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Bill Castanier

Bill Castanier

Bill Castanier has been an award-wining weekly newspaper editor, advertising and public relations executive in his 40 year career. In addition, he has been an executive with a newspaper trade association and founded Michigan’s first technology association, I-TE@M. He writes a weekly newspaper feature on Michigan authors and is on the Board of the Kerrytown BookFest and the Michigan Notable Book Awards. He has the only daily blog on Michigan literature (Mittenlit) and founded Spartanpodcast.com.

Live life to the full chicadee

Live life to the full chicadee

By Bill Castanier on April 19, 2012

Wayne Pope finds poetry in nature

Posted in Literary Lansing, News, Poem/a/Day | Tagged Lansing Online News, Poem/a/Day, Wayne Pope | Leave a response

National baseball historian to speak at Lansing history meeting

National baseball historian to speak at Lansing history meeting

By Bill Castanier on April 19, 2012

Peter Morris will answer the question is baseball passe or the national pasttime

Posted in News | Tagged baseballl, Historical Society of Greater Lansing, Lansing Online News, Petet Morris | Leave a response

Poet has a plan for cleansing the soul

Poet has a plan for cleansing the soul

By Bill Castanier on April 18, 2012

Melissa Dey-Hasbrook opts for peace over sorrow, grief and pain

Posted in Literary Lansing, News, Poem/a/Day | Tagged Lansing Online News, Melissa Dey Hasbrook, Mittenlit.com, Poem/a/Day | 1 Response

Rudyard Kipling weighs in on Rudyard and Kipling

Rudyard Kipling weighs in on Rudyard and Kipling

By Bill Castanier on April 17, 2012

Rudyard Kipling was so taken by having two Michigan cities named after him he sent a poem to Soo Railroad official who had a hand in the naming

Posted in Literary Lansing, News, Poem/a/Day | Tagged Kipling, Lansing Online News, Poem/a/Day, Rudyard, Rudyard Kipling | Leave a response

A Marine in Vietnam embraces death in a poem

A Marine in Vietnam embraces death in a poem

By Bill Castanier on April 16, 2012

Lance Cpl. Jim Thomas writes about death in Vietnam

Posted in Literary Lansing, News, Poem/a/Day | Tagged east lansing high school, Marines, Michigan author, MSU, Poem/a/Day, the Paper, vietnam | Leave a response

Birds and cats play a game through a looking glass

Birds and cats play a game through a looking glass

By Bill Castanier on April 15, 2012

What you see isn’t exactly what you can get in a poem by Lori A. May

Posted in Literary Lansing, News, Poem/a/Day | Tagged Lansing Online News, Lori A. May, Macomb Community College, Michigan author, Poem/a/Day | Leave a response

At some point everyone needs help to navigate the tree of life

At some point everyone needs help to navigate the tree of life

By Bill Castanier on April 14, 2012

Jeff Vande Zande considers more than just climbing a tree in his Poem/a/Day

Posted in Literary Lansing, News, Poem/a/Day | Tagged "American Poet", Delta College, Jeff Vande Zande, Lansing Online News, Michigan author, Poem/a/Day, Saginaw Michigan, Theodore Roethke | Leave a response

Lansing baseball player extolled in Ring Lardner poem

Lansing baseball player extolled in Ring Lardner poem

By Bill Castanier on April 13, 2012

by noted author and sportswriter Ring Lardner from Niles Michigan

Posted in Literary Lansing, News, Poem/a/Day | Tagged Lansing Michigan, Lansing Online News, Niles Michigan, Poem/a/Day, Ring Lardner, Vic Saier | Leave a response

Karma goes a long way in picking a pooch

Karma goes a long way in picking a pooch

By Bill Castanier on April 12, 2012

Poet Jennifer Pahl Otto writes about a life with a long tale in “Dog Karma”

Posted in News | Tagged Jennifer Pahl Otto, Lansing Online News, Michigan author, Michigan writer, Poem/a/Day, Rescue dogs | Leave a response

A leaf at the end of its journey can be a message to us all

A leaf at the end of its journey can be a message to us all

By Bill Castanier on April 11, 2012

John Peter Beck traces the life of a leaf in his poem

Posted in Literary Lansing, News, Poem/a/Day | Tagged John Peter Beck, Lansing Online News, Michigan author, Poem/a/Day | 2 Responses

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