"That They Lived" pays tribute to Black American icons through black-and-white photographs that recreate their images. It is an elegant collaboration between photographer Cristi... Read More

Guy Stern’s entrancing memoir "Invisible Ink" draws on a cornucopia of experiences from his rich and varied life. Beginning with Stern’s childhood and time as a military... Read More

In her memoir "Black Indian", Shonda Buchanan researches four generations of her family to uncover the brutalities that its women suffered from their husbands, boyfriends, and... Read More

Natalie Ruth Joynton’s "Welcome to Replica Dodge" is a memoir about religion, place, and curious spiritual and literal journeys. Written with warmth, candor, and beautifully... Read More

The story behind the iconic image of Rosie the Riveter unfolds in rhyming verse and colorful illustrations that convey the strength, bravery, diversity, and patriotism of the... Read More

Personal yet universal, complex yet straightforward, these stories deal with grief and stripping away the familiar. Laura Hulthen Thomas ruminates on the harried and... Read More

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