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Thanks, Reality Check. This just in: The Washington Post has included Annie's Ghosts on its list of "Best Books of 2009." [[The link takes you to the entire list; look under the Memoir category.)
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The just-announced Michigan Notable Book list for 2010 honors 20 books, including several about Detroit [[my recent book, Annie's Ghosts, is included). Click here to see the entire list. As state...

Just announced yesterday: My book, Annie's Ghosts, is a Michigan Notable Book for 2010, one of 20 honored, including several that focus on Detroit. See the entire list by clicking here.

A reminder: If you're in the neighborhood, please join me at the Ann Arbor Jewish Book Festival at noon or tonight, 7 p.m., at the Detroit Jewish Book Fair's Oak Park venue, 15110 West Ten Mile....

Since my first about Annie's Ghosts, several of you have asked if I could let the forum know when I'll be speaking next in the Detroit area. The time is almost upon us: I have several appearances...

Breaking news for those interested in mental health issues: In this Sunday's Parade magazine, there's a short Q&A with me about how mental health treatment has changed over the past 70 years, since...

Thanks for that link. I agree, those would make fascinating reading. The next time I'm in Lansing....

If you're interested in the Wayne master's thesis on the Red Star ward, it's available at the...

Thanks for posting that link. I know something about the Goodrich Act -- the "Goodrich" in the law's title referred to Merton W. Goodrich, who had committed one of those horrifying crimes that...

Dear realitycheck -- thanks for including me in the category of fresh fare and stimulating conversation. The last thing an author wants to be known for is a stale and boring meal.

Which leads to...

For any Detroit ex-pats living in the Washington, DC vicinity -- I'm speaking about Annie's Ghosts, and my research in Detroit, at the Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Avenue, on Saturday, Sept. 19, at 2:30...

Being interviewed on a hometown radio station, by an interviewer who has read the book and asks good questions, now that's the trifecta of book touring. [[It didn't hurt that he called Annie's Ghosts...

A reminder: The Detroit Today show on WDET will interview me about Annie's Ghosts and the Detroit threads in the story, sometime in the 1 pm - 2 pm hour, tentatively between 1:15 and 1:45. If you're...

As promised: My interview with Detroit Today is scheduled for this coming Wednesday, August 26, sometime in the 1 p.m-2 p.m. time slot, probably around 1:30 p.m. for 15 minutes or so. For those who...

Coming next week: I'll be interviewed on Wednesday, Aug. 26, about Annie's Ghosts on WDET, 101.9FM. Details [[including the time) soon.

The following image comes from the Wayne County court records. It shows the front of the petition that my grandmother signed to have Annie, my secret aunt, committed to an institution. It appears in...

Several people have emailed me through my website, steveluxenberg.com, to say that the various bookstores in Detroit have been selling out of Annie's Ghosts.

This is good news and bad news, for...

I had a lot of good feedback from people in the psychiatric community or from families with a member who has treated for mental illness. Their view of the book's authenticity is, as you can imagine,...

My wife, the school librarian, can identify with the confusion that comes each August as the school system engages in the annual ritual of figuring out who will be teaching which grades.....

As...

DetroitTeacher,

Music to any writer's ears, to hear a reader say that "it's a hard book to put down" and that you were "sucked into the story. . . experiencing things as you did." I'm also partial...

Thanks for ordering it, DetroitTeacher. Let the forum know what you think, positive or negative [[or both). Of course, I know which I prefer...

Steve

Review of Annie's Ghosts by Laura Steinberg in detroit.about.com.

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Here's the link: http://detroit.about.com/od/media/a/annies_Ghost.htm

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Talking about narrative writing is sometimes harder that doing it, but for those interested in the craft, there's an interview with me that was posted Friday on the Nieman Narrative Digest website,...

Hi Susan,

After reading your post on the thread about my new nonfiction book that takes place in Detroit [[Annie's Ghosts: A Journey Into a Family Secret), I'm popping over here to your thread. I'm...

Hi Susan,

I was just thinking of posting to your thread, and you've now posted to mine! I'll be over there, a bit later. I'm put your book on my "to-read" list.

Writers often complain about...

I thought it might be of interest to post the cover of the book. So here it is: