In a retrospective piece of past contributors to Metro Times Detroit during the last 25 years, Wayne State connections are cited. Geoffrey Jacques, an early Metro Times jazz writer, relocated to New York in the '80s, where he's been a union organizer, labor journalist, art critic and college teacher. He'll soon be in town to promote a major book of poetry, Just for a Thrill, being published by Wayne State University Press. Mel Small, a Wayne State University distinguished professor of history, dined, read and wrote about both experiences in reviews for Metro Times in the early years. His most recent book, At the Water's Edge: American Politics and the Vietnam War, was published earlier this year.