My Secret Lansing Book (2023)

Does a city have a soul? —My Secret Lansing gives a resounding “Yes!” to this question in this surprising collection of poetry and short non-fiction prose sketches describing the inner life of Michigan’s Capitol City region. Focusing on ways in which the extraordinary and the ordinary mingle, the book reveals how daily life is infused with secrets, magic, unexpected encounters, curiosities, and occasionally, tragedy and its long reverberations.

Editors: Ruelaine Stokes, poet, performance artist, and arts organizer based in Lansing, MI; and Laura Apol, 2019-2021 Lansing Poet Laureate, widely published poet and writer, and associate professor at Michigan State University.

Photographer: Roxanne J. Frith, professional photographer and former professor of photography at Lansing Community College.