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To Light a Fire
20 Years with the InsideOut Literary Arts Project
Twenty-three writers reflect on their experiences working with public school students as part of Detroit’s innovative InsideOut Literary Arts Project.
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ISBN: 9780814341179
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ISBN: 9780814341186
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Weweni
Modern Anishinaabemowin poetry in conversation with English translation.
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ISBN: 9780814340387
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ISBN: 9780814340394
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That That
Playful and profound short poems inspired by everyday insights and philosophical concerns.
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ISBN: 9780814340653
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ISBN: 9780814340660
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Trumbull Ave.
Free verse poems driven by a narrative impulse and informed by decades of work in and around Detroit.
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ISBN: 9780814340967
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ISBN: 9780814340974
Heathen
Collection of poems by R. Flowers Rivera, Naomi Long Madgett Poetry award winner.
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ISBN: 9780979750991
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Strings Attached
Poems that consider threads of emotional attachment and separation against a backdrop of art, food, and Lebanese culture.
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ISBN: 9780814340134
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ISBN: 9780814340141
Until the Full Moon Has Its Say
Formally sophisticated poems trace the arduous journey from grief to a renewed appreciation of life.
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ISBN: 9780814340240
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ISBN: 9780814340257
Privacy Issues
An emotionally and intellectually stimulating first book from Austin Alexis.
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ISBN: 9780979750984
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The Way North
Collected Upper Peninsula New Works
A stunning collection of previously unpublished works that provide snapshots of life in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
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ISBN: 9780814338650
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ISBN: 9780814338667
What Keeps Me Sane
A new collection of poetry that introduces four women on the brink.
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ISBN: 9780979750977
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Earth Again
Stirring meditations on living with a strong connection to the environment, both physical and psychological.
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ISBN: 9780814337295
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ISBN: 9780814337301
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Practicing to Walk Like a Heron
Poems that delight in discovering the comic, sorrowful, empathic, and spiritual in what is often overlooked.
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ISBN: 9780814334539
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ISBN: 9780814335390
To Embroider the Ground with Prayer
A beautiful meditation on grief, memory, and the seasons of life.
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ISBN: 9780814336205
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ISBN: 9780814336212
allegiance
A sharp, haunting, and lyrical collection that attempts to understand what we owe the spaces we inhabit.
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ISBN: 9780814336182
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ISBN: 9780814336199
Booker T & Them
A Blues
A poetic reimagining of the life of Booker T. Washington that explores issues of being an African American male of note at the beginning of the twentieth century.
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ISBN: 9780814337165
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ISBN: 9780814337172
The Light Between
Poems of stylistic and emotional range that journey widely through love’s losses and connections.
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ISBN: 9780814336144
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ISBN: 9780814336151
The Dropped Hand
The Dropped Hand is an attempt to create poetry that lives in the face of loss.
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ISBN: 9780979750946
Three Birds Deep
This is lyric poetry using words and phrases in a very creative and original way.
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ISBN: 9780979750953
At the Bureau of Divine Music
A thoughtful and elegant collection from accomplished poet Michael Heffernan.
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ISBN: 9780814335109
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ISBN: 9780814336335
Jonestown
A Vexation
Winner of the 2011 Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award.
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ISBN: 9780979750939