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Made in Michigan Writers Series2009 National Book Award Finalist2009 NATIONAL Book Critics Circle AwardFinalist2009 ForeWord Book of the Year Award2010 Michigan NOTABLE BookAmerican SalvageStories by Bonnie Jo Campbell“These fine-tuned stories are shapedby stealthy wit, stunning turns ofevents, and breathtaking insights.Campbell’s busted-broke, damaged,and discarded people are rich in longing,valor, forgiveness, and love, andreaders themselves will feel salvagedand transformed by the gutsy book’sfierce compassion.”—Booklist2009 / 5 x 8 / 192 ppISBN 978-0-8143-3486-7$19.95t clothISBN 978-0-8143-3491-1 eMade in Michigan Writers Series2011 Michigan Notable Book!As selected by the Library of Michigan2011 Independent Publisher’s Book AwardGreat Lakes Best Regional Fiction: Gold Medal Winner2011 Next Generation Indie Book AwardWinner in the category of Novella2010 ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year!Silver medal in the category of Historical FictionEden SpringsA novella by Laura Kasischke“A beautifully polished, evocativetale.”—Publishers WeeklyKasischke imagines life inside theHouse of David, in chapters framedby real newspaper clippings, legaldocuments, and accounts of formercolonists.2010 / 5 x 8 / 160 pp / 16 illusISBN 978-0-8143-3464-5$18.95t paperISBN 978-0-8143-3533-8 eMade in Michigan Writers SeriesTrespassingDirt Stories & Field NotesJanet Kauffman“A remarkable fusion of art and advocacy,Trespassing’s beauty and powerstem from its south central Michiganlocale, but its consequence and meritknow no bounds.”—Stephanie Mills, author of ToughLittle Beauties and Epicurean SimplicityComposed in equal amounts of shortfiction and essays that illustrate theimpact of modern factory farms—confinedanimal feeding operations (CA-FOs)—on a rural Michigan community.2008 / 5.5 x 7.5 / 176 pp / 13 illusISBN 978-0-8143-3374-7$18.95t paperISBN 978-0-8143-3524-6 eMade in Michigan Writers Series2010 Michigan Notable Book!As selected by the Library of Michigan2009 ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year!Finalist in the category of fiction-short storiesThe Lost Tiki Palacesof DetroitStories by Michael Zadoorian“A literary tour done with the admirable,offhand grace of the bestguidebooks. Zadoorian knows thestreets and side streets and alleywaysof his city and its surround; better, heknows the humor, the sadness, and thesometimes hidden beauty of life in theRust Belt, and he pins it down on thepage with wonderful precision.”—Paul Clemens, author of Made inDetroit2009/ 5.375 x 7.75 / 216 ppISBN 978-0-8143-3417-1$18.95t paperISBN 978-0-8143-3528-4 eMade in Michigan Writers Series2008 GLCA New WritersAward Winner for FictionThe Women WereLeaving the MenStories by Andy Mozina“Andy Mozina brings great innovationand energy to the short story. TheWomen Were Leaving the Men heralds anew and deeply original voice.”—Ann Patchett, author of Bel CantoMozina’s characters climb and scrapetheir way toward intimacy, sanity, andredemption against the often-absurdodds of their lives in this unique, humorous,and poetic collection.2007 / 5.5 x 7.5 / 240 ppISBN 978-0-8143-3362-4$18.95t paperISBN 978-0-8143-3523-9 eMade in Michigan Writers Series2010 ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year!Silver medal in the category of EssaysAn American MapEssays by Anne-Marie Oomen“With penetrating insight, generouswarmth, and keen attention to the liltand heft of language, Oomen transformseach locale she occupies into aplace that inhabits the reader.”—Robert Root, author of Following Isabella,editor of Landscapes with Figures:The Nonfiction of Place2010 / 5 x 8 / 224 ppISBN 978-0-8143-3420-1$18.95t paperISBN 978-0-8143-3529-1 eMade in Michigan Writers Series40Wayne State University Press regional Books