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Seasonal Roads

Stories by L. E. Kimball

Three generations of women in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula live at the center of this linked short story collection.

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Published: April 2016
ISBN: 9780814341452
$19.99
eBOOK
Published: April 2016
ISBN: 9780814341469
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Know the Mother

Stories by Desiree Cooper

Short, searing glimpses of how race and gender shadow even the most intimate moments of women’s lives.

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Published: March 2016
ISBN: 9780814341490
$19.99
eBOOK
Published: March 2016
ISBN: 9780814341506
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The New Diaspora

The Changing Landscape of American Jewish Fiction

edited by Avinoam Patt, Mark Shechner, and Victoria Aarons

An innovative anthology of pieces that have either won or been considered for the Edward Lewis Wallant Award on the occasion of the award's fiftieth anniversary.

Paperback
Published: May 2015
ISBN: 9780814340554
$35.99
eBOOK
Published: May 2015
ISBN: 9780814340561
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Garden for the Blind

Stories by Kelly Fordon

Captivating linked stories that follow a group of characters from an upscale suburb of Detroit over several decades.

Paperback
Published: April 2015
ISBN: 9780814341049
$20.99
eBOOK
Published: April 2015
ISBN: 9780814341056

Fairy Tale Review

The Mauve Issue #11

Edited by Kate Bernheimer

The Mauve Issue, the eleventh issue of Fairy Tale Review, features fiction and poetry with fairy tale aesthetics.

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Published: March 2015
ISBN: 9780814341803
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Making Callaloo in Detroit

Stories by Lolita Hernandez

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

Paperback
Published: May 2014
ISBN: 9780814339695
$19.99
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Published: May 2014
ISBN: 9780814339701
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Quality Snacks

Stories by Andy Mozina

Stories about the pursuit of all kinds of gratification—from cheap and immoral to expensive and emotionally satisfying.

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Published: May 2014
ISBN: 9780814340158
$19.99
eBOOK
Published: May 2014
ISBN: 9780814340165
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Strange Love

Stories by Lisa Lenzo

Complex, comical, and poignant linked stories about a mother and daughter’s attempts to find love.

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Published: May 2014
ISBN: 9780814340172
$19.99
eBOOK
Published: May 2014
ISBN: 9780814340189

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The Emerald Issue #10

Edited by Kate Bernheimer

The tenth-anniversary Emerald Issue contains new stories, poems, essays, and artwork inspired by the themes of "emeralds" and "Oz."

eBOOK
Published: March 2014
ISBN: 9780814341797
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The Colored Car

Jean Alicia Elster

For young readers, the powerful story of an African American girl's train journey south from Detroit in 1937.

Paperback
Published: September 2013
ISBN: 9780814336069
$16.99
eBOOK
Published: September 2013
ISBN: 9780814336083
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The Way North

Collected Upper Peninsula New Works

Edited by Ron Riekki

A stunning collection of previously unpublished works that provide snapshots of life in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

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Published: May 2013
ISBN: 9780814338650
$19.99
eBOOK
Published: May 2013
ISBN: 9780814338667
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Living Together

Short Stories and a Novella by Gloria Whelan

New from National Book Award-winner Gloria Whelan, stories that explore the unexpected and sometimes amazing ways we live together.

Paperback
Published: March 2013
ISBN: 9780814338964
$19.99
eBOOK
Published: March 2013
ISBN: 9780814338971

Fairy Tale Review

The Yellow Issue #9

Edited by Kate Bernheimer

Guest editor Lily Hoang curated the ninth issue of Fairy Tale Review, a collection of short stories and poetry inspired by the color yellow.

eBOOK
Published: March 2013
ISBN: 9780814341780

Fairy Tale Review

The Grey Issue #8

Edited by Kate Bernheimer

The eighth issue of Fairy Tale Review, The Grey Issue is a collection of creative work based on the theme of lost children.

eBOOK
Published: March 2012
ISBN: 9780814341773

The World of a Few Minutes Ago

Stories by Jack Driscoll

Stories in the realistic tradition of lives overlooked, voices unheard, and characters trying to overcome and transcend confining circumstances.

Paperback
Published: February 2012
ISBN: 9780814336120
$19.99
eBOOK
Published: February 2012
ISBN: 9780814336137

The Long Winter Ends

Newton G. Thomasintroduction by William Mulligan

The Long Winter Ends tells the story of a year in the life of a young emigrant miner who leaves Cornwall in the southwest of England to work in the copper mines of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

eBOOK
Published: January 2012
ISBN: 9780814335864

A Trip to the Country

by Henriette-Julie de Castelnau, Comtesse de Murat

Edited and translated by Perry Gethner and Allison Stedman

Translates an important example of late seventeenth-century French hybrid experimental fiction that provided the primary literary backdrop for the first French fairy tales.

Paperback
Published: September 2011
ISBN: 9780814335031
$24.99
eBOOK
Published: September 2011
ISBN: 9780814336816
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Ghost Writers

Us Haunting Them, Contemporary Michigan Literature

Edited by Keith Taylor and Laura Kasischke

Tales of the ghostly and supernatural by some of Michigan’s finest fiction writers.

Paperback
Published: September 2011
ISBN: 9780814334744
$19.99
eBOOK
Published: September 2011
ISBN: 9780814335949

Love/Imperfect

Stories by Christopher T. Leland

New short stories from Christopher T. Leland that explore love in all of its forms and complexities.

Paperback
Published: April 2011
ISBN: 9780814334959
$19.99
eBOOK
Published: April 2011
ISBN: 9780814335369

In Which Brief Stories Are Told

Phillip Sterling

Brief encounters with the suffering and triumphs of characters living in northern Michigan by Phillip Sterling.

Paperback
Published: March 2011
ISBN: 9780814335079
$19.99
eBOOK
Published: March 2011
ISBN: 9780814335352

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