Fiction

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 reissue of the controversial novel about middle-class Jewish life in Old San Francisco.

Short stories that manage to feel both fantastical and disturbingly familiar.

An unflinching look at race, class, life after death, disability, and family.

African American characters navigate a physical and spiritual journey beginning in the antebellum South.

The story of a doctor’s family torn apart by Soviet politics, persecution, and the Jewish struggle for freedom during the Cold War.

Jazz, opera, and various blues serve as the soundtrack for this collection of fairytales for grown-ups of all ages.

Beautifully-crafted prose from one of Michigan’s most original voices.