Creative Nonfiction
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Infertilities, A Curation
Visual art and writing on the immediate and lasting emotional toll of infertility.
Printed Paper Cased
eBOOK
The Lyric Essay as Resistance
Truth from the Margins
Resistance and representation manifests in the subversive genre of the lyric essay.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814349601
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814349618

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Psych Murders
Experimental writing that takes you inside psychiatric wards and shock treatments toward new futures of care.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814349878
eBOOK
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.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814349250
eBOOK
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.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814349304
eBOOK
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.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814349410
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814349427

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Mortality, with Friends
A collection of intensely personal lyrical essays about mortality, living well, art, and love.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814348741
eBOOK
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.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814347546
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814347553

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Grief's Country
A Memoir in Pieces
An intimate look at widowhood.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814347393
eBOOK
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.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814347263
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814347270
The Desk on the Sea
Meditations on life and death from the shores of Lake Superior to the North Sea.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814346655
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814346662

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Welcome to Replica Dodge
A story about place, interfaith, and what it means to come home.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814345573
eBOOK
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.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814345672
eBOOK
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.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814341179
eBOOK
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.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814340783
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814340790
An American Map
Meditative travel essays by Michigan author Anne-Marie Oomen that explore new landscapes across America.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814334201
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814335291
Trespassing
Dirt Stories and Field Notes
Essays and stories that contemplate the exploitation of Michigan’s agricultural landscape by modern factory farms.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814333747
eBOOK
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.
Paperback
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.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814332856
eBOOK
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.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814332337
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814335796