Detroit

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

In telling the story of Clara Ford, author Ford Bryan also charts the course of the growing automobile industry and the life of the enigmatic man at its helm.

For young readers, an engaging and beautifully illustrated story about the return of beavers to the Detroit River.

New research on the long, shared struggle for freedom by people of African descent in the Detroit River borderland from a uniquely bi-national perspective.

A history of three of Detroit’s most irreverent and memorable alt-media publications—Orbit, Fun, and White Noise—from 1978 to 1999.

Twenty-three writers reflect on their experiences working with public school students as part of Detroit’s innovative InsideOut Literary Arts Project.

Free verse poems driven by a narrative impulse and informed by decades of work in and around Detroit.

Illustrates and analyzes Detroit’s dramatic physical transformation in a balanced mix of text and maps.

Stories of hope and quirky survival in the city of Detroit colored by Caribbean culture and memory.