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The Lyric Essay as Resistance
Truth from the Margins
Resistance and representation manifests in the subversive genre of the lyric essay.
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ISBN: 9780814349601
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ISBN: 9780814349618
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Psych Murders
Experimental writing that takes you inside psychiatric wards and shock treatments toward new futures of care.
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ISBN: 9780814349878
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ISBN: 9780814349885
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Hadha Baladuna
Arab American Narratives of Boundary and Belonging
Named a Michigan Notable Book for 2023 by the Library of Michigan! A vibrant collection of essays and poems exploring the diverse range of the Arab American experience, as writers explore the notions of home, belonging, and social mobility.
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ISBN: 9780814349250
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ISBN: 9780814349267
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Raising Bean
Essays on Laughing and Living
Essays from a Native American grandfather to help navigate life's difficult experiences.
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ISBN: 9780814349304
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ISBN: 9780814349311
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You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids
Lyrical, hilarious, and heartbreaking collection exploring Asian American identity, love, community, and power.
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ISBN: 9780814349410
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ISBN: 9780814349427
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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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ISBN: 9780814348741
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ISBN: 9780814348758
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That They Lived
African Americans Who Changed the World
Biographies on African Americans who will inspire today's youth.
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ISBN: 9780814347546
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ISBN: 9780814347553
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Grief's Country
A Memoir in Pieces
An intimate look at widowhood.
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ISBN: 9780814347393
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ISBN: 9780814347409
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These are Love(d) Letters
Intimate and unwavering exploration of love, loss, and the queer possibilities inherent in artistic aspiration.
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ISBN: 9780814347263
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ISBN: 9780814347270
The Desk on the Sea
Meditations on life and death from the shores of Lake Superior to the North Sea.
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ISBN: 9780814346655
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ISBN: 9780814346662
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Welcome to Replica Dodge
A story about place, interfaith, and what it means to come home.
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ISBN: 9780814345573
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ISBN: 9780814345580
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Elemental
A Collection of Michigan Creative Nonfiction
New creative nonfiction by some of Michigan’s most well-known and highly acclaimed authors.
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ISBN: 9780814345672
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ISBN: 9780814345689
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To Light a Fire
20 Years with the Insideout Literary Arts Project
Twenty-three writers reflect on their experiences working with public school students as part of Detroit's innovative InsideOut Literary Arts Project.
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ISBN: 9780814341179
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ISBN: 9780814341186
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Love, Sex, and 4-H
A unique take on the tumultuous 1960s from a young woman growing up in rural Michigan.
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ISBN: 9780814340783
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ISBN: 9780814340790
An American Map
Meditative travel essays by Michigan author Anne-Marie Oomen that explore new landscapes across America.
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ISBN: 9780814334201
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ISBN: 9780814335291
Trespassing
Dirt Stories and Field Notes
Essays and stories that contemplate the exploitation of Michigan’s agricultural landscape by modern factory farms.
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ISBN: 9780814333747
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ISBN: 9780814335246
Brothers and Beasts
An Anthology of Men on Fairy Tales
Breaks new ground in fairy-tale studies by offering male writers a chance to reflect on their relationships to fairy tales.
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ISBN: 9780814332672
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House of Fields
Memories of a Rural Education
The follow-up to Pulling Down the Barn, House of Fields is a collection of evocative personal essays that recall the many facets of a young girl’s formal and informal education in rural Michigan.
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ISBN: 9780814332856
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ISBN: 9780814335666
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Pulling Down the Barn
Memories of a Rural Childhood
Blending artful language and style with the dirt, blood, and sweat of farm life, this collection of essays tells a moving story of growing up in rural Michigan.
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ISBN: 9780814332337
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ISBN: 9780814335796
Under the Influence of Water
Poems, Essays, and Stories
Under the Influence of Water is about moments -- how time goes away on a river.
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ISBN: 9780814323915