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Invisible Ink
Publication Date: March 2024
To that end Stern's memoir provides hope, strength, and graciousness in times of uncertainty.
Yiddishlands
Publication Date: October 2023
Yiddishlands is essential reading for students of the recent Jewish past and the living Yiddish present.
Stories of Jewish Life
Publication Date: October 2023
Students, scholars, and readers of Jewish history, Italian history, and fiction with an autobiographical thread will find themselves captivated by Segre's stories.
The Plum Tree Blossoms Even in Winter
Publication Date: September 2023
The journey to this unlikely outcome is an engrossing tale of outside forces that shape racial and cultural identity, the importance of mentorship and friendship, and the lasting impact of an unstable and often heartbreaking family dynamic.
Divining, a Memoir in Trees
Publication Date: February 2023
While technology, screens, and the stress of the modern world directs our attention elsewhere, Dunphy brings the reader back to the trees right outside our windows.
Psych Murders
Publication Date: September 2022
Psych Murders adds a vital layer of lived experience of electroshocks and suicidal ideation to the growing body of literature of madness and mental health difference.
Hadha Baladuna
Publication Date: June 2022
This engaged stance is not a byproduct of culture, but a new way of thinking about the US in relation to one's homeland.
Raising Bean
Publication Date: June 2022
Comical and engaging, the essays in Raising Bean will appeal to readers of all backgrounds and interests, especially those with a curiosity in language, perception, humor, and the ways in which Native people guide their families and friends with stories.
Grief's Country
Publication Date: October 2021
Those interested in the subject area of death and dying will find it useful as a book that bypasses recovery narratives, truisms, and "stages of griefto get as close as possible to the experience itself.
Mortality, with Friends
Publication Date: September 2021
Readers with a fondness for memoir and appreciation for art will be dazzled by the beauty of this collection.
Getting to the Heart of the Matter
Publication Date: March 2021
Readers with an interest in politics, history, facts, and perseverance will find kinship in this book.
Sing This at My Funeral
Publication Date: July 2019
Students, scholars, and general readers of memoirs will enjoy this deeply personal reflection on family and grief.
The Desk on the Sea
Publication Date: June 2019
Sustained by an unwavering belief that words can help us fully occupy our lives, and that imagination and empathy can transform suffering into what John Keats called "soul-making,Johnson offers readers a raw look at love and loss.
Welcome to Replica Dodge
Publication Date: March 2019
Anybody who has ever felt like they didn’t belong will take comfort in this enchanting memoir.
Eli's Story
Publication Date: August 2018
Both scholars and general readers interested in Holocaust narratives will be moved by this monograph.
The Seven, a Family Holocaust Story
Publication Date: November 2017
Those with an interest in World War II memoir and genocide studies will welcome this unique perspective.
From Things Lost
Publication Date: May 2017
Readers of personal accounts of the Holocaust will be swept away by this intimate story.
The Forgetting Tree
Publication Date: April 2017
A perfect blend of prose, poetry, and images, The Forgetting Tree is a unique and thought-provoking collection that argues for a deeper understanding of past and present so that we might imagine a more hopeful, sustainable, and loving future.
Saving Arcadia
Publication Date: January 2017
Winner of the Eric Hoffer Book Award; The Next Generation Indie Book Award; and the Michigan Notable Book Award.
Love, Sex, and 4-H
Publication Date: April 2015
Fans of memoir will appreciate the honest portrayal of growing up between rebellion and tradition in Love, Sex, and 4-H.
Lake Superior Profiles
Publication Date: March 2012
Residents of the Lake Superior region and readers interested in the area will enjoy Lake Superior Profiles.
Journey to a Nineteenth-Century Shtetl
Publication Date: April 2008
The book not only acquaints new readers with the talent of a unique storyteller but presents an important document of Jewish life during a fascinating era.
Life with Mae
Publication Date: September 2007
For fans of Shine’s insightful and humorous storytelling, as well as fellow Detroiters and readers with Irish roots, Life with Mae will be an entertaining and satisfying read.
House of Fields
Publication Date: November 2006
Fans and teachers of creative nonfiction, as well as anyone with roots in a rural community, will enjoy this lyrical and revealing volume.
Pulling Down the Barn
Publication Date: July 2004
With its rich language and style, Pulling Down the Barn engrosses the reader in Oomen’s memories—setting beauty and wonder against work and loss—and paints a poignant portrait of growing up in rural Michigan.
The Blessed Abyss
Publication Date: September 2000
Hester Baer and Elizabeth Baer include an extensive introduction that situates Herbermann's work within current debates about gender and the Holocaust and provides historical and biographical information about Herbermann, Ravensbrück, and the Third Reich.
Profiles of a Lost World
Publication Date: April 1999
Together the selections provide a blend of social and personal history and a window on a lost world.
