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Made in Michigan Writers Series

Series Editors: M. L. Liebler, Wayne State University; Michael Delp, Interlochen Center for the Arts
The Made in Michigan Writers Series is devoted to highlighting the works of distinguished statewide writers to showcase Michigan's diverse voices. The series publishes poetry, creative nonfiction, short fiction, and essays by Michigan writers with the aim of encouraging the recognition of the state's artistic and cultural heritage throughout Michigan, the Midwest, and the nation.

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Saint Peter and the Goldfinch

Poems by Jack Ridl

A collection of meditations and reflections on being.

Paperback
Published: April 2019
ISBN: 9780814346457
$17.99
eBOOK
Published: April 2019
ISBN: 9780814346464
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Ragged Anthem

Poems by Chris Dombrowski

Searing new poems from a vital American voice.

Paperback
Published: March 2019
ISBN: 9780814346532
$17.99
eBOOK
Published: March 2019
ISBN: 9780814346549
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Welcome to Replica Dodge

A Memoir by Natalie Ruth Joynton

A story about place, interfaith, and what it means to come home.

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Published: March 2019
ISBN: 9780814345573
$20.99
eBOOK
Published: March 2019
ISBN: 9780814345580
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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.

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

A Collection of Michigan Creative Nonfiction

Edited by Anne-Marie Oomen

New creative nonfiction by some of Michigan’s most well-known and highly acclaimed authors.

Paperback
Published: November 2018
ISBN: 9780814345672
$24.99
eBOOK
Published: November 2018
ISBN: 9780814345689

Stiff

Stories by Steve Hughes

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

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

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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

Eco-dementia

Poems by Janet Kauffman

Poems inspired by a love of the living world and the actions that destroy what sustains us.

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Published: October 2017
ISBN: 9780814343814
$17.99
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Published: October 2017
ISBN: 9780814343821
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Harborless

Poems by Cindy Hunter Morgan

Poetry that recounts Great Lakes shipwrecks through imagination and history.

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Published: March 2017
ISBN: 9780814342428
$17.99
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Published: March 2017
ISBN: 9780814342435
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The Bird-while

Poems by Keith Taylor
With illustrations by Tom Pohrt

Short poems that look closely at small moments in a personal history, in art, and in the natural world.

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Published: February 2017
ISBN: 9780814342404
$17.99
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Published: February 2017
ISBN: 9780814342411
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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.

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Published: May 2016
ISBN: 9780814341940
$25.99
eBOOK
Published: May 2016
ISBN: 9780814341957
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I Want to Be Once

Poems by M. L. Liebler

Poems that take a poignant look at societal issues and contemporary American topics, such as working-class life and twenty-first century war.

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Published: April 2016
ISBN: 9780814342022
$17.99
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Published: April 2016
ISBN: 9780814342039
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Sharp Blue Search of Flame

Poems by Zilka Joseph

Stirring, atmospheric poems that journey through memories of growing up in India, and the myth, death, loss, and rebirth that surrounds that experience.

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Published: April 2016
ISBN: 9780814340493
$17.99
eBOOK
Published: April 2016
ISBN: 9780814340509
Published: April 2016
ISBN: 0814340490
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Lying in the River's Dark Bed

The Confluence of the Deadman and the Mad Angler

Poems by Michael Delp

A rollicking meeting of two wildly different yet incredibly similar personas . . . the Deadman in the shape and form of a trickster and the voice of an apprentice river shaman, the Mad Angler.

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Published: April 2016
ISBN: 9780814341988
$17.99
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Published: April 2016
ISBN: 9780814341995
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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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Love, Sex, and 4-H

A Memoir by Anne-Marie Oomen

A unique take on the tumultuous 1960s from a young woman growing up in rural Michigan.

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Published: April 2015
ISBN: 9780814340783
$19.99
eBOOK
Published: April 2015
ISBN: 9780814340790
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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.

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

Poems by Ken Mikolowski

Playful and profound short poems inspired by everyday insights and philosophical concerns.

Paperback
Published: April 2015
ISBN: 9780814340653
$17.99
eBOOK
Published: April 2015
ISBN: 9780814340660
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Strings Attached

Poems by Diane DeCillis

Poems that consider threads of emotional attachment and separation against a backdrop of art, food, and Lebanese culture.

Paperback
Published: May 2014
ISBN: 9780814340134
$17.99
eBOOK
Published: May 2014
ISBN: 9780814340141

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