RAINBOW FARM AUTHOR VISITING CASS LIBRARY

CASSOPOLIS - Cass District Library Tuesday announced that Dean
Kuipers, author of "Burning Rainbow Farm," will pay a special visit
to the library at 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 15, to talk about his
writing experience, sign his book and answer guests' questions.

Kuipers has agreed to arrive an hour early to mingle and chat with
guests before his presentation.

Refreshments will be provided for everyone's enjoyment.

Kuipers is visiting Cass District Library as part of the Library of
Michigan's 2007 "Michigan Notable Authors Tour."

This year, 18 authors whose engaging works were chosen as 2007
Michigan Notable Books selections will visit nearly 70 libraries
throughout the state.

Cass District Library is located at 319 M-62 North, Cassopolis.

For details about this author event, call (269) 445-3400.

"It's a literary treat to be a host site for the Michigan Notables
tour. Michigan is home to some of the best stories and storytellers
found anywhere in the country. We look forward to hearing Mr. Kuipers
discuss his research and writing process. I anticipate it will be an
afternoon to remember," said CDL Director Jennifer Ray.

"This year's Michigan Notable Books delve into wonderfully diverse
topics and offer something of interest for just about everyone," said
State Librarian Nancy R. Robertson. "The tour offers the opportunity
for book enthusiasts in many corners of the state to join in the
conversation about what constitutes 'great writing' and to hear from
some of the Great Lakes region's most beloved authors."

Kuipers is a frequent contributor to the Los Angeles Times and an
editor at Los Angeles CityBeat.

He is co-author (with Doug Aitken) of "I Am A Bullet."

A former editor at Spin and Raygun magazines, his work has appeared
in Playboy, Rolling Stone, Interview, Travel & Leisure, Outside and
other publications. He grew up in Mattawan, Mich., and now lives in
Los Angeles with artist Meg Cranston and their son, Spenser.

Burning Rainbow Farm: How a Stoner Utopia Went Up in Smoke by Dean
Kuipers (Bloomsbury) is a detailed and readable account that
describes the 2001 tragedy on Tom Crosslin and Rollie Rohm's farm in
Vandalia, a rural Cass County, Michigan, town. Crosslin founded
Rainbow Farm in 1993 as a shelter for marijuana smokers,
libertarians, disconnected gays and lovers of live music. Kuipers
chronicles Crosslin and Rohm's backgrounds and enables readers to
understand what led to their beliefs and convictions and how these
beliefs and convictions converged to create the confounding
circumstances of August 2001. In so doing, Kuipers asks readers to
think seriously about the moral and emotional issues surrounding the
war on drugs.

Michigan Notable Books (which originated as Read Michigan, part of
the Michigan Week program in 1991) is designed to promote reading and
raise awareness of Michigan's literary heritage. The Michigan Notable
Books program annually selects 20 of the most outstanding books
published in that year - titles that are reflective of Michigan's
diverse ethnic, historical, literary and cultural experience.

In addition to the tour, the Library of Michigan and Library of
Michigan Foundation will host a "Night for Notables" on Saturday,
April 14, with guest speakers former Governor William G. Milliken,
former Detroit News political columnist George Weeks; and David
Dempsey, an author on this year's Michigan Notable Books list. For
more information about the evening program taking place at the
Library of Michigan in downtown Lansing, visit www.michigan.gov/notablebooks.

The 2007 Michigan Notable Books program and tour are made possible
thanks to the generous support of Borders, Cooley Law School, the
Michigan Humanities Council, ProQuest, LaSalle Bank, the Library of
Michigan, the Library of Michigan Foundation, Michigan Center for the
Book and Schuler Books & Music. The program's media partners are the
Lansing State Journal and WKAR.

The Library of Michigan is part of the Department of History, Arts
and Libraries (HAL). Dedicated to enriching quality of life and
strengthening the economy by providing access to information,
preserving and promoting Michigan's heritage and fostering cultural
creativity, the department also includes the Mackinac Island State
Park Commission, the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs,
the Michigan Film Office and the Michigan Historical Center. For more
information, visit www.michigan.gov/hal.