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Scratching the Surface

Adventures in Storytelling

A Memoir by Harvey Ovshinsky
Foreword by Don Gonyea

The inspiring story of one of Detroit’s most creative and prolific storytellers.

Paperback
Published: March 2021
ISBN: 9780814344743
$27.99
eBOOK
Published: March 2021
ISBN: 9780814344750

Essay'd 3

30 Detroit Artists

Dennis Alan Nawrocki, Steve Panton, and Matthew Piper

Thirty illustrated essays highlighting a variety of Detroit artists.

Paperback
Published: October 2018
ISBN: 9780814345870
$25.00
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Premonitions

Elizabeth Schmuhl

An intimate look at a woman on the verge who is in tune with her body and nature.

Paperback
Published: September 2018
ISBN: 9780814344989
$17.99
eBOOK
Published: September 2018
ISBN: 9780814344996
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Canvas Detroit

Nichole Christian and Julie Pincusintroduction by Marion E. Jackson

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

Paperback
Published: November 2017
ISBN: 9780814344620
$39.99
Ebook
Published: November 2017
ISBN: 9780814338803
$24.99

Essay'd 2

30 Detroit Artists

Steve Panton, Matthew Piper, Dennis Alan Nawrocki, and Sarah Rose Sharp

Thirty illustrated essays highlighting a variety of Detroit artists.

Paperback
Published: August 2017
ISBN: 9780814344156
$25.00
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The Detroit Public Library

An American Classic

Barbara Madgy Cohn and Patrice Rafail Merritt

A photographic tour of the Detroit Public Library’s rich art and architectural history.

Hardcover
Published: May 2017
ISBN: 9780814342329
$36.99
eBOOK
Published: May 2017
ISBN: 9780814342336

Essay'd

30 Detroit Artists

Written, edited, and compiled by Dennis Alan Nawrocki, Steve Panton, Matthew Piper, and Sarah Rose Sharp

Thirty illustrated essays highlighting a variety of best-loved and little-known Detroit artists.

Paperback
Published: August 2016
ISBN: 9780814342275
$25.00

From Dog Bridegroom to Wolf Girl

Contemporary Japanese Fairy-Tale Adaptations in Conversation with the West

Mayako Murai

Brings contemporary Japanese literary and artistic fairy-tale adaptations into conversation with Euro-American feminist fairy-tale re-creation and scholarship.

Paperback
Published: November 2015
ISBN: 9780814339497
$31.99
eBOOK
Published: November 2015
ISBN: 9780814339503

Subverting Modernism

Cass Corridor Revisited, 1966-1980

Julia R. Myers

Exhibition catalog highlighting artists of Cass Corridor from the 1960s-1970s.

Paperback
Published: February 2013
ISBN: 9780912042978
$24.95

Robert Wilbert

Ennobling the Ordinary

Detroit Focus Focus and Gere Baskinphotographs by Dirk Bakker

A study of Detroit artist Robert Wilbert that investigates his roles as a teacher, mentor, and advocate for the arts.

Hardcover
Published: July 2011
ISBN: 9780615453835
$50.00

Energy

Charles Mcgee at Eighty-Five

Julia R. Myers

Details the life, work, and community contributions of Detroit artist Charles McGee.

Paperback
Published: November 2009
ISBN: 9780912042992
$24.95

The Healing Work of Art

From the Collection of Detroit Receiving Hospital

Edited by Irene Walt and Grace Serra

The Healing Work of Art documents the amazing collection of art of the Detroit Receiving Hospital, highlighting the diversity of its holdings as well as its history.

Hardcover
Published: December 2007
ISBN: 9780979881800
$45.00
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Connecting the Dots

Tyree Guyton's Heidelberg Project

A collection of varied reflections on the Heidelberg Project, a Detroit art installation that has garnered international acclaim and has been the focus of local controversy.

Hardcover
Published: June 2007
ISBN: 9780814333204
$60.00

Talking Shops

Detroit Commercial Folk Art

David Clementsforeword by Bill Harris and Jerry Herron

A striking collection of full-color photographs celebrating Detroit's unique commercial folk art.

Paperback
Published: December 2004
ISBN: 9780814330906
$35.95
Ebook
Published: December 2004
ISBN: 9780814336502
$35.95

Art in the Stations

The Detroit People Mover

By Irene Walt and various contributors
Photographs by Balthazar Korab

A profound photographic record of the public art in the Detroit People Mover stations.

Hardcover
Published: October 2004
ISBN: 9780974539201
$45.00

What Mama Said

An Epic Drama

Osonye Tess Onwueme

An explosive political drama projecting an African people’s revolutionary struggle to confront government forces and foreign oil corporations that have ravaged their land and strangled the voices of their mothers and daughters.

Paperback
Published: June 2003
ISBN: 9780814331415
$26.99
eBOOK
Published: June 2003
ISBN: 9780814336786

Myth and the Creative Process

Michael Ayrton and the Myth of Daedalus

Jacob E. Nyenhuis

An original inquiry into how the artistic psyche interacts with myth; includes a catalogue of the works of British artist Michael Ayrton.

Hardcover
Published: January 2003
ISBN: 9780814330029
$48.99

Gardens of Art

The Sculpture Park at the Frederik Meijer Gardens

Fredrik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park and E Jane Connell

With illustrations of both the works and the artists, this history of the famous sculpture park at Frederik Meijer Gardens gives valuable insight into how the garden was developed and the art that is displayed there.

Paperback
Published: July 2002
ISBN: 9780971203426
$29.99
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Art in Detroit Public Places

Third Edition

Dennis Alan Nawrockiphotographs by David Clements

Paperback
Published: October 1999
ISBN: 9780814333785
$25.99

Lost Plays of the Harlem Renaissance, 1920-1940

edited by James V. Hatch and Leo Hamalian

A valuable contribution to African American literary and theatrical scholarship, this volume is a compilation of sixteen plays written during the Harlem Renaissance, brought together for the first time and set in a historical context.

Paperback
Published: October 1996
ISBN: 9780814325803
$31.99
eBOOK
Published: October 1996
ISBN: 9780814338339

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