Zinta Aistars's Blog
February 14, 2017
Between the Lines: Sleeping Tiger Awakes
by Zinta Aistarsfor WMUK 102.1 FM
Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate
Between the Lines is my weekly radio show about books and writers with a Michigan connection. It airs every Tuesday at 7:50 a.m., 11:55 a.m., and 4:20 p.m. (or listen anytime online), on WMUK 102.1 FM, Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate. I am the host of Between the Lines.
This week's guest: Dr. Anne Marie Ameri
Martha Obermiller of Denver, right, chants during a rally protesting the immigration policies of P...
Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate
Between the Lines is my weekly radio show about books and writers with a Michigan connection. It airs every Tuesday at 7:50 a.m., 11:55 a.m., and 4:20 p.m. (or listen anytime online), on WMUK 102.1 FM, Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate. I am the host of Between the Lines.
This week's guest: Dr. Anne Marie Ameri
Martha Obermiller of Denver, right, chants during a rally protesting the immigration policies of P...
January 30, 2017
Between the Lines: Writing Through Cancer
by Zinta Aistarsfor WMUK 102.1 FM
Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate
Between the Lines is my weekly radio show about books and writers with a Michigan connection. It airs every Tuesday at 7:50 a.m., 11:55 a.m., and 4:20 p.m. (or listen anytime online), on WMUK 102.1 FM, Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate. I am the host of Between the Lines.
This week's guest: Fleda Brown
Fleda BrownCREDIT FLEDA BROWN
Fleda Brown is a cancer survivor. Being a writer, she wrote her way...
Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate
Between the Lines is my weekly radio show about books and writers with a Michigan connection. It airs every Tuesday at 7:50 a.m., 11:55 a.m., and 4:20 p.m. (or listen anytime online), on WMUK 102.1 FM, Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate. I am the host of Between the Lines.
This week's guest: Fleda Brown
Fleda BrownCREDIT FLEDA BROWNFleda Brown is a cancer survivor. Being a writer, she wrote her way...
January 23, 2017
Between the Lines: Joseph Gross, Poet
by Zinta Aistarsfor WMUK 102.1 FM
Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate
Between the Lines is my weekly radio show about books and writers with a Michigan connection. It airs every Tuesday at 7:50 a.m., 11:55 a.m., and 4:20 p.m. (or listen anytime online), on WMUK 102.1 FM, Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate. I am the host of Between the Lines.
This week's guest: Joseph Gross
Joseph GrossCREDIT ANGELA GROSS
Joseph Gross is the director of the Ransom District Library in Pl...
Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate
Between the Lines is my weekly radio show about books and writers with a Michigan connection. It airs every Tuesday at 7:50 a.m., 11:55 a.m., and 4:20 p.m. (or listen anytime online), on WMUK 102.1 FM, Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate. I am the host of Between the Lines.
This week's guest: Joseph Gross
Joseph GrossCREDIT ANGELA GROSSJoseph Gross is the director of the Ransom District Library in Pl...
January 17, 2017
Between the Lines: Kalamazoo Coloring Book
by Zinta Aistarsfor WMUK 102.1 FM
Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate
Between the Lines is my weekly radio show about books and writers with a Michigan connection. It airs every Tuesday at 7:50 a.m., 11:55 a.m., and 4:20 p.m. (or listen anytime online), on WMUK 102.1 FM, Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate. I am the host of Between the Lines.
This week's guest: Simon Kalil Borst
You’ve seen his work. It's in the online Kalamazoo magazine Southwest Michigan's Second Wave.&nb...
Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate
Between the Lines is my weekly radio show about books and writers with a Michigan connection. It airs every Tuesday at 7:50 a.m., 11:55 a.m., and 4:20 p.m. (or listen anytime online), on WMUK 102.1 FM, Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate. I am the host of Between the Lines.
This week's guest: Simon Kalil Borst
You’ve seen his work. It's in the online Kalamazoo magazine Southwest Michigan's Second Wave.&nb...
November 27, 2016
Between the Lines: By Bus, With Chickens
by Zinta Aistarsfor WMUK 102.1 FM
Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate
Between the Lines is my weekly radio show about books and writers with a Michigan connection. It airs every Tuesday at 7:50 a.m., 11:55 a.m., and 4:20 p.m. (or listen anytime online), on WMUK 102.1 FM, Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate. I am the host of Between the Lines.
This week's guest: Jan Brett
Author Jan Brett's decorated tour busCREDIT PENGUIN-RANDOM HOUSE
As Jan Brett begins her 23-city nat...
Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate
Between the Lines is my weekly radio show about books and writers with a Michigan connection. It airs every Tuesday at 7:50 a.m., 11:55 a.m., and 4:20 p.m. (or listen anytime online), on WMUK 102.1 FM, Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate. I am the host of Between the Lines.
This week's guest: Jan Brett
Author Jan Brett's decorated tour busCREDIT PENGUIN-RANDOM HOUSEAs Jan Brett begins her 23-city nat...
November 16, 2016
Between the Lines: A Life of Adventure
by Zinta Aistarsfor WMUK 102.1 FM
Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate
Between the Lines is my weekly radio show about books and writers with a Michigan connection. It airs every Tuesday at 7:50 a.m., 11:55 a.m., and 4:20 p.m. (or listen anytime online), on WMUK 102.1 FM, Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate. I am the host of Between the Lines.
This week's guest: Kathleen Stocking
Kathleen Stocking has traveled the world, and dug deep into her own community in Michigan's...
Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate
Between the Lines is my weekly radio show about books and writers with a Michigan connection. It airs every Tuesday at 7:50 a.m., 11:55 a.m., and 4:20 p.m. (or listen anytime online), on WMUK 102.1 FM, Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate. I am the host of Between the Lines.
This week's guest: Kathleen Stocking
Kathleen Stocking has traveled the world, and dug deep into her own community in Michigan's...
November 3, 2016
Between the Lines: Working Invisible
by Zinta Aistarsfor WMUK 102.1 FM
Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate
Between the Lines is my weekly radio show about books and writers with a Michigan connection. It airs every Tuesday at 7:50 a.m., 11:55 a.m., and 4:20 p.m. (or listen anytime online), on WMUK 102.1 FM, Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate. I am the host of Between the Lines.
This week's guest: Dustin M. Hoffman
Dustin M. HoffmanCREDIT CARRIE ANN HOFFMAN
He may teach in academia now but for ten years, D...
Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate
Between the Lines is my weekly radio show about books and writers with a Michigan connection. It airs every Tuesday at 7:50 a.m., 11:55 a.m., and 4:20 p.m. (or listen anytime online), on WMUK 102.1 FM, Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate. I am the host of Between the Lines.
This week's guest: Dustin M. Hoffman
Dustin M. HoffmanCREDIT CARRIE ANN HOFFMANHe may teach in academia now but for ten years, D...
October 25, 2016
Between the Lines: Of Wine and Murder
by Zinta Aistarsfor WMUK 102.1 FM
Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate
Between the Lines is my weekly radio show about books and writers with a Michigan connection. It airs every Tuesday at 7:50 a.m., 11:55 a.m., and 4:20 p.m. (or listen anytime online), on WMUK 102.1 FM, Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate. I am the host of Between the Lines.
This week's guest: Aaron Stander
A glass of Michigan wine, served with murder. The eighth in Aaron Stander‘s Ray Elkin...
Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate
Between the Lines is my weekly radio show about books and writers with a Michigan connection. It airs every Tuesday at 7:50 a.m., 11:55 a.m., and 4:20 p.m. (or listen anytime online), on WMUK 102.1 FM, Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate. I am the host of Between the Lines.
This week's guest: Aaron Stander
A glass of Michigan wine, served with murder. The eighth in Aaron Stander‘s Ray Elkin...
October 20, 2016
Cheers to Local Wines
by Zinta Aistars
Published in Welcome Home magazine
Fall 2016 Issue
Cheers to Local WinesBy Zinta Aistars
For many years, when wine drinkers considered fine wines, thoughts have traveled overseas to Italy or France, or cross-country to the West Coast. Michigan wines, however, are collecting awards and bringing those wine-tasting thoughts back to home shores. Michigan is now the fifth largest state in wine production.
According to Michigan Wines, the official website for the Michigan wine industry...
Published in Welcome Home magazine
Fall 2016 Issue
Cheers to Local WinesBy Zinta Aistars
For many years, when wine drinkers considered fine wines, thoughts have traveled overseas to Italy or France, or cross-country to the West Coast. Michigan wines, however, are collecting awards and bringing those wine-tasting thoughts back to home shores. Michigan is now the fifth largest state in wine production.
According to Michigan Wines, the official website for the Michigan wine industry...
October 5, 2016
A Secret Love and a Love Shared
Published in "In the Key of G"Newsletter of The Gilmore International Keyboard FestivalFall 2016
By Zinta Aistars
Keith Peterson was enjoying the scenery and the warmth of Julie’s arms wrapped around his waist from behind him on the motorcycle. For a moment, he had allowed his eyes to wander away from the road. One moment was all it took.
“I didn’t see the pickup in front of us stop,” he says. “My brakes locked, and we spun out. I went flying over the handlebars, and Julie fell off the back of...
By Zinta Aistars
Keith Peterson was enjoying the scenery and the warmth of Julie’s arms wrapped around his waist from behind him on the motorcycle. For a moment, he had allowed his eyes to wander away from the road. One moment was all it took.
“I didn’t see the pickup in front of us stop,” he says. “My brakes locked, and we spun out. I went flying over the handlebars, and Julie fell off the back of...
