Contributing Writers

The Recorder newspaper offers stories about local news from many contributing writers.
Here are a few that have stories currently online.

Michelle Mueller

Michelle Mueller

Michelle is the author of the book Mr. Bonner: The Story of a Mentoring Journey, which was released in 2019.   She has written for The Recorder, the Albion College Io Triumphe magazine, and she is an enthusiastic scrapbooker in her spare time.  See more articles by Michelle Mueller here: www.albionmich.net/writer-mueller/

Frank Passic

Frank Passic

An Albion native, Frank Passic is a 1971 graduate of Albion High School and has been writing Albion history articles since 1976.  He is the author of several books including Albion in Review, and Growing Up in Albion.

This story is reprinted with permission from Frank Passic.
All text © 2020 Frank Passic. All rights reserved (About Us).

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See more articles by Frank, and quoting Frank, on this web page: www.albionmich.net/writer-passic

Linda Kolmodin, Writer, Teacher, Fundraiser

Linda Kolmodin

Linda Jansen Kolmodin has been a resident of Albion since 1981. Originally from North Muskegon Michigan, she was a special education teacher for Olivet Community Schools for 18 years.   Since that time, public relations and writing have been the focus of Kolmodin’s work.

Most recently,  the successfully funded Coca-Cola mural restoration project for downtown Albion Michigan benefitted from the volunteer efforts of Linda Kolmodin.  She is involved in many Albion organizations including the Albion Community  Foundation and the Albion-Homer United Way.  She is a graduate of U of M, with a Master’s Degree from EMU in Special Education.

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Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo

Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo

Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful  Espejo was the visiting artist at the Albion College during the fall of 2019. He sought to meet people in Albion. He wrote a series of articles about his experience in Albion for The Recorder newspaper.

Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo is a performance artist and teacher who has worked across the USA and internationally at venues such as Madrid Abierto/ARCO, The IX Havana Biennial, PERFORMA 05 and 07, IDENSITAT, Prague Quadrennial, and NYU Cantor Film Center. He has received grants and residencies from Art Matters, Lambent Foundation, MacDowell Colony, National Association of Latino Arts and Culture, Printed Matter Inc., PS1/MoMA, and Yaddo, and holds an MFA from Tyler School of Art, Temple University, and an MA from Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York. Nicolás teaches art at the visionary City & Country School in Manhattan and presents architectural workshops that help SEQ ART KIDS students create their own utopian architecture.

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