The Library of Michigan announced the 2010 Michigan Notable Books today, honoring 20 books published in the last year that depict Michigan people, places, and events.
If this post were a martini, here’s the delicious juicy olive: In 1888 there was a vote for local control. Many Michigan counties voted. So how did the editor of the April 12, 1888 Ypsilantian decide to depict the results? He sure couldn’t whip something up on Photoshop.
Well, sir, he typeset, by hand, a map of Michigan, showing the “dry” counties with dotted lines, the “wet” counties with swirly brackets, and the non-voting counties left blank.
Sweet.
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Michigan by Choice is a group for people who could have fled to the coasts in search of cool jobs and hip scenes, but instead decided to stay in the mitten. Not enough tech jobs? Start a company. Not a cool enough music scene? Start a band. Not enough art? Start making it.
This state is already awesome and it can only get better. Let’s do this.
