a tour celebrating the centennial anniversary of the births of John Coltrane & Miles Davis … First stop: Ann Arbor, Mich

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Israel named 'worst enemy of journalists' by Reporters Without Borders Annual report accuses Israel of being the primary perpetrator of journalist deaths, ahead of cartels and organised crime groups

MIDDLE EAST EYE: Israel named 'worst enemy of journalists' by Reporters Without Borders www.middleeasteye.net/news/reporte... @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social @rsf.org #photojournalism #journalism #photography

'1969: Killers, Freaks, and Radicals' Explores Series of Ann Arbor Murders In the new documentary '1969: Killers, Freaks, and Radicals,' local filmmaker Andrew Templeton investigates how the counterculture backlash of the times may have influenced a murder investigation in A...

for the December issue of Hour Detroit, I wrote about a new film analyzing an Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti-based serial killer who targeted young female college students in the late 1960s -- and the subsequent (botched) police investigation

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Documentary on Pulitzer-winning political cartoonist set for Ann Arbor premiere and director Q&A – Concentrate A new documentary traces the life and work of cartoonist Pat Oliphant, "with all his human frailties … and spectacular career," in director Bill Banowsky’s words.

It was a pleasure speaking with Bill Banowsky, whose new film, A SAVAGE ART, traces the life & career of Pat Oliphant. “I don’t know that anyone would say there’s been a more influential political cartoonist in the United States than Oliphant,” Banowsky says.

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Visual artists of Michigan music scene take spotlight in event organized by Ann Arbor photographer – Concentrate Organizer Chuck Marshall describes his upcoming event as “a showcase for the visual artists in Michigan music,” including poster artists, concert photographers, album cover artists, and more.

Thanks to @nataliaholtzman.bsky.social and @concentratemedia.bsky.social for this nice feature on GIG: The Art of Michigan Music.

GIG is Saturday, November 8 at ART 634 in Jackson, Michigan.

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having reached the part of the news cycle where you’re just eating ice cream from the carton with a fork

Greta Thunberg On Her Detention: I'm "Not The Story" — It's Israel Violating International Humanitarian Law “I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story.”

Greta Thunberg, deported to Greece, says the targeting of the Sumud Flotilla is "not the story" @teenvogue.com — instead, she says:

"Israel once again violated international humanitarian law by preventing aid from getting into Gaza while people are being starved.”

Renowned Ann Arbor ceramicists' sculpture garden to open to the public for free special event – Concentrate John and Susanne Stephenson's artistic legacy will be displayed in "The Complete Collection Unveiled," a free special event Oct. 10-11.

late to post but in the middle of everything else i had a blast reporting on this exquisite ceramicist duo for a photo essay the mighty Doug Coombe & i put together for Concentrate 🌻📸

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not me heading out for my first-ever mammogram & defffff not my husband wandering around the house singing that word to the tune of ram jam’s black betty 😌🙏🤓

between genocide & the other horrors i guess we’re not talking about how…bossy??… van morrison is?? “turn up yr radio” “take off yr shoes” “get on the train” — bro don’t tell me how to live my fckn life

i know the world is quite literally tearing itself apart and/but the only thing i have to offer is that at my brother’s fiancée’s bachelorette party i mixed together a bunch of different kinds of potato chips & offered to share my potato salad w/everyone

WEMU at 60: How Ypsi's public radio station became a Washtenaw County musical institution – Concentrate Ypsi's WEMU-FM is a rarity: a community-oriented radio station that plays over 75 hours of jazz and blues a week. Here's how its format and sound came to be.

kind of a journo dream to write about WEMU, the public radio station i was raised on, which celebrates its 60th anniversary in a year when public media’s being threatened to its core

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actually, is the moment rory gets into chilton also the beginning of her downfall

final destination is actually just about how your student loans will follow you to the end

Tommy Prine, son of folk legend John Prine, to perform in Ann Arbor We chatted with Prine about his new EP, the big and small ways his life changed since his first album was released in 2023, and how his understanding of his late father has deepened as his own…

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Brother Ali - Uncle Sam Goddamn (Official Video) YouTube video by Rhymesayers Entertainment

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not even. i just had the Miseducation on again & it is somehow never not relevant

listen we just do not talk enough about lauryn hill. like as a nation

Ann Arbor's Dani Darling to step back from music after July EP release Ann Arbor-based musician Danielle Davis, who performs as Dani Darling, says she doesn't "want to throw out the word 'retirement,'" but she is also looking forward to taking a break from music after…

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aren’t echoes just teeny tiny little ghosts

Series spotlighting BIPOC artists at The Ark set to return June 8 Artist Kyler Wilkins, known as Ki5, founded the ongoing Voices concert series at The Ark. The series is intended to highlight the work of Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) artists in an i...

The Voices series, which highlights the work of BIPOC artists, returns to Ann Arbor's The Ark this weekend with a performance by London Beck. Series creator Kyler Wilkins says he wants audiences to leave with "a deepened sense of community & connectedness."

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the absolute emptiness of the statement “I stand with xyz” when it’s unaccompanied by any further action

MI Republicans Think It's “Inappropriate” to Ask GOP Lawmaker to Prove Their Gender Woolford would not publicly disclose his medical history, but under his own proposed laws, children across Michigan might have to.

1. Republican legislators were in uproar after a Democratic representative asked the sponsor of an anti-trans sports ban to prove they were not trans.

Their bill would require teenage girls to do just that.

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leave it to Domenico Starnone to describe, w/such aching, delicate beauty, the scent of new clothes, & the pleasure women can take in trying on those clothes - & to tie that pleasure to a sense of fragility & mortality

(from Old Man by the Sea, trans by Oonagh Stransky, out in Aug from Europa)