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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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Memory Spaces

Visualizing Identity in Jewish Women's Graphic Narratives

Victoria Aarons

Jewish identity, memory, and place deftly revealed through the lens of Jewish women's graphic narratives.

Printed Paper Cased
Available May 2023
ISBN: 9780814349151
$94.99
Paperback
Available May 2023
ISBN: 9780814349144
$38.99
eBOOK
Available May 2023
ISBN: 9780814349168

Paper Valley

The Fight for the Fox River Cleanup

P. David Allen II and Susan Campbell

Booklist raves, Paper Valley "is a compelling human-interest tale on par with Erin Brockovich and Jonathan Harr's A Civil Action."

The compelling true story of a hard-fought environmental win, set in motion by a tenacious government scientist and an unrelenting journalist – resulting in the polluting companies paying for the $1 billion, 20-year clean-up.

Paperback
Available April 2023
ISBN: 9780814349588
$26.99
eBOOK
Available April 2023
ISBN: 9780814349595

Recollecting Collecting

A Film and Media Perspective

Edited by Lucy Fischer

The impact of unique material collections that have helped shaped research, practice, and education in film and media studies.

Printed Paper Cased
Available April 2023
ISBN: 9780814348567
$94.99
Paperback
Available April 2023
ISBN: 9780814348550
$36.99
eBOOK
Available April 2023
ISBN: 9780814348574

Mad Men

Gary R. Edgerton

A captivating and analytical compendium to the hit show - and its creation, story, and impact on contemporary media and popular culture.

Paperback
Available April 2023
ISBN: 9780814345467
$19.99
eBOOK
Available April 2023
ISBN: 9780814345474

Parks and Recreation

Holly Willson Holladay

"Treat yo’ self" to this captivating analysis of critically acclaimed, fan-favorite television series Parks and Recreation.

Paperback
Published: March 2023
ISBN: 9780814347881
$19.99
eBOOK
Published: March 2023
ISBN: 9780814347898

Queer Imaginings

On Writing and Cinematic Friendship

David A. Gerstner

Discovering the queer auteur and their seductive cinematic delights and possibilities.

Printed Paper Cased
Published: March 2023
ISBN: 9780814350201
$94.99
Paperback
Published: March 2023
ISBN: 9780814350218
$42.99
eBOOK
Published: March 2023
ISBN: 9780814350225

The Lyric Essay as Resistance

Truth from the Margins

Edited by Zoë Bossiere and Erica Trabold

Resistance and representation manifests in the subversive genre of the lyric essay.

Paperback
Published: March 2023
ISBN: 9780814349601
$24.99
eBOOK
Published: March 2023
ISBN: 9780814349618

The Orchestra of Wind Chimes

Poems by Geoffrey Jacques

Thought-provoking poems that challenge preconceptions of form and style while focusing on themes of everyday experience, class, politics, literature, and more.

Paperback
Published: March 2023
ISBN: 9780814350386
$17.99
eBOOK
Published: March 2023
ISBN: 9780814350393

Funny, You Don't Look Funny

Judaism and Humor from the Silent Generation to Millennials

Jennifer Caplan

Across generations, humor has been a place for American Jews to explore the relationship between Jewish identity, practices, and history.

Printed Paper Cased
Published: March 2023
ISBN: 9780814347300
$94.99
Paperback
Published: March 2023
ISBN: 9780814347317
$36.99
eBOOK
Published: March 2023
ISBN: 9780814347324
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From Left to Right

Lucy S. Dawidowicz, the New York Intellectuals, and the Politics of Jewish History

Nancy Sinkoff

Intellectual biography of Holocaust historian Lucy S. Dawidowicz.

Printed Paper Cased
Published: February 2023
ISBN: 9780814345108
$34.99
Paperback
Published: February 2023
ISBN: 9780814350317
$29.99
eBOOK
Published: February 2023
ISBN: 9780814345115

Divining, A Memoir in Trees

Maureen Dunphy

Essays exploring the intimate yet universal intersection of one human life with trees.

Paperback
Published: February 2023
ISBN: 9780814348420
$19.99
eBOOK
Published: February 2023
ISBN: 9780814348437

Jewish Revival Inside Out

Remaking Jewishness in a Transnational Age

Edited by Daniel Monterescu and Rachel Werczberger

Unravels the cultural tension inherent in projects of Jewish revival, renewal, and survival in the face of an uncertain future.

Printed Paper Cased
Published: December 2022
ISBN: 9780814349182
$94.99
Paperback
Published: December 2022
ISBN: 9780814349175
$39.99
eBOOK
Published: December 2022
ISBN: 9780814349496

stilettos in a rifle range

Poems by Tyrone Williams

Poems about the joys and struggles of complex, contemporary life—and heartbreak.

Paperback
Published: December 2022
ISBN: 9780814350188
$17.99
eBOOK
Published: December 2022
ISBN: 9780814350195

Streisand

The Mirror of Difference

Garrett Stewart

A blend of film reading with vocal analysis in appreciation of Barbra Streisand’s unmatched contribution to lyric drama on screen.

Printed Paper Cased
Published: November 2022
ISBN: 9780814349090
$85.99
Paperback
Published: November 2022
ISBN: 9780814349083
$35.99
eBOOK
Published: November 2022
ISBN: 9780814349106

The Enchanted Boot

Italian Fairy Tales and Their Tellers

Edited, Translated, and Introduced by Nancy L. Canepa

A representative selection of tales from the Italian fairy-tale tradition, translated into English.

Printed Paper Cased
Published: November 2022
ISBN: 9780814349205
$84.99
Paperback
Published: November 2022
ISBN: 9780814334751
$39.99
eBOOK
Published: November 2022
ISBN: 9780814349212

Fearless Vulgarity

Jacqueline Susann's Queer Comedy and Camp Authorship

Ken Feil

The enduring queer feminist engagement with Valley of the Dolls author Jacqueline Susann’s camp comedy legacy.

Printed Paper Cased
Published: November 2022
ISBN: 9780814346037
$84.99
Paperback
Published: November 2022
ISBN: 9780814346044
$34.99
eBOOK
Published: November 2022
ISBN: 9780814346051

Sepher Yosippon

A Tenth-Century History of Ancient Israel

Translated and Introduced by Steven B. Bowman

The seminal medieval history of the Second Commonwealth period of ancient Jewish history.

Printed Paper Cased
Published: November 2022
ISBN: 9780814349441
$99.99
Paperback
Published: November 2022
ISBN: 9780814349434
$49.99
eBOOK
Published: November 2022
ISBN: 9780814349458

The Forgotten Iron King of the Great Lakes

Eber Brock Ward, 1811–1875

Michael W. Nagle

A Gilded Age industrialist - surrounded by scandal - becomes Michigan’s wealthiest resident and helps shape the nation.

Hardback
Published: November 2022
ISBN: 9780814349939
$26.99
eBOOK
Published: November 2022
ISBN: 9780814349946
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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.

Printed Paper Cased
Published: November 2022
ISBN: 9780814349991
$89.99
Paperback
Published: November 2022
ISBN: 9780814349984
$36.99
eBOOK
Published: November 2022
ISBN: 9780814350003
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Nothing Special

Written by Desiree Cooper
Illustrated by Bec Sloane

Lively illustrations depict the close bond between grandfather and grandson during a child’s summer visit to the South.

Hardback
Published: October 2022
ISBN: 9780814349731
$18.99
eBOOK
Published: October 2022
ISBN: 9780814349755

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