Fiction

An explosive, award-winning novel in the black literary tradition, The Spook Who Sat by the Door is both a satire of the civil rights problems in the United States in the late 1960s and a serious attempt to focus on the issue of black miltancy.

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.