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A new collection from Detroit poet M. L. Liebler, a unique voice in contemporary poetry.
Wide Awake in Someone Else's Dream is a collection of traveling poems written in Russia, Israel, Germany, and China that take the reader on a contemplative journey through both the geography of these countries and their cultures as well as through the inward mind of the narrator. As Liebler travels the world, he wrestles with themes of self-discovery, spirituality,...
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The fiction of Bonnie Jo Campbell has been honored with the Pushcart Prize, the AWP Award for Short Fiction, and Southern Review's Eudora Welty Prize. In this stunning collection-a National Book Award finalist-Campbell's rural Michigan characters are both as jagged as rusty metal and as delicate as the light brush of fading dreams.
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A quirky and compelling collection of short stories set in and around Detroit, by award-winning local writer Michael Zadoorian.
In The Lost Tiki Palaces of Detroit Michael Zadoorian follows characters coming to terms with the past and the present in a broken city. Rusty, ornery, and down at the heels, Zadoorian's characters have made the wrong choices, been worn down by bad news, or survived traumatic events, but like the city they live in, they...
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A dark, rollicking collection of stories about men prone to foolishness trying to make their way in a modern world.
In As If We Were Prey Michael Delp presents working-class male characters who are tried, tested, and pushed to their limits. Struggling with the demons of childhood and the indignities of adult life, they work dead-end jobs, keep the peace within their families, and attempt to assert themselves against authority whenever they can....
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Tales of the ghostly and supernatural by some of Michigan's finest fiction writers.
For Ghost Writers: Us Haunting Them editors Keith Taylor and Laura Kasischke asked twelve celebrated Michigan writers to submit new stories on one subject: ghosts. The resulting collection is a satisfying mix of tales by some of the state's most well-known and award-winning writers. Some of the pieces are true stories written by non-believers, while others are clearly...
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New short stories from Christopher T. Leland that explore love in all of its forms and complexities.
Whether it is romantic, parental, or platonic, we all aspire to find perfect love, even though we know love is notoriously imperfect. Depending on the lover and the beloved, love can be unrequited, blind, feigned, cowardly, confused, and even murderous. In this compelling new collection, Christopher T. Leland explores the notion of such imperfect...
10) Quality Snacks
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Readers of fiction will be satisfied by the variety of fare offered by Quality Snacks.
11) Strange Love
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These stories will appeal to all readers of fiction.
12) Strings Attached
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All poetry readers will relate to the personal and perceptive verse of this debut collection.
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In Garden for the Blind, trouble lurks just outside the door for Kelly Fordon's diverse yet interdependent characters. As a young girl growing up in an affluent suburb bordering Detroit, Alice Townley witnesses a tragic accident at her parents' lavish party. In the years that follow, Alice is left mostly in the care of the household staff, free to forge friendships with other pampered and damaged teens. When she and her friend Mike decide to pin a...
16) That That
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Poet Ken Mikolowski ran a letterpress printing house for over thirty years, setting poems by hand, one letter at a time-an experience that influenced his love of short verse. In That That, Mikolowski presents his trademark quirky, humorous, and insighful poems, none longer than three brief lines and some made up of only two or three carefully chosen words. Together, these poems create a narrative of life and love broken down to the most minimal of...
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Twenty-three writers reflect on their experiences working with public school students as part of Detroit's innovative InsideOut Literary Arts Project.
The InsideOut Literary Arts Project (iO) began in 1995 in five Detroit high schools, with weekly classroom visits by a writer-in-residence, the publication of a literary journal for each school, and the mission of encouraging students to use poetry to "think broadly, create bravely, and share their...
18) Trumbull Ave
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All readers of poetry will enjoy the musical and vivid verse in Trumbull Ave.
19) Weweni
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Anyone interested in poetry or linguistics will enjoy this one-of-a-kind volume.
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Bob Seger's House and Other Stories is a collection of short stories written by some of Michigan's most well-known fiction writers. This collection of twenty-two short stories serves as a celebration not only of the tenth anniversary of the Made in Michigan Writers Series in 2016 but also of the rich history of writing and storytelling in the region. As series editors Michael Delp and M. L. Liebler state in their preface, "The stories contained in...
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