Wayne State University Press
Wayne State University Press is a leading publisher of Great Lakes books, Judaica, and African American studies, as well as a wide range of other scholarly and general interest titles. The Press disseminates research, advances education, and serves the local community while expanding the international reputation of the Press and the University.
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Stilettos in a Rifle Range
Poems about the joys and struggles of complex, contemporary life—and heartbreak.
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Jewish Revival Inside Out
Remaking Jewishness in a Transnational Age
Unravels the cultural tension inherent in projects of Jewish revival, renewal, and survival in the face of an uncertain future.
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Streisand
The Mirror of Difference
A blend of film reading with vocal analysis in appreciation of Barbra Streisand’s unmatched contribution to lyric drama on screen.
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The Enchanted Boot
Italian Fairy Tales and Their Tellers
A representative selection of tales from the Italian fairy-tale tradition, translated into English.
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Fearless Vulgarity
Jacqueline Susann's Queer Comedy and Camp Authorship
The enduring queer feminist engagement with Valley of the Dolls author Jacqueline Susann’s camp comedy legacy.
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The Forgotten Iron King of the Great Lakes
Eber Brock Ward, 1811–1875
A Gilded Age industrialist becomes Michigan’s wealthiest resident and helps shape the nation.
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Queering Anti-Zionism
Academic Freedom, LGBTQ Intellectuals, and Israel/Palestine Campus Activism
A queer critique of anti-Zionism, exploring how the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement has undermined scholarly inquiry.
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Nothing Special
Lively illustrations depict the close bond between grandfather and grandson during a child’s summer visit to the South.
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Sepher Yosippon
A Tenth-Century History of Ancient Israel
The seminal medieval history of the Second Commonwealth period of ancient Jewish history.
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Gene Tierney
Star of Hollywood's Home Front
Hollywood’s Gene Tierney, the lasting impact of her wartime and postwar films, and her continuing legacy.
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Psych Murders
Experimental writing that takes you inside psychiatric wards and shock treatments toward new futures of care.
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Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Revisiting a televised narrative that focused not on the monster, but on the monster hunter.
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The Good Place
A light take on the darkly comic show The Good Place and its lasting impact on American television culture.
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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.
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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.
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ISBN: 9780814349571
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ISBN: 9780814349977
More than Parcels
Wartime Aid for Jews in Nazi-Era Camps and Ghettos
Essays mapping the history of relief parcels sent to Jewish prisoners during World War II.
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ISBN: 9780814349236
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ISBN: 9780814349229
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ISBN: 9780814349243
Raising Bean
Essays on Laughing and Living
Essays from a Native American grandfather to help navigate life’s difficult experiences.
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ISBN: 9780814349304
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ISBN: 9780814349311
Hadha Baladuna
Arab American Narratives of Boundary and Belonging
Essays and poems exploring the diverse range of the Arab American experience.
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ISBN: 9780814349250
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ISBN: 9780814349267
Far Company
Poems that underscore how we commune with those long loved and long gone.
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ISBN: 9780814349526
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ISBN: 9780814349533
Fear and Other Stories
Translation of Chana Blankshteyn’s stories depicting the tumultuous interwar years in Europe.
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ISBN: 9780814349281
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ISBN: 9780814349274
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ISBN: 9780814349298