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Enough to Lose

Stories by RS Deeren

Character-driven stories of small-town folks struggling to reconcile tradition with inevitable change.

Paperback
Published: September 2023
ISBN: 9780814350409
$19.99
eBOOK
Published: September 2023
ISBN: 9780814350416

The Spook Who Sat by the Door, Second Edition

Sam Greenlee with an Introduction by Natiki Hope Pressley

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
Published: June 2022
ISBN: 9780814349571
$19.99

The Spook Who Sat by the Door, Second Edition

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.

Paperback
Published: June 2022
ISBN: 9780814349571
$19.99
eBOOK
Published: June 2022
ISBN: 9780814349977
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Fear and Other Stories

Chana Blankshteyn
Translated by Anita Norich

Translation of Chana Blankshteyn’s stories depicting the tumultuous interwar years in Europe.

Printed Paper Cased
Published: May 2022
ISBN: 9780814349281
$92.99
Paperback
Published: May 2022
ISBN: 9780814349274
$34.99
eBOOK
Published: May 2022
ISBN: 9780814349298
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How It Happens

Jean Alicia Elster

Intergenerational story of three Black women and their struggle to stake their claim to the American dream.

Paperback
Published: September 2021
ISBN: 9780814348697
$18.99
eBOOK
Published: September 2021
ISBN: 9780814348703

How Other People Make Love

Stories by Thisbe Nissen

Love stories wherein people ask themselves: what is love?

Paperback
Published: April 2021
ISBN: 9780814348369
$19.99
eBOOK
Published: April 2021
ISBN: 9780814348376

Heirs of Yesterday

Emma Wolf
Edited with an Introduction by Barbara Cantalupo and Lori Harrison-Kahan

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

Printed Paper Cased
Published: November 2020
ISBN: 9780814346679
$84.99
Paperback
Published: November 2020
ISBN: 9780814346686
$29.99
eBOOK
Published: November 2020
ISBN: 9780814346693
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You're in the Wrong Place

Stories by Joseph Harris

A lyrical deconstruction of postindustrial American life.

Paperback
Published: September 2020
ISBN: 9780814348086
$19.99
eBOOK
Published: September 2020
ISBN: 9780814348093
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I Have the Answer

Stories by Kelly Fordon

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

Paperback
Published: April 2020
ISBN: 9780814347522
$19.99
eBOOK
Published: April 2020
ISBN: 9780814347539
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Shades

Detroit Love Stories

Esperanza Cintrón

Interconnected stories exploring life, love, and passion in an ever-changing community.

Paperback
Published: August 2019
ISBN: 9780814346884
$19.99
eBOOK
Published: August 2019
ISBN: 9780814346891
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Unblinking

Stories by Lisa Lenzo

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

Paperback
Published: May 2019
ISBN: 9780814346716
$19.99
eBOOK
Published: May 2019
ISBN: 9780814346723

A True Blue Idea

Marina Colasanti
Translated by Adria Frizzi

A modern classic comprising spare and surprising tales by one of Latin America's premier storytellers.

Printed Paper Cased
Published: April 2019
ISBN: 9780814346396
$24.99
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I Got to Keep Moving

Stories by Bill Harris

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

Paperback
Published: November 2018
ISBN: 9780814345931
$19.99
eBOOK
Published: November 2018
ISBN: 9780814345948

Stiff

Stories by Steve Hughes

Surreal stories highlighting the struggle of carving out a home for one’s self.

Paperback
Published: November 2018
ISBN: 9780814345887
$19.99
eBOOK
Published: November 2018
ISBN: 9780814345894

Doctor Levitin

A Novel by David Shrayer-Petrov
Translated by Arna B. Bronstein, Aleksandra I. Fleszar, and Maxim D. Shrayer

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
Published: September 2018
ISBN: 9780814345726
$39.99
Paperback
Published: September 2018
ISBN: 9780814345733
$26.99
eBOOK
Published: September 2018
ISBN: 9780814345740
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Meet Behind Mars

Stories by Renee Simms

Explores the bonds of family, neighbors, lovers, and friends as they are tested in new environments.

Paperback
Published: May 2018
ISBN: 9780814345122
$19.99
eBOOK
Published: May 2018
ISBN: 9780814345139
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The Official Report on Human Activity

Stories by kim d. hunter

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

Paperback
Published: April 2018
ISBN: 9780814345207
$19.99
eBOOK
Published: April 2018
ISBN: 9780814345214
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States of Motion

Stories by Laura Hulthen Thomas

Idealistic characters fight to hold onto a life that is slipping out of their grasp.

Paperback
Published: May 2017
ISBN: 9780814343142
$19.99
eBOOK
Published: May 2017
ISBN: 9780814343159
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The Goat Fish and the Lover's Knot

Stories by Jack Driscoll

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

Paperback
Published: April 2017
ISBN: 9780814342954
$19.99
eBOOK
Published: April 2017
ISBN: 9780814342961
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Bob Seger's House and Other Stories

Edited by Michael Delp and M. L. Liebler
with a Foreword by Charles Baxter

New short fiction by some of Michigan’s well-known and highly acclaimed authors.

Paperback
Published: May 2016
ISBN: 9780814341940
$25.99
eBOOK
Published: May 2016
ISBN: 9780814341957

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