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In local arts news this week, we explore Classical IPR’s new podcast through the lens of humor. And then there’s a murder, a fictional one.

Why a Leelanau County township's cease-and-desist notice had little effect on the use of sewage as farm fertilizer. We'll also hear about the competitive race to get kids registered for a summer camp in Traverse City, and what it says about child care in northern Michigan. And we talk with author Howard Lovy about his debut novel — partly set at Interlochen in the mid-1980s.

Author and journalist Geraldine Brooks chronicles coping with the sudden death of her husband, Tony Horwitz, in her new memoir, "Memorial Days."

Detroit native and New York Times bestselling author Nedra Glover Tawwab appears at the National Writers Series in Traverse City on Friday. Her new book, "Drama Free," is about managing difficult family relationships.

The children's horror book series that swept the shelves of elementary school libraries all over the state in the early 2000s.

On the next edition of Michigan Writers on the Air: Katey Schultz will read from her new novel Still Come Home, a story is set inAfghanistan. Stephen…