A distinctive urban publisher since 1941

Wayne State University Press

form.antibot { display: none !important; } You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form.

close
Our Blessed Rebel Queen

Exploration of Carrie Fisher as star, author, comedian, and iconic personification of Princess Leia.

$34.99

Learn More →
close
Eye of the Taika

Innovative study of Taika Waititi, whose Maori and Jewish roots influence his distinctive New Zealand comedic style.

$34.99

Learn More →
close
How It Happens

Intergenerational story of three Black women and their struggle to stake their claim to the American dream.

$18.99

Learn More →
close
Women Writing Wonder

Critical anthology of fairy tales by nineteenth-century British, French, and German women writers.

$36.99

Learn More →
close
100 Years of the Detroit Historical Society

A behind-the-scenes look at the creation and evolution of a cultural institution in Detroit.

$24.99

Learn More →
close
Homicide: Life on the Street

Analysis of race, racism, and the criminal justice system on Homicide: Life on the Street.

$19.99

Learn More →
close
London Yiddishtown

Lively and engaging new view of London’s Jewish East End through translated stories of its Yiddish writers.

$92.99

Learn More →

close
Reimagining Detroit

Suggests ways for Detroit to become a smaller but better city in the twenty first century and proposes productive uses for the city’s vacant spaces.

$24.99

Learn More →
close
Rosie, A Detroit Herstory

For young readers, an illustrated true story about the women workers of World War II.

$16.99

Learn More →
close
American Salvage

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

$19.95

Learn More →
close
Travelin' Man

A photo-driven insider’s look at Bob Seger’s career from the early days to his breakthrough as a world-famous musician.

$18.99

Learn More →
close
Latin Via Ovid

Using an introduction to mythology by the master storyteller Ovid himself, the authors have prepared a unique teaching tool designed to achieve proficiency at Latin in one year at the college level, two years at the high school or intermediate level.

$29.99

Learn More →
close
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.

$32.99

Learn More →
close
The Faygo Book

The story behind Faygo, a Detroit soft drink company since 1907.

$24.99

Learn More →

close
When the Heart Needs a Stunt Double

Poems about being a survivor and the choices we make to protect ourselves, our homes, and our hearts.

$16.99

Learn More →
close
You Are My Joy and Pain

A collection of lyrical love poems showing Detroit’s poet laureate at the peak of her career.

$16.99

Learn More →
close
A Fine Canopy

A collection that focuses on the natural world, these are poems of wilderness and of wildness.

$16.99

Learn More →
close
How Other People Make Love

Love stories wherein people ask themselves: what is love?

$18.99

Learn More →
close
Gun/Shy

Poems that seek stability in family and community while coping with a country full of conflict and change.

$16.99

Learn More →
close
When Our Fathers Return to Us as Birds

A luminous and heartfelt collection of mourning poetry.

$16.99

Learn More →
close
Mortality, with Friends

A collection of intensely personal lyrical essays about mortality, living well, art, and love.

$18.99

Learn More →

Please note that due the COVID-2019 virus, WSU Press staff will be working remotely for the immediate future. This may result in some delays in our response time and with processing orders and we appreciate your patience during this timeframe. Also, we will not be accepting walk-in orders at this time.