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The L Word

Explores representational strategies in the groundbreaking series The L Word.

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Montgomery Clift, Queer Star

Considers Montgomery Clift's star persona, film roles, and performances through the lens of queer theory.

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Until the Full Moon Has Its Say

Formally sophisticated poems trace the arduous journey from grief to a renewed appreciation of life.

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Batman

Offers a fresh understanding of the persistent popularity and ongoing value of the original Batman series.

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Reading the Bromance

Explores the popular cultural phenomenon of "bromance" in film and television and its oppositions between homosexual and homosocial behavior.

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Canvas Detroit

A compelling look at the contemporary art and artists that are transforming Detroit’s physical landscape.

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Strings Attached

Poems that consider threads of emotional attachment and separation against a backdrop of art, food, and Lebanese culture.

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American Salvage

A lush and rowdy collection of stories set in a rural Michigan landscape, where wildlife, jobs, and ways of life are vanishing.

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American City

A stunning tribute to Detroit’s architectural heritage, this book features 90 full-color photographs of the city’s most impressive buildings.

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Leaving Springfield

A study of the landmark television program The Simpsons which focuses on the show’s dual roles as subversive political satire and mainstream mass media hit.

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The Buildings of Detroit

The definitive volume on Detroit's architectural history, from the 1700s to the end of the twentieth century.

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The Hebrew Goddess

A revised edition containing new chapters on the Shekhina.

$27.99

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The Spook Who Sat by the Door

An explosive, award-winning novel in the black literary tradition, The Spook Who Sat by the Door is both a satire of the civil rights problems in the United States in the late 1960s and a serious attempt to focus on the issue of black miltancy.

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"My Brave Mechanics"

An important and little-known chapter of Michigan’s Civil War history, drawn from the letters, diaries, and regimental records of the First Michigan Engineers and Mechanics regiment.

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Practicing to Walk Like a Heron

Poems that delight in discovering the comic, sorrowful, empathic, and spiritual in what is often overlooked.

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The Way North

A stunning collection of previously unpublished works that provide snapshots of life in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

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Until the Full Moon Has Its Say

Formally sophisticated poems trace the arduous journey from grief to a renewed appreciation of life.

$15.99

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Strings Attached

Poems that consider threads of emotional attachment and separation against a backdrop of art, food, and Lebanese culture.

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Quality Snacks

Stories about the pursuit of all kinds of gratification—from cheap and immoral to expensive and emotionally satisfying.

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Making Callaloo in Detroit

Stories of hope and quirky survival in the city of Detroit colored by Caribbean culture and memory.

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Strange Love

Complex, comical, and poignant linked stories about a mother and daughter’s attempts to find love.

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Wayne State University Press is a leading publisher of Great Lakes books, Judaica, and African American studies, as well as a wide range of other scholarly and general interest titles. The Press disseminates research, advances education, and serves the local community while expanding the international reputation of the Press and the University.