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Raising Bean

Essays from a Native American grandfather to help navigate life’s difficult experiences.

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The Plum Tree Blossoms Even in Winter

A leader’s journey of identity, resilience, and triumph.

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Hadha Baladuna

Essays and poems exploring the diverse range of the Arab American experience.

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The Spook Who Sat by the Door, Second Edition

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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Far Company

Poems that underscore how we commune with those long loved and long gone.

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More than Parcels

Essays mapping the history of relief parcels sent to Jewish prisoners during World War II.

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Fear and Other Stories

Translation of Chana Blankshteyn’s stories depicting the tumultuous interwar years in Europe.

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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.

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Rosie, A Detroit Herstory

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

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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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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.

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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.

$36.99

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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 Faygo Book

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

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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.

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You Are My Joy and Pain

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

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A Fine Canopy

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

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How Other People Make Love

Love stories wherein people ask themselves: what is love?

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Gun/Shy

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

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When Our Fathers Return to Us as Birds

A luminous and heartfelt collection of mourning poetry.

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Mortality, with Friends

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

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Please note that due to 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. We will also not be accepting walk-in orders at this time. Thank you for your understanding.