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Thanks, Carey, for mentioning my novel. My publisher and I searched endlessly for the "right" cover image, and I was thrilled when I finally stumbled upon Bill's work. And thrilled also when I...

My novel, Grand River and Joy, published by University of Michigan Press, focuses on this era in Detroit history--October 1966-October 1967. I've had so many amazing discussions--and heard so many...

English, I just want to acknowledge this part of your earlier posting. Great questions. Hard to answer. I went to Halley, MacDowell, and Mumford in the 50s/60s, and these were integrated schools by...

Thanks, English. And, again, to you Kathleen, for mentioning the honors college thing.

The question of why Detroit didn't recover in the same way that other cities did is way beyond complex, with...

Very interesting discussion--can't help noticing the range of opinions. I have to say it reminds me of this paragraph, from the last page of my novel Grand River and Joy.

These are the thoughts...

English, etc., In this context I'd like to speak up for my novel--Grand River and Joy. It looks mainly at the black-Jewish piece of the story, and the northwest side of the city. But in a larger...

Thanks Rick and Jimaz and Kathleen,
I'm excited about the opportunities this presents. I would have responded before, but I'm away on vacation. Having a really wonderful time in a beautiful spot.
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My novel has been selected by University of Michigan as the Honors Program book for summer reading. That means that all incoming freshman in the honors program read it over the summer and come to...

On Tues, May 11, at 6:30, the Friends of the Southfield Public Library are [[is?) hosting a reading and discussion of my book Grand River and Joy.

Location is--

26300 Evergreen Road •...

When I was in high school in the 1960s, my friends and I used to go to Greektown for lunch on the weekends, as part of our downtown shopping expeditions. The restaurants [[Laikon, Hellas) had so much...

Thanks, Kathleen and Kielson and Hoagie. I'm back home now, exhausted. But what an extraordinary few days. I think that DPL event on Saturday was the best of all, something I'll always remember as so...

Hello there,
Just wanted to post a reminder about three book events next week.

1. An Evening of Recent Detroit Fiction
A reading and book signing, featuring Peter Markus, Susan Messer, and ...

Thanks, Lowell. That castle seemed to be much bigger back then--though, even then, not big enough to fulfill all my fantasies. Here's another one of that little lighthouse. Again, sorry the photo is...

Okay, LodgeDodger. Thanks for the encouragement. Here's another one: the castle.

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Okay, this is probably a little too cute, but it's Palmer Park in the 50s with me in the foreground and the cabin in the back. Sorry it's so small and crooked. Not terribly adept with photos. I have...

I found the photos of Palmer Park. The log cabin can be seen in the background of a couple of them. Now I'll just have to figure out how to upload them.

Oh, we loved to go to that park. And thanks...

I have a photo of that little castle and some other Palmer Park shots from the 50s and will look for them later tonight or tomorrow. Oh, how I loved that place. The ice skating was amazing. Not just...

Is that the log cabin near the pond where we went to change into our ice skates and get hot chocolate?

Both cities have soul.

Kathleen, thanks for filling in that info. I inserted a link re: the Marygrove event, but I see it doesn't show up very well. Saved, once again, by Kathleen.

I'll be reading in Ann Arbor during...

Here's a cool event coming up at Marygrove on March 18. Please come if you can.

I'll also be reading at the Detroit Public Library on March 20--the Douglass Branch on Grand River.

Susan Messer ...

My husband, who grew up on the east coast, just outside NYC, lived in Bay City for a couple of years, and thinks of it as one of the best times in his life [[except for now, of course). While he was...

Oh, the Avenue of Fashion was a wonderful place in the 60s. Great for hanging out on a Saturday afternoon if you were a teenager--shopping, walking, having lunch, running into friends. I know there...

Thanks in large part to people from Detroit Yes, my book is almost sold out in hardcover, and coming out very soon in paperback. Amazon already has it available for pre-order, but you can also ask...

English,
Thanks for posting that. I've heard similar comments [[re: the decline of racial polarization) at readings for my novel [[Grand River and Joy)--especially as the number of biracial children...