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Interview with author Thomas Lynch, "No Prisoners" library readings

Cover art for Thomas Lynch's "No Prisoners: A Novel"
David R. Godine, Publisher
Cover art for Thomas Lynch's "No Prisoners: A Novel"

A conversation with Thomas Lynch

Award-winning essayist and poet Thomas Lynch shares his first novel, "No Prisoners," a tale about Doyle Shields, an aged trade embalmer, who struggles with loss, love, war, PTSD, redemption, and salvation in the concluding chapters of his life. Three-time Michigan Notable Book author John Smolens will join Lynch for a discussion of writing novels and the writerly life at Peter White Public Library on Tuesday, 10/7 at 6:30 pm in the community room.

Hans Ahlström spoke with Lynch in our studios:

A conversation with Thomas Lynch

Lynch will hold a reading event for "No Prisoners" at Peter White Public Library on Tues., 10/7 at 6:30pm, and Wed. 10/8 at 6:30pm at the Munising Public Library.

Find out more at thomaslynch.com.

Hans Ahlström is the host of several programs, including the daily musical variety show Weekday, the mostly straight ahead jazz show Night Studio, the self-explanatory Blues Today, and the eclectic Sound Spectrum. You can also hear Hans as the local host of NPR's All Things Considered news magazine. He also helps manage Public Radio 90's web content, interviews local and visiting writers and artists, works with NMU student interns, and writes the occasional news story.
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