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about a girl going through her neigh-
borhood distributing posters as Lydia
came to do in the effort to find her
brother. Although I discovered the
Ann Arbor
story as I was going along, I knew
what the ending would be."
iriam Gershow grew up
Gershow, a storywriter since she
in Huntington Woods and
was
quite young, pursued writ
often brings suburban
ing seriously after graduating from
Detroit into her
Berkley High School, earning a
, works of fiction. Up
bachelor's degree in women's stud-
to now, that meant
ies at the University of Michigan and
short stories.
finding work that involved mental
The writer, who
health advocacy.
teaches in the
Gershow joined a comm unity
English Department
writing group in Oregon, moved on
at the University
academically to graduate from the
of Oregon and has
Miriam
Program in Creative Writ ing at the
settled into Eugene,
Gershow
returns to her home University of Oregon an became
a fiction fellow at the Wisconsin
state through the setting of her first
Institute for Creative Writing.
novel, The Local News (Spiegel &
"When I was workin g on my grad-
Grau; $24.95).
uate degree, I had onl eight class-
Michigan readers will sense an air
of familiarity, maybe through the way mates:' she recalls. " We all got lots of
attention, and that was very helpful."
she mentions places such as Henry
Ge rshow's short
Ford Hospital and
stori es have appeared
Comerica Bank. Jewish
in th e Georgia Review,
readers can connect to
Bla
k Warrior Review,
the religious identity
arterly
West and
of characters created
Qu
er
literary
jour-
oth
by Gershow, who had
als,
and
her
work
has
her bat mitzvah at
een
listed
in
the
100
b
Congregation Beth
D istinguished Stories
Shalom in Oak Park.
of the Best American
The book, which
Short Stories.
explores family
For almost three
upheaval after a teen-
years, Gershow has
age boy disappears,
been married to
will be introduced by
Jordan Bishko, who
the author Saturday
manages a business
evening, March 7, at
that manufactures
Shaman Drum Books
bikes.
in Ann Arbor and Tuesday evening,
When visiting Michigan, she enjoys
March 10, at Borders in Birmingham.
spending time with her mom, Eeta
"I wanted this book to be realistic,
but not depressing," says Gershow, 38, Gershow, an Ann Arbor resident
active with the Jewish Community
who feels very bonded to the main
Center of Washtenaw County.
character, Lydia Pasternak, the sister
"I've b egun working on another
who confronts the mystery and emo-
tional trauma surrounding the disap- book:' Gershow reveals. "I like to
pearance of her brother and ultimate- work from late morning to late after-
noon. In my free time, I love to read
ly delves into sibling relationships.
and go biking with my husband." P1
"The novel started when I thought

Suzanne Chessler
Special to the Jewish News

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Miriam Gershow will sign copies of her b ok 7 p.m. Saturday, March
7, at Shaman Drum Books, 311-315 S. Sta to St., in Ann Arbor; (734)
662 7407. She also will appear 7 p.m. Tu esday, March 10, at Borders,
34300 Woodward, in Birmingham; (248 ) 203-0005.

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