Wayne State University Press

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30 Publications Found

Politics and Poetics: The Legacy of Frances E. W. Harper
Politics and Poetics
Melba Joyce Boyd
Jul 2026
Discourse in Black: Voices of the Self, Let’s Flip the Script, and Liberation Memories
Discourse in Black
Keith Gilyard
Jan 2025
The Promise of Language: A Memoir
The Promise of Language
Keith Gilyard
Jan 2025
Kin: Practically True Stories
Kin
V. Efua Prince
Aug 2024
When Detroit Played the Numbers: Gambling’s History and Cultural Impact on the Motor City
When Detroit Played the Numbers
Felicia B. George
Mar 2024
That They Lived: African Americans Who Changed the World
That They Lived
Rochelle Riley, and Cristi Smith-Jones
Feb 2021
Black People Are My Business: Toni Cade Bambara’s Practices of Liberation
Black People Are My Business
Thabiti Lewis
Sep 2020
The Burden: African Americans and the Enduring Impact of Slavery
The Burden
Rochelle Riley
Jul 2020
come see about me, marvin
come see about me, marvin
Brian Gilmore
Sep 2019
Black Indian
Black Indian
Shonda Buchanan
Aug 2019
Know the Mother
Know the Mother
Desiree Cooper
Mar 2016
The Colored Car
The Colored Car
Jean Alicia Elster
Sep 2013
From Bourgeois to Boojie: Black Middle-Class Performances
From Bourgeois to Boojie
Vershawn Ashanti Young
Apr 2011
Roses and Revolutions: The Selected Writings of Dudley Randall
Roses and Revolutions
Melba Joyce Boyd
Aug 2009
Who’s Jim Hines?
Who’s Jim Hines?
Jean Alicia Elster
Jul 2008
Dear Chester, Dear John
Dear Chester, Dear John
John A. Williams and Lori Williams
Feb 2008
Blue-Tail Fly
Blue-Tail Fly
Vievee Francis
Mar 2006
What Mama Said: An Epic Drama (African American Life Series)
What Mama Said
Osonye Tess Onwueme
Jun 2003
Liberation Memories: The Rhetoric And Poetics Of John Oliver Killens (African American Life Series)
Liberation Memories
Keith Gilyard
Apr 2003
Looking Within/Mirar adentro: Selected Poems/Poemas escogidos, 1954-2000
Looking Within/Mirar adentro
Nancy Morejón
Dec 2002
Abandon Automobile: Detroit City Poetry 2001
Abandon Automobile
Melba Joyce Boyd
Sep 2001
Arthur Alfonso Schomburg: Black Bibliophile & Collector
Arthur Alfonso Schomburg
Elinor Des Verney Sinnette
Sep 2000
Tell It to Women: An Epic Drama for Women (African American Life Series)
Tell It to Women
Osonye Tess Onwueme
Mar 1997
Let’s Flip the Script: An African American Discourse on Language, Literature, and Learning
Let’s Flip the Script
Keith Gilyard
Oct 1996
Letters to America: Contemporary American Poetry on Race
Letters to America
Jim Daniels
Dec 1995
Discarded Legacy: Politics and Poetics in the Life of Frances E. W. Harper, 1825-1911
Discarded Legacy
Melba Joyce Boyd
Jun 1994
Three Plays: The Broken Calabash / Parables for a Season / The Reign of Wazobia (African American Life )
Three Plays
Osonye Tess Onwueme
Sep 1993
Voices Of The Self: A Study Of Language Competence (African American Life Series)
Voices Of The Self
Keith Gilyard
Jul 1991
Great Black Russian: A Novel on the Life and Times of Alexander Pushkin
Great Black Russian
John Oliver Killens
Sep 1989
The Spook Who Sat by the Door
The Spook Who Sat by the Door
Sam Greenlee
May 1989