Fiction
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The Spook Who Sat by the Door, Second Edition
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.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814349571
The Spook Who Sat by the Door, Second Edition
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.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814349571
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814349977
Fear and Other Stories
Translation of Chana Blankshteyn’s stories depicting the tumultuous interwar years in Europe.
Printed Paper Cased
ISBN: 9780814349281
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814349274
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814349298

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How It Happens
Intergenerational story of three Black women and their struggle to stake their claim to the American dream.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814348697
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814348703
How Other People Make Love
Love stories wherein people ask themselves: what is love?
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814348369
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814348376
Heirs of Yesterday
A reissue of the controversial novel about middle-class Jewish life in Old San Francisco.
Printed Paper Cased
ISBN: 9780814346679
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814346686
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814346693

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You're in the Wrong Place
A lyrical deconstruction of postindustrial American life.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814348086
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814348093

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I Have the Answer
Short stories that manage to feel both fantastical and disturbingly familiar.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814347522
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814347539

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Shades
Detroit Love Stories
Interconnected stories exploring life, love, and passion in an ever-changing community.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814346884
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814346891

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Unblinking
An unflinching look at race, class, life after death, disability, and family.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814346716
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814346723
A True Blue Idea
A modern classic comprising spare and surprising tales by one of Latin America's premier storytellers.
Printed Paper Cased
ISBN: 9780814346396

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I Got to Keep Moving
African American characters navigate a physical and spiritual journey beginning in the antebellum South.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814345931
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814345948
Stiff
Surreal stories highlighting the struggle of carving out a home for one’s self.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814345887
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814345894
Doctor Levitin
The story of a doctor’s family torn apart by Soviet politics, persecution, and the Jewish struggle for freedom during the Cold War.
Printed Paper Cased
ISBN: 9780814345726
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814345733
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814345740

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Meet Behind Mars
Explores the bonds of family, neighbors, lovers, and friends as they are tested in new environments.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814345122
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814345139

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The Official Report on Human Activity
Jazz, opera, and various blues serve as the soundtrack for this collection of fairytales for grown-ups of all ages.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814345207
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814345214

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States of Motion
Idealistic characters fight to hold onto a life that is slipping out of their grasp.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814343142
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814343159

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The Goat Fish and the Lover's Knot
Beautifully-crafted prose from one of Michigan’s most original voices.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814342954
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814342961

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Bob Seger's House and Other Stories
New short fiction by some of Michigan’s well-known and highly acclaimed authors.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814341940
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814341957
Giambattista Basile's The Tale of Tales, or Entertainment for Little Ones
The first unabridged English translation taken directly from Basile’s monumental Lo cunto de li cunti (1634–1636), this edition is fully annotated and illustrated, with an extensive bibliography.
Hardback
ISBN: 9780814342572