Robert Cohen’s essays are insightful, entertaining explorations of writers and writing. Probing literature with an expansive view of the craft, the book covers major figures,... Read More

Vergara not only depicts Detroit’s past and present but also considers the city’s future. Photographer Camilo Jose Vergara has made his name capturing images of the decline... Read More

In her strong book about a real-life courtroom tragedy, true-crime author Mardi Link interprets legal jargon for a wide audience and makes the story fascinating. True crime and... Read More

Singular Soapy: As a six-term Michigan governor, G. Mennen Williams, the scion of the Mennen toiletries empire, used his fortune to build a political career in which he promoted... Read More

These nine engaging, well-turned essays on the writing of fiction reveal this about the author’s working methods in the first few paragraphs: “My habit, when writing about... Read More

“Look. It’s empty out there, & cold. / Cold enough to reconcile / Even a father, even a son.” This epigraph from the poet Larry Levis launches this novel, set in... Read More

Raking over the ashes of a cold case is tantalizing for many detectives and journalists, even though that single, overlooked detail is rarely found. Yet Mardi Link’s look at a... Read More

Anyone who has ever packed a suitcase knows that the items we treasure most-Grandpa’s broken wristwatch, Aunt Ida’s chipped cameo-possess a value that transcends their... Read More

“Black women are the beached whales of the sexual universe, unvoiced, misseen, not doing, awaiting their verb,” states black feminist scholar Hortense Spillers. The editor... Read More