University of Michigan Press
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We Rode the Rhythms as One: On the Poetry of Etheridge Knight
$16.95 Add to cartWe Rode the Rhythms as One offers readers an immersive journey into the life and legacy of one of America’s most unorthodox and inspiring poets. More than just a literary analysis, this book captures … [more below]
- Series: Under Discussion
- Author: Minnick, Norman
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 220
- Publish Date: March 24 2026
- ISBN10: 0472040162
- Language: English
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What the Mirror Said: The Necessity of Black Women in Poetry
$16.95 Add to cartWhen did you feel the pull of poetry? For Ashley M. Jones, the moment she knew she would be a poet was at seven years old–reciting “Harriet Tubman” by Eloise Greenfield. That moment, that poem, showe… [more below]
- Series: Poets on Poetry
- Author: Jones, Ashley M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 100
- Publish Date: April 21 2026
- ISBN10: 0472040197
- Language: English
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Nothingism: Poetry at the End of Print Culture
$19.95 Read moreWhat is the internet doing to poetry? Good question! In Nothingism, Jason Schneiderman grapples with the way that digital culture has begun to reshape America’s poetry landscape, examining this profou… [more below]
- Series: Poets on Poetry
- Author: Schneiderman, Jason
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 154
- Publish Date: March 05 2025
- ISBN10: 0472039849
- Language: English
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Tales of Dionysus: The Dionysiaca of Nonnus of Panopolis
$39.95 Read moreTales of Dionysus is the first English verse translation of one of the most extraordinary poems of the Greek literary tradition, the Dionysiaca of Nonnus of Panopolis. By any standard, the Dionysiaca
- Author: Levitan, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 816
- Publish Date: August 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0472038966
- Language: English
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When Charlie Met Joan: The Tragedy of the Chaplin Trials and the Failings of American Law
$30.00 Read moreCharlie Chaplin, the silent screen’s “Little Tramp,” was beloved by millions of movie fans until he starred in a series of salacious, real-life federal courtroom dramas. The 1944 trial was described b… [more below]
- Author: Kiesel, Diane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: February 11 2025
- ISBN10: 0472133586
- Language: English
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Radical Poetics: Essays on Literature & Culture
$29.95 Read moreLiterature has the power to help build a shelter in language for a way of being that holds integrity and love as its root. In the tradition of Audre Lorde, Angela Davis, and many other Black writers a… [more below]
- Series: Poets on Poetry
- Author: Queen, Khadijah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 220
- Publish Date: January 21 2025
- ISBN10: 0472039792
- Language: English
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Millions of Suns: On Writing and Life
$24.95 Read moreMillions of Suns is an open invitation for all writers to create something new. Each chapter features a pair of essays-in-dialogue between two working artists, Sharon Fagan McDermott and M. C. Benner … [more below]
- Series: Writers on Writing
- Author: Dixon, M. C. Benner
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 190
- Publish Date: November 01 2023
- ISBN10: 0472056476
- Language: English
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To Go Into the Words
$34.95 Read moreTo Go Into the Words is the latest book of critical prose from renowned poet and scholar of Jewish literature Norman Finkelstein. Through a rigorous examination of poets such as William Bronk, Helen A
- Series: Poets on Poetry
- Author: Finkelstein, Norman
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 222
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 0472039415
- Language: English
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Jazz from Detroit
$39.95 Read moreJazz from Detroit explores the city’s pivotal role in shaping the course of modern and contemporary jazz. With more than two dozen in-depth profiles of remarkable Detroit-bred musicians, complemented … [more below]
- Author: Stryker, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 358
- Publish Date: July 08 2019
- ISBN10: 0472074261
- Language: English
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Democracy’s News: A Primer on Journalism for Citizens Who Care about Democracy
$49.95 Read moreSince the Founding, America’s faith in a democratic republic has depended on citizens who could be trusted to be communicators. Vigorous talk about equality, rights, and collaboration fueled the Revol
- Author: Killenberg, G. Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 412
- Publish Date: February 20 2023
- ISBN10: 0472055844
- Language: English
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Images and Translations: The Etruscans Abroad
$65.00 Read moreProfessor Larissa Bonfante’s great gift was the ability to evoke, in a fresh, immediate, and convincing way, the experiences, beliefs, and thoughts of people living more than two thousand years ago. H
- Series: Thomas Spencer Jerome Lectures
- Author: Bonfante, Larissa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 494
- Publish Date: May 08 2023
- ISBN10: 0472131974
- Language: English
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The Bastard Instrument: A Cultural History of the Electric Bass
$24.95 Read moreThe Bastard Instrument chronicles the history of the electric bass and the musicians who played it, from the instrument’s invention through its widespread acceptance at the end of the 1960s. Although … [more below]
- Series: Tracking Pop
- Author: Wright, Brian F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: July 03 2024
- ISBN10: 0472056816
- Language: English
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John Coltrane: His Life and Music
$24.95 Read moreJohn Coltrane was a key figure in jazz, a pioneer in world music, and an intensely emotional force whose following continues to grow. This new biography, the first by a professional jazz scholar and p… [more below]
- Series: Michigan American Music
- Author: Porter, Lewis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: January 11 2000
- ISBN10: 047208643X
- Language: English
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Bad Chaucer: The Great Poet’s Greatest Mistakes in the Canterbury Tales
$30.00 Read moreAcclaimed for centuries as the “Father of English Literature,” Geoffrey Chaucer enjoys widespread and effusive praise for his classic Canterbury Tales–and rightfully so. Still, even the greatest of a
- Author: Pugh, Tison
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 274
- Publish Date: January 17, 2024
- ISBN10: 0472133446
- Language: English
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A Beat Beyond: Selected Prose of Major Jackson
$19.95 Read moreIn this collection of essays, talks, and reviews, Major Jackson revels in the work of poetry not only to limn and assess the intellectual and spiritual dimensions of poets, but to amplify the controve
- Series: Poets on Poetry
- Author: Jackson, Major
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: August 02 2022
- ISBN10: 0472039067
- Language: English
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Ladies of the Lights: Michigan Women in the U.S. Lighthouse Service
$22.95 Add to cart“A great read about some great ladies, Pat Majher’s Ladies of the Lights pays long overdue homage to an overlooked part of Great Lakes maritime history in which a select group of stalwart women beat t
- Author: Majher, Patricia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: September 13 2010
- ISBN10: 0472051431
- Language: English
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Cinema Ann Arbor: How Campus Rebels Forged a Singular Film Culture
$39.95 Read moreAnn Arbor, long known for its political and cultural activism, has an equally compelling history of engagement with film and media. In their quest to show art and independent films and in their effort… [more below]
- Author: Uhle, Frank
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: March 20 2023
- ISBN10: 0472133470
- Language: English
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Between Sahara and Sea: Africa in the Roman Empire
$70.00 Add to cartBetween Sahara and Sea: Africa in the Roman Empire challenges orthodox views of the story of Africa under Roman domination. It presents a new framework for understanding this and other territories inc
- Series: Thomas Spencer Jerome Lectures
- Author: Mattingly, David J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 744
- Publish Date: August 17 2023
- ISBN10: 0472133454
- Language: English
