African American Studies

The story of a civil rights icon and Black lawyer who fought racism and political oppression with uncommon devotion.

A collection of poems that intensely explore the beauty and wisdom to be found in what we commonly call "everyday" encounters, relationships, occurrences, and spaces.

An explosive, award-winning novel, The Spook Who Sat by the Door is a 50-year-young classic that provides commentary on the racial inequities in the US in the late 1960s - and today.

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

A collection of tightly crafted poems of intense imagery, sharp cadence, and poignant emotional resonance, representing the African American experience of enslavement in the United States.

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

Examines the continued emotional, economic, and cultural enslavement of African Americans in the twenty-first century.

Exploring the will to survive the existential disorientation and emotional loss resulting from fractured relationships with lovers and kin.

An imagined personal exchange with Marvin Gaye, in verse, on life in Michigan.