Explore the U.P. on its own terms with locals as your guides.
U.P. Dream Days is a collaborative guidebook to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula featuring deep local knowledge from a farmer, a community organizer, a wildlife researcher, a writer, a chef, a field recordist, an educator, a sunrise evangelist, and the 2023 Lilac Queen of Mackinac Island.
U.P. Dream Days also includes
One road trip bingo card
Five dream day diary pages
Ten scenic walks and hikes in and around Marquette
Eleven carefully curated itineraries
Twenty-one playful and practical maps
Plus insights into watershed thinking, rural organizing, deep listening, wild food foraging, and making a life in the Northwoods
Purchase a copy online at Close Circle, or in Marquette at U.P. Supply Co. and the Marquette Food Co-op.
Events
MINNEAPOLIS, MN: Friday, June 19th, 6:30-7:30 pm: Reading/road trip advice/chitchat/cookie potluck at Transmission (2521 27th Ave. S.).
MARQUETTE, MI: Friday, June 26th, 6:30-7:30 pm: Join many of the folks who made the book for a book release party and cookie potluck at U.P. Supply Co. (221 W. Washington St.) Chatham correspondent Olivia Kingery, illustrator Emily Lanctot, and road trip aficionado Bugsy Sailor will all be there. It’s gonna be a fun night.
Check @thestateofsuperior on Instagram for more info
