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Drama. Essays. Nouvelles. Poetry Poetry. poetry. Poésie. Short stories. short stories. Théâtre.Markus, Peter
Summary: "These poems remind us of the importance of both relationships and of place are even more important with that in the background"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 MARBeardslee, Lois
Summary: Anishinaabe author Lois Beardslee shares how a life is lived within two cultures, revealing a worldview shaped by language and customs and expressed through verse both playful and somber. This collection of poems is a lattice of traditional wisdom, wordplay, and cunning modernity that forms a distinctive creative voice. Experiences of duality overlay an Anishinaabe annual cycle, emphasizing the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 BEA1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: R NEL 811 BEA
Beardslee, Lois
Summary: Words like Thunder: New and Used Anishinaabe Prayers is a collection of poetry by award-winning Ojibwe author Lois Beardslee. Much of the book centers around Native people of the Great Lakes but has a universal relevance to modern indigenous people worldwide. Beardslee tackles contemporary topics like climate change and socioeconomic equality with a grace and readability that empowers readers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2020
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 BEACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI Word BeardsleeGilmore, Brian G.
Summary: "Come see about me, Marvin is accessible, honest poetry about and for real people. In the collection, brian g. gilmore seeks to invite the reader into a fantastical dialogue between himself and Marvin Gaye--two black men who were born in the nation's capital but moved to the Midwest for professional ambitions. In trying to acclimate himself to a new job in a new place--a place that seemed so...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 GILMorgan, Cindy Hunter
Summary: Harborless, a collection of poems informed by Great Lakes shipwrecks, is part history and part reinvention. The poems explore tragic wrecks in rivers and lakes, finding and forming artistic meaning from destruction and death. Each poem begins in a real, historical moment that Cindy Hunter Morgan transforms into an imagined truth. The imaginative element is essential to this work as it provides...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 MORTaylor, Keith
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 TAYDaniels, Jim
Summary: "Rowing Inland, Jim Daniel's fifteenth book of poetry, is a time machine that takes the reader back to the Metro Detroit of his youth and then accelerates toward the future. With humor and empathy, the author looks at his own family's challenges and those of the surrounding community where the legacy handed down from generation to generation is one of survival. Although the book focuses on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 DANMadgett, Naomi Cornelia Long
Summary: "You Are My Joy and Pain is Naomi Long Madgett's latest and possibly most endearing poetry collection. Bill Harris, a 2011 Kresge Foundation Eminent Artist, said of the book, "Even with the evidence of over a half-century or more of first-rate poetic artistry by Madgett, this collection is a breath-arresting surprise and delight. Poem-by-poem and section-by-section amaze. Each poem in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 MADPrince, Valerie Sweeney
Summary: Kin is a story and a celebration of Black womanhood, of resistance, and of perseverance—while simultaneously an indictment of American history. Kin is a tree—alive in places, broken in others—that offers shelter for women seeking respite in the midst of family-making. This tree depicts family grafted together by blood, law, or choice; its stories are voiced through blues-infused poetry, one-act...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2024
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC PRIFoster, Linda Nemec
Summary: The Lake Michigan Mermaid is a new tale that feels familiar. The breeze off the lake, the sand underfoot, the supreme sadness of being young and not in control-these sensations come rushing back page-by-page, bringing to life an ancient myth of coming of age in a troubled world. Freed from the minds of Linda Nemec Foster and Anne-Marie Oomen, the Lake Michigan mermaid serves as a voice of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 FOSCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Poetry FosterSwan, Alison
Summary: "Alison Swan's collection of poems, A Fine Canopy, illustrates how the natural world envelops and encloses us with so many beautiful things: crowns of leaves, the ubiquitous blue sky, our luminous moon, and snow. So much snow. An ecopoet whose writing shows her advocacy for natural resources, in this collection Swan calls the reader to witness, appreciate, and sustain this world before it...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 SWATaylor, Keith
Summary: "What can the matter be? considers aging and death--of the self, of animals, of the earth--as well as place, and how rootedness in place allows a sturdy vantage point from which to see and reflect on the wider world."--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press