FCNI Books are on Sale Now at The Grafted Root Eatery
Now available at The Grafted Root Eatery in Grand Blanc Have you been wondering, “Where can I go to get a fresh, delicious, home-cooked meal served to me by friendly faces while I browse new writing...
View ArticleTrigger Warnings and Discriminatory Buzzwords: Why Today’s College Kids Are...
by K.M. Zahrt To begin, it would be helpful to define who exactly are “Millennials.” That would be extremely helpful indeed. I’m convinced you could surf the Internet for an hour (exactly as I have...
View ArticleConsidering the Flag Consideration Project
by Brandon James Anderson If you’re not up to the minute on New Zealand’s domestic affairs, you may have missed the fact that the Oceanic nation is in the midst of a countrywide debate. The issue at...
View ArticleTrimming Book-Fat #4
Searching for the end of the bookshelf and the belt line with K.M. Zahrt It’s been so long since the last post in this series, you probably don’t even remember what we were supposed to be reading. In...
View ArticleThe Groomzilla Files #7
By Brandon James Anderson As of this week, I have less than two months to go before my nuptials. Now that #brandonsbigday is in sight, I’m starting to feel a sense of urgency. Which, from having spent...
View ArticleTrimming Book-Fat #5
Searching for the end of the bookshelf and the belt line with K.M. Zahrt Like at least 1.1 million other people around the globe, I found myself, whether I truly wanted to or not, reading Go Set a...
View ArticleTrimming Book-Fat #6: Inventory, Goals Assessment Edition
Searching for the end of the bookshelf and the belt line with K.M. Zahrt Sometime in the last week or two, the magnitude of this challenge started to drive me crazy. So, I took what seemed to be the...
View ArticleFCNI Announces Release Date for ‘Selected Writings’ Vol. 2
Photo Credit: Laura Yon The Fly Came Near It is proud to announce the release date for Selected Writings from Michiganders Post, Vol. 2. Available Tuesday, September 1, 2015. In this volume, you’ll not...
View ArticleNow Available: Selected Writings from Michiganders Post, Vol. 2, 2014-15
Photo Credit: Laura Yon The Fly Came Near It is proud to announce the official release of Selected Writings from Michiganders Post, Vol. 2, 2014-15. Now available! In this volume, you’ll not only find...
View ArticlePure (Vintage) Michigan
by Katie Heid As summer winds down and we trade our sandals for snow boots, it’s natural to pine for things of days gone by. Here are a few Michigan notables that will send you down memory lane: 1....
View ArticleThe Groomzilla Files #8
by Brandon James Anderson It’s October 1. My friends, the end of this engagement journey is near. A lot can happen over the course of an engagement and planning a wedding. Issues, both minor and...
View ArticleTrimming Book-Fat #7
Searching for the end of the bookshelf and the belt line with K.M. Zahrt Since Elizabeth Kolbert’s book The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History was published in 2014, it has been recognized as a...
View ArticleFall 2015 Issue of Old Northwest Review Available November 3
The Fly Came Near It is proud to announce that the Fall 2015 issue of Old Northwest Review will be available beginning Tuesday, November 3. After a successful inaugural issue last October, ONR returns...
View ArticleONR Preview: An Interview with Jack Lessenberry
Available November 3, 2015 Jack Lessenberry is head of the journalism faculty at Wayne State University, Michigan Radio’s senior political analyst, and the host of the television program Deadline Now...
View ArticleLatest Issue of Old Northwest Review Now Available!
The Fly Came Near It is proud to announce that the Fall 2015 issue of Old Northwest Review is now available for purchase! This latest collection features fiction, poetry, and non-fiction from more than...
View ArticleThis Is What I Fear
by Jeremy Eccles My son, Nathan, chose not to trick or treat this year. For the first time in a dozen years, I did not have to confront the chilly, autumn Michigan winds and various forms of...
View ArticleAll the President’s (Fictional) Men
by Katie Heid The 2016 Presidential Election is one year away, yet the process has the potential to burn us out long before the polls open. Rather than wallow in the three-ring circus that is American...
View ArticleThird Annual Dickens Christmas Contest
The Fly Came Near It is proud to announce Michiganders Post’s third annual Dickens-themed Christmas writing contest. Guidelines All submissions must begin, in some variation, with the following...
View ArticleTree Lighting
by K.M. Zahrt (Note: The following is a non-qualifying example entry for our Third Annual Dickens Christmas Contest by one of our Senior Editors. View the guidelines and enter by Friday, December 18,...
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