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Louis Graveraet Kaufman

The Fabulous Michigan Gatsby Who Conquered Wall Street, Took Over General Motors, and Built the World's Tallest Building

by Ann Berman

Price: $28.99

ISBN: 9780814348154

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: June 2025

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

256 Pages

Author Ann Berman highlights Kaufman's remarkable journey from "barefoot boyto trailblazing branch banking giant, proving LG was not just a man of his time but one worth reading about over a century later.

Spirography

A Memoir of Family, Loss, and Finding Home

by Cara Stoddard

Price: $22.99

ISBN: 9780814351901

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: April 2025

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

264 Pages

Writing from ten years after her father's death, she traces her experiences of becoming a stepparent, carrying on her dad's legacy, and, in unimaginable ways, bringing him back to life.

Coach of Champions

D.L. Holmes and the Making of Detroit's Track Stars

by Keith D. Wunderlich and David L. Holmes Jr.

Series edited by Thomas A. Klug

Price: $26.99

ISBN: 9780814352137

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: April 2025

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

242 Pages

's legacy reveals the enduring power of believing in others.

Return to the Place I Never Left

by Tobias Schiff

Translated by Dani James

Price: $24.99

ISBN: 9780814351628

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: January 2025

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

230 Pages

As racism, antisemitism, and Islamophobia resurge and continue to pollute the modern era, his pain—imparted through concise, rhythmic verse—serves as a reminder of our collective humanity and a tribute to the resilience of the human spirit.

The Promise of Language

A Memoir

by Keith Gilyard

Series edited by Melba Joyce Boyd

Price: $26.99

ISBN: 9780814351949

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: January 2025

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

166 Pages

Each encounter brings clarity and a new lens through which to understand the world, revealing how language shapes our lives and how our lives shape language.

The Forgotten Iron King of the Great Lakes

Eber Brock Ward, 1811–1875

by Michael W. Nagle

Price: $26.99

ISBN: 9780814349922

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: October 2024

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

364 Pages

And yet, despite his countless successes, Ward's captivating life was filled with ruthless competition, labor conflict, familial dispute, and scandal.

Race, Religion, and the Pulpit

Rev. Robert L. Bradby and the Making of Urban Detroit

by Julia Marie Robinson Moore

Price: $24.99

ISBN: 9780814351437

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: October 2024

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

226 Pages

Bradby's efforts as an activist and "race leaderby examining the role the minister played in high-profile events, such as the organizing of Detroit's NAACP chapter, the Ossian Sweet trial of the mid-1920s, the Scottsboro Boys trials in the 1930s, and the controversial rise of the United Auto Workers in Detroit in the 1940s.

Bound Up

On Kink, Power, and Belonging

by Leora Fridman

Price: $28.99

ISBN: 9780814351598

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: September 2024

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

240 Pages

Both timely and timeless, this work is an address to history and the contemporary moment, relevant to Jews, diasporic scholars, and all exploring ethical relationships with history and with other humans.

Rust Belt Reporter

A Memoir

by John Gallagher

Foreword by Stephen Henderson

Series edited by Thomas A. Klug

Price: $26.99

ISBN: 9780814351482

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: September 2024

Format: Hardcover

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

200 Pages

Alongside sage insight into the difficulties and decline of traditional media, Gallagher's experience and advice inspire hope, often underscoring and celebrating the surprising and happy reinvention of heartland cities like Detroit.

Ma Lineal

A Memoir of Race, Activism, and Queer Family

by Faith S. Holsaert

Price: $29.99

ISBN: 9780814350799

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: April 2024

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

320 Pages

This powerful and structurally innovative work lends new categories of meaning to those who would strive to find their place, hope, and sense of belonging in efforts to fight against systemic racism and lead lives characterized by openness and love.

Invisible Ink

by Guy Stern

Price: $24.99

ISBN: 9780814351529

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: March 2024

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

274 Pages

To that end Stern's memoir provides hope, strength, and graciousness in times of uncertainty.

Yiddishlands

A Memoir, Second Edition

by David G. Roskies

Price: $29.99

ISBN: 9780814350720

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: October 2023

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

280 Pages

Yiddishlands is essential reading for students of the recent Jewish past and the living Yiddish present.

Stories of Jewish Life

Casale Monferrato-Rome-Jerusalem, 1876–1985

by Augusto Segre

Edited by Steve Siporin

Foreword by Daniel Segre

Translated by Steve Siporin

Price: $64.99

ISBN: 9780814347652

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: October 2023

Format: Hardcover

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

304 Pages

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

by M. Roy Wilson

Price: $24.99

ISBN: 9780814349809

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: September 2023

Format: Hardcover

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

240 Pages

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.

"No Equal Justice"

The Legacy of Civil Rights Icon George W. Crockett Jr.

by Edward J. Littlejohn and Peter J. Hammer

Narrator Beresford Bennett

Price: $24.99

ISBN: 9780814350584

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: July 2023

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

360 Pages

This book introduces him to a new generation of readers, historians, and social justice activists.

From Left to Right

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

by Nancy Sinkoff

Price: $29.99

ISBN: 9780814350317

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: February 2023

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

538 Pages

Based on over forty-five archival collections, From Left to Right chronicles Dawidowicz’s life as a window into the major events and issues of twentieth-century Jewish life.

Divining, a Memoir in Trees

by Maureen Dunphy

Price: $19.99

ISBN: 9780814348420

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: February 2023

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

200 Pages

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

by Stephanie Heit

Price: $17.99

ISBN: 9780814349878

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: September 2022

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

150 Pages

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

Arab American Narratives of Boundary and Belonging

Edited by Ghassan Zeineddine, Nabeel Abraham and Sally Howell

Price: $25.99

ISBN: 9780814349250

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: June 2022

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

248 Pages

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

Essays on Laughing and Living

by W. S. Penn

Price: $19.99

ISBN: 9780814349304

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: June 2022

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

232 Pages

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.

You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids

by Frances Kai-Hwa Wang

Price: $19.99

ISBN: 9780814349410

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: March 2022

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

118 Pages

A notable work in the landscape of Asian American literature as well as Midwest and Michigan-based literature, You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids features a clear and powerful voice that brings all people together in these political and pandemic times.

Grief's Country

A Memoir in Pieces

by Gail Griffin

Price: $19.99

ISBN: 9780814347393

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: October 2021

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

152 Pages

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.

Our Blessed Rebel Queen

Essays on Carrie Fisher and Princess Leia

Edited by Linda Mizejewski and Tanya D. Zuk

Price: $36.99

ISBN: 9780814346860

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: October 2021

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

120 Pages

Longtime fans of Carrie Fisher and her body of work will welcome this smart and thoughtful tribute to a multimedia legend.

The Autobiography of William Sanders Scarborough

An American Journey from Slavery to Scholarship

by William Sanders Scarborough

Foreword by Henry Jr.

Introduction by Michele Valerie Ronnick

Price: $24.99

ISBN: 9780814332252

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: October 2021

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

448 Pages

This book is indispensable to anyone interested in the history of intellectual endeavor in America, Africana studies and classical studies, in particular, as well as those familiar with the associations and institutions that welcomed and valued Scarborough.

Mortality, with Friends

by Fleda Brown

Price: $19.99

ISBN: 9780814348741

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: September 2021

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

200 Pages

Readers with a fondness for memoir and appreciation for art will be dazzled by the beauty of this collection.

Justus S. Stearns

Michigan Pine King and Kentucky Coal Baron, 1845-1933

by Michael W. Nagle

Price: $26.99

ISBN: 9780814348826

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: September 2021

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

324 Pages

American history scholars, as well as general readers interested in Michigan's lumbering era and Kentucky's mining history, will enjoy this biography of an exceptionally influential businessman.

Scratching the Surface

Adventures in Storytelling

by Harvey Ovshinsky

Foreword by Don Gonyea

Price: $27.99

ISBN: 9780814344743

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: March 2021

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

80 Pages

His approach is to, in a very supportive and non-threatening way, combine both introductory and advanced storytelling in one fell swoop."

Getting to the Heart of the Matter

My 36 Years in the Senate

by Carl Levin

Foreword by Linda Gustitus

Price: $29.99

ISBN: 9780814348390

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: March 2021

Format: Hardcover

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

392 Pages

Readers with an interest in politics, history, facts, and perseverance will find kinship in this book.

I Hope This Reaches You

An American Soldier's Account of World War I

by Hilary Connor

Price: $32.99

ISBN: 9780814347072

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: November 2020

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

288 Pages

I Hope This Reaches You is a tapestry of human experience woven from the narrative threads of love, loss, loyalty, sacrifice, triumph, and tragedy that will call to any reader of historical memoirs.

Northern Harvest

Twenty Michigan Women in Food and Farming

by Emita Brady Hill

Price: $26.99

ISBN: 9780814347133

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: May 2020

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

232 Pages

Hungry readers will swallow this book whole.

These Are Love(D) Letters

by Ames Hawkins

Price: $34.99

ISBN: 9780814347263

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: October 2019

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

240 Pages

As poetic as it is visually enticing, the book offers both an unconventional and queer(ed) understanding of the documentarian form, which will excite both readers and artists across and beyond genres.

The Queen Next Door

Aretha Franklin, an Intimate Portrait

by Linda Solomon

Foreword by Burt Bacharach

Afterword by Sabrina Vonne' Owens

Price: $36.99

ISBN: 9780814347287

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: October 2019

Format: Hardcover

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

224 Pages

The Queen Next Door offers fans a personal and unseen look at an extraordinary woman in her most natural moments—both regal and intimate—and highlights her devotion to her family and her hometown Detroit—"forever and ever."

Black Indian

by Shonda Buchanan

Price: $26.99

ISBN: 9780814345801

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: August 2019

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

352 Pages

But every family has its own truth, and Buchanan's search for hers will resonate with anyone who has wondered "maybe there's more than what I'm being told."

Teacher/Pizza Guy

by Jeff Kass

Price: $19.99

ISBN: 9780814347157

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: August 2019

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

256 Pages

Teacher/Pizza Guy is a funny and relatable collection for readers, thinkers, educators, and pizza lovers everywhere.

Sing This at My Funeral

A Memoir of Fathers and Sons

by David Slucki

Price: $27.99

ISBN: 9780814344866

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: July 2019

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

280 Pages

Students, scholars, and general readers of memoirs will enjoy this deeply personal reflection on family and grief.

The Desk on the Sea

by Jonathan Johnson

Price: $19.99

ISBN: 9780814346655

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: June 2019

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

81 Pages

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.

The Superwoman and Other Writings by Miriam Michelson

by Miriam Michelson

Edited by Lori Harrison-Kahan

Foreword by Joan Michelson

Introduction by Lori Harrison-Kahan

Price: $36.99

ISBN: 9780814343579

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: May 2019

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

696 Pages

Readers will see how Michelson's newspaper work fueled her imagination as a fiction writer and how she adapted narrative techniques from fiction to create a body of journalism that informs, provokes, and entertains, even a century after it was written.

Welcome to Replica Dodge

by Natalie Ruth Joynton

Illustrated by Emily Joynton

Price: $20.99

ISBN: 9780814345573

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: March 2019

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

390 Pages

Anybody who has ever felt like they didn’t belong will take comfort in this enchanting memoir.

John E. Fetzer and the Quest for the New Age

by Brian C. Wilson

Price: $34.99

ISBN: 9780814345306

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: August 2018

Format: Hardcover

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

96 Pages

It will be read with interest by those wishing to learn more about this enigmatic Michigan figure, as well as those looking for an engaging introduction into America's rapidly shifting spiritual landscape.

Eli's Story

A Twentieth-Century Jewish Life

by Meri-Jane Rochelson

Price: $27.99

ISBN: 9780814340219

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: August 2018

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

592 Pages

Both scholars and general readers interested in Holocaust narratives will be moved by this monograph.

Beyond Method

Stella Adler and the Male Actor

by Scott Balcerzak

Price: $27.99

ISBN: 9780814342916

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: June 2018

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

288 Pages

Film and theater scholars, as well as those interested in gender studies, are sure to benefit from this thorough study.

Bold Boys in Michigan History

by Patricia Majher

Price: $14.99

ISBN: 9780814344545

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: June 2018

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

144 Pages

Readers between the ages of 8 and 12 will love getting wrapped up in the stories of boys their own age who have lived extraordinary lives.

Building the Modern World

Albert Kahn in Detroit

by Michael H. Hodges

Price: $39.99

ISBN: 9780814340356

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: April 2018

Format: Hardcover

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

448 Pages

Anyone interested in architecture, architectural history, or the history of Detroit will relish this stunning work.

Toast of the Town

The Life and Times of Sunnie Wilson

by Sunnie Wilson and John Cohassey

Price: $22.99

ISBN: 9780814343876

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: February 2018

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

340 Pages

An influential insider’s perspective, Toast of the Town fills a void in the documented history of Detroit’s black and entertainment community from the 1920s to the present.

Independent Man

The Life of Senator James Couzens

by Harry Barnard

Introduction by David L. Lewis

Price: $24.99

ISBN: 9780814343968

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: February 2018

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

408 Pages

This book reveals the life of a truly unique and inspirational man.

The Iron Hunter

by Chase S. Osborn

Introduction by Robert M. Warner

Price: $22.99

ISBN: 9780814343951

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: February 2018

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

296 Pages

His autobiography reflects the energy and enthusiasm of a reformer inspired by the Progressive Movement, but it reveals the poetic spirit of an adventurer who fell in love with Michigan's Upper Peninsula after traveling the world.

Maurice Sugar

Law, Labor, and the Left in Detroit, 1912-1950

by Christopher H. Johnson

Price: $22.99

ISBN: 9780814344835

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: February 2018

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

336 Pages

Maurice Sugar represents a force in American life that bears recalling in these barren years of plant closings.

The Life and Work of Ludwig Lewisohn

Volume 1: "A Touch of Wildness"

by Ralph Melnick

Price: $24.99

ISBN: 9780814344675

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: February 2018

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

758 Pages

Poised to face the unfinished marital battle at home, but anxious to engage in the coming struggle for Jewish survival and the future of Western civilization, he set sail, unsure of what lay ahead.

Life and Work of Ludwig Lewisohn

"This Dark and Desperate Age"

by Ralph Melnick

Price: $24.99

ISBN: 9780814345047

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: February 2018

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

620 Pages

Lewisohn's efforts would later bear fruit in the Jewish renewal movement of the next generation.

Harry Bertoia, Sculptor

by June Kompass Nelson

Price: $24.99

ISBN: 9780814343722

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: February 2018

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

138 Pages

The author's own critical analyses of individual pieces are based on direct observations made during trips to the various cities in which Bertoia's sculptures are located.

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