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    2025 Detroit Festival of Books Lecture at the Detroit Public Library - The AstroTwins
            
                
                    
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    2025 Detroit Festival of Books Lecture at the Detroit Public Library - Curtis Chin
            
                
                    
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    2025 Detroit Festival of Books Lecture at the Detroit Public Library - Mark Crilley
            
                
                    
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    2025 Detroit Festival of Books Interview at the Eastern Market - Shonda Buchanan
            
                
                    
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    2025 Detroit Festival of Books Interview at the Eastern Market - Bridget Kies
            
                
                    
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    Library of Congress American Stories Ep 102- A Reading Road Trip State: Georgia
            
                
                    
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    Readers Club | Ep. 209: Silvia Moreno-Garcia | The Bewitching and Mexican Gothic
            
                
                    
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            2025 Detroit Festival of Books Interview - John King Used & Rare Books
                
                    
                        
                            Season 2025
                        
                    
                    
                        
                            Episode 45
                        
                    
                
            
            
            PBS Books is thrilled to partner with Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) to present the 2025 Detroit Festival of Books at the historic Eastern Market. We interviewed John King the owner of Detroit's largest book store, The John K. King's Used & Rare Books. This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.
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