Dipped in acetate, these poems strip Detroit of any pretense and offer a flawless lesson in descriptive concision. But Rowing Inland delights because of Jim Daniels’s... Read More

Ambivalence about motherhood and America’s ongoing racism factor in to these often poetic stories. “I was tired of the double habitation of my body, the split duties of my... Read More

Most folk and fairy tales, legends, and fables descend from an oral tradition of storytelling, with borrowed themes and characters reworked through the years. This collection of... Read More

These stories, all rich in both character and detail, don’t conform to a set genre or approach, letting their Jewish themes link narratives that have rich differences. "The... Read More

This companion book to American involvement in WWII exhibits photos that depict manufacturing to create a fascinating historical record. As large as the attack on Pearl Harbor... Read More

Selected poetry and short stories from native authors reflect on the heritage and landscape of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Michigan’s sparsely-populated Upper Peninsula is a... Read More

In Teresa J. Scollon’s opening poem, “The Invitation,” she carries readers into a gentle night of watching stars as a young child with her parents: “When I awoke, I was... Read More

The punishing conditions in the lives of the characters in Jack Driscoll’s short story collection are matched by the harsh landscape of Michigan’s Northwest and Upper... Read More

We often take our geography for granted, even when traveling. We look where the guidebook points and stick close to the hotels and clearly marked trails. But the line of a... Read More

"As If We Were Prey" is part of Wayne State University’s “Made in Michigan” book series, of which Michael Delp is a co-editor. It’s a small book in stature, comprising... Read More

In this memoir, when the author’s family pull down the barn in 1994, they find a board that dates the structure back a hundred years. The center of her family’s farm, inland... Read More

“There has always been art in public places. Long before it was made for private consumption and enjoyment, art functioned for societies in very basic and far-reaching... Read More