Before my meeting with Grace Shackman I visited the AADL and got a library card. I don’t know why I didn’t think of this sooner but there was an entire section dedicated to books solely about Ann Arbor—I took out like 6 including 2 of Grace’s books. I especially excited about the book Ann Arbor (W)rites. Its a book comprised like a collage of Ann Arbor voices- essays, stories, prose, images, poetry—all about narratives that exist here. This community memoir is the brainchild of Nicholas Delbanco, who edited the book. It came from listening to Karl Pohrt’s talk on the Ann Arbor Book Festival.
Also I went to literati last night and to my surprise there was brand new book by Ann Arbor local Richard Retyi titled The Book of Ann Arbor, An Extremely Serious History Book, which I’m also very excited to read. I’m thinking I’ll contact both of these individuals for my research after I read their books.
