Table of Contents
Foreword Aaron Foley 9
Introduction: Motor Notion Zoe Villegas 11
Dispatch from SW Detroit: Sevan Generations Seeking Home, Good Faith, Strong Will, Hard Working A.K.A. Get Your Own Damn Holiday and Stop Dressing Up Like a Fucking Mexican Michelle Martinez 14
What Wikipedia Won't Tell You about Delray, Michigan, 48209 Scheherazade Washington Parrish 18
Cass Corridor #1 Joel Fluent Greene 19
Cass Corridor Elias Khalil 22
Tiger Stadium Vince Guerrieri 25
Fiction: Steve's Place R.J. Fox 29
Jos. Campau Avenue and Parke-Davis Historic Site Heather Harper 43
Seeking Solitude in Rivertown Jeff Waraniak 45
West Village: A Five-Year Reflection Julién Godman 47
When Ruby Jones Was Here Lakisha Dumas 49
Just off Mock Avenue, on the Detroit Side Monica Hogan 51
Alleys Michael Constantine McConnell 54
War Hero Hakeem Weatherspoon 59
Poletown Drew Philp 61
A One-Year Stand in Hamtramck Aaron Foley 65
Interlude: Be Safe Justin Rogers 71
Highland Park: Stories within Stories in a City within a City Bailey Sisoy Isgro 73
Long Live the City of Trees Marsha Music 84
Six Mile, Dexter, Plymouth, Gratiot, and Grand River Lhea J. Love 93
A Home in Russell Woods Jill Day 95
Minock Park Erin Marquis 97
"No, it's not the East…" Sara Jane Boyers 100
What's Really Good? April S.C. 103
Bused In and Bused Out: How Judicial Rulings Changed Warrendale Lori Tucker-Sullivan 105
Warrendale, a Chance Medley with Lines from "Brother of Leaving" Cal Freeman 110
Our Bungalow on Braile Ian Thibodeau 113
Plymouth Rock Landed on Me Lhea J. Love 117
Bagley Barbara Stewart Thomas 118
Palmer Park: A Glorious Crossroad for Nature, Recreation, Creativity, Community, and More Barbara Barefield 121
Biking University District John G. Rodwan, Jr. 124
Sherwood Forest Gail Rodwan 125
Sing, Shout, "Green Acres is the Place to Be!" Maureen McDonald 127
Closing: Detroit: Exodus Will T. Langford IV 137
Contributors 142
