Take a walk on Dearborn's wild side with this delightful (and thrilling!) community anthology featuring animal stories, poems, and essays written by over 100 authors of all ages. From humor to haiku, mystery to real-life-rescue tales, there's something here for everyone. Proceeds benefit Dearborn Public Library. Edited by Henry Fischer, Linda Choo, Kathryn Takach, Jeff Lelek.

is now available to order! You may recall this was the book put together by the Dearborn Public Library and which features an essay by yours truly! Additionally, our dogs Jack and Zelda are featured on the cover.Authors include Syed Mustafa Akbari, Abeer Alhassan, Ali Aljahmi, Byan Al-Qalyuby, Zain Alsayad, Ayat AlTamimi, Judy Altesleben, Mary Althaver, David K. Anger, Mary Bandyke, Maryanne Bartles, Marge Berry, Bonnie Bilbrey, Joseph Bongero, Alfred Brock, Amy Bruhn, Ellen Chene, Linda Choo, Susan J. Cleereman, Dan Colovas, Rose M. Cook, Beaufort Cranford, Collette Cullen, Hank Czerwick, Selia Danes, Dannielle DiMeglio, Michael Dorantes, Rowden F. Dupuie, Mary Jo Durivage, Gloria Edmonds, Zeinab Elhourani, Elle Vee, Malak Fawaz, Mohamed Fawaz, Zamzam A. Fawaz, Christine Fischer, Henry Fischer, A.C. Fish, Shirley Foisy, Annie Franco, Joe Gaber, Anne Gautreau, Carl Goran, Nicki Goran, Laurine Griffin, Arty Grins, Barbara Sophie Hansen, Kim Heard, Jacob Hildebrandt, Saad Jawad, Carol Ann Jessup, Carol Kalat, Sarah Kalmoni, Diane Kaye, James Knapp, Walter Lamb, James LaRue, James Lawhorn, Erica Laycock, Jeff Lelek, Michael Louis, Teresa M. Lousias, Haneefa Mahmood, Jim Miller, Nathan Nourie, L. Glenn O’Kray, Patty Podzikowski, Anita Polzin, Drew Prosch-Jensen, Marcel Pultorak, Steven R. Roberts, Lisa Rose, Isabella Rowan, MaryAnn Rowe, Michelle Saad, John Sanchez, Julie Schaefer, Angela Scott, Zahra Seblini, Corey Seeman, Gary Setter, Susie Duncan Sexton, Maleka Sharay, Nourah Sinahi, Donald G. Smock, John Smolinski, Mark Somers, Veronica Susalla, Kathryn Takach, Claudia Taniguchi, Dennis Tino, Phyllis Tippett, John Toohey, Dennis Underwood, Eleanor Vallie-Floetke, Jane Vos, Mary Weber, Arleen Wood, EmmaJean Woodyard, Gretchen Yates-Madick, and Mary Ann Zawada.Susie Duncan Sexton grew up in a very small town, Columbia City, Indiana. After graduating twelfth in her class at Ball State University (winning the first ever John R. Emens award for “most outstanding senior”), she returned to her hometown where she has worked as a teacher, a publicist, a museum curator, and a health lecturer.She currently writes monthly columns "Old Type Writer" for a popular local blogand "Homeward Angle" for thenewspaper. She has been a frequent contributor to the literary journal "Moronic Ox," and her poetry was selected by poet Charles Michael Madigan and by Wayne State professor M.L. Liebler to be featured in "Poetic Resonance Imaging: Behind the Door." She also has been featured inandmagazines. Her booksand its sequelare currently available in paperback (as well as download formats) at www.open-bks.com www.amazon.com , and www.susieduncansexton.com . Her son Roy Sexton recently published his first book of film, theatre, music, and pop culture essays, www.reelroyreviews.com ).Describing her work, Susie says, “I willingly share nostalgic trips to the past as I have now achieved such an old age that no one remains who can question the authenticity of my memory of places, people and events that were very much never what they were cracked up to be.”Always an observer of events and human traits, Susie Duncan Sexton offers without apology her thoughts and observations as they are and once were, and fitting her persona into pigeonholes is impossible. “I have searched for the 'We of Me' since toddler days and have always come up wanting,” she says, “though I trust that in my next life I shall finally have figured out how to make this world a better place full of tolerance and inclusiveness and understanding for all forms of life.”Rebecca Winder: "Awesome!"Ruth Wilkins: "Hope you are well and enjoying our strange weather - however, it is a beautiful summer! This is so exciting for Susie and ALL who love her!!!"Holly Shay: "LOL- my parents are Jack and Zelda. How funny!"________________________Read about movies and nostalgia, animal issues and sociopolitical concerns all discussed in my book Secrets of an Old Typewriter and its follow-up Misunderstood Gargoyles and Overrated Angels - print and ebook versions of both are available on Amazon (click the title).The books are also carried by these fine retailers: Ann Arbor's Bookbound and Common Language ; Columbia City's Memory Lane North Side Grille and Whitley County Historical Museum ; and Fort Wayne's The Bookmark And you can download from iTunes Meet other like-minded souls at my facebook fan page Visit my author website at www.susieduncansexton.com Join a great group of animal advocates Squawk Back: Helping animals when others can't ... Or Won't