Bibliography of Detroit Literature: Fiction, Poetry, Drama, Film, and Creative Nonfiction Updated May 2019 Compiled by Frank D. Rashid, Thomas A. Klug, Jamie Babcock, Cassie Atkinson, Laurie LePain Kopack, and Felicia M. Davis Abatt, Corinne, Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli, Carolyn Vosburg Hall, Marion Tuttle Marzolf, and Doris Scharfenberg, eds. Century of Voices: Detroit Women Writers Anthology, 1900- 2000. [Detroit]: The Writers, 1999. Abbott, Megan. “Our Eyes Couldn’t Stop Opening.” Detroit Noir. Edited by E. J. Olsen and John C. Hocking. New York: Akashic Books, 2007. Short story. Abraham, Nabeel and Andrew Shryock, eds. Arab Detroit: From Margin to Mainstream. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2000. Includes poetry, short fiction, and memoir. Allan-Whynn, David. Days and Nights of Murder and Romance. Honolulu: Mutual Publishing, 2000. Mystery. Allen, Ron. I Want My Body Back. Roseville: Ridgeway Press, 1996. Poetry. ———. Neon Jawbone Riot. Detroit: Weightless Language Press, 2000. Poetry. ——— and Stella Crews, Edited by HIPology. Detroit: Broadside Press, 1990. Poetry anthology. Allion, Jean Marie, Shaun Nethercott, and Amy Keller. Homewater. Detroit: Matrix Theatre Company, 2011-12. Play. Alousi, Alise. Wearing Doors Away. Roseville: Ridgeway Press, 1988. Poetry. Allyn, Douglas. The Cheerio Killings. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1989. Mystery. ———. Motown Underground. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1993. Mystery. Alvin, Mitzi. Evidence to the Contrary. Austin, TX: Plain View Press, 1998. Poetry. Anderson, David, ed. Michigan, A State Anthology: Writings about the Great Lakes State, 1641-1981, Selected from Diaries, Journals, Histories, Fiction, Verse. Detroit: Gale, 1983. Anthony, Sterling. Cookie Cutter. New York: One World/Ballantine, 2000. Mystery. Apple, Max. Zip: A Novel of the Left and Right. New York: Viking Press, 1978. Bibliography of Detroit Literature: Fiction, Poetry, Drama, Film, and Creative Nonfiction Updated May 2019 2 Arnow, Harriette S. “Detroit During World War II.” Michigan Quarterly Review 25, no.2 (1986): 292-295. Memoir. ———. The Dollmaker. New York: Avon, 1999. Novel. ———. The Weedkiller’s Daughter. New York: Knopf, 1969.Novel. Aubert, Alvin. Against the Blues. Detroit: Broadside Press, 1972. Poetry. ———. If Winter Come: Selected Poems, 1967-1992. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1994. ———. Harlem Wrestler and Other Poems. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1995. ———. The Way I Do: New Poems. Roseville: Ridgeway Press, 2004. Baxter, Charles. “The Disappeared.” A Relative Stranger: Stories. New York: W. W. Norton, 2001. 161-189. ———. “Westland.” A Relative Stranger: Stories. New York: W. W. Norton, 2001. 19-42. Beatty, Robert. Sapo. Corvallis: Ecopress, 1996. Mystery. Beukes, Lauren. Broken Monsters: A Novel. New York: Mulholland Books, 2014. Blackhawk, Terry. Body and Field. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1999. Poetry. ———. The Dropped Hand. Grosse Pointe Farms, MI, Marick, 2007. Poetry. ———. Escape Artist. Kansas City, MO: BkMk, 2003. Poetry. ———. Greatest Hits, 1990-2003. Columbus, OH: Pudding House, 2003. Poetry. ———. The Light Between. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2012. Poetry. ———. Trio: Voices from the Myth. Roseville, MI: Ridgeway Press, 1998. Poetry. ———. The Whisk & Whir of Wings. Roseville, MI: Ridgeway Press, 2016. Poetry. ——— and Peter Markus, eds. To Light a Fire: 20 Years with the InsideOut Literary Arts Project. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2015. Bernier, Craig. “Migration.” Detroit Noir. Edited by E. J. Olsen and John C. Hocking. New Bibliography of Detroit Literature: Fiction, Poetry, Drama, Film, and Creative Nonfiction Updated May 2019 3 York: Akashic Books, 2007. 110-121. Short story. Betzold, Michael. Casey and the Bat. West Conshohocken, PA.: Buy Books on the Web.com, 1999. Novel. Bird, Stewart, Rene Lichtman, and Peter Gessner, directors. Finally Got the News. Black Star Productions in association with the League of Revolutionary Black Workers. New York: Icarus Films, 1970. Documentary film. Boland, Joe. “The Night Watchman Is Asleep.” Detroit Noir. Edited by E. J. Olsen and John C. Hocking. New York: Akashic, 2007. 179-199. Short story. Borri, Joe. Eight Dogs Named Jack and Fourteen Other Stories from the Detroit Streets and Michigan Wilderness. Troy, MI: Momentum, 2007. Bouchard, Lessa. Recuerdos de los Repatriados. Detroit: Matrix Theatre Company, 2001. Play. Bowman, Elizabeth Atkins. Dark Secret. New York: Forge, 2001. Mystery. ———. White Chocolate. New York: Forge, 1999. Mystery. Boyd, Melba Joyce. Blues Music Sky of Mourning: The German Poems. Detroit: Past Tents Press, 2006. ———. Cat Eyes and Dead Wood. Detroit: Fallen Angel, 1978. Poetry. ———. Death Dance of a Butterfly. Detroit: Past Tents, 2010. Poetry. ———. The Inventory of Black Roses. Detroit: Past Tents, 1989.Poetry. ———. The Province of Literary Cats. Ferndale: Past Tents, 2002. Poetry. ———. Song for Maya. Detroit: Broadside Press, 1983. Poetry. ———. Thirteen Frozen Flamingoes. Bremen, West Germany: Die Certel, Universitat Bremen, 1984. Poetry. Boyd, Melba Joyce and M.L. Liebler, editors. Abandon Automobile: Detroit City Poetry 2001. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2001. Boyer, Jill Witherspoon. Breaking Camp. Detroit: Lotus Press, 1984.Poetry. ———. Dream Farmer. Detroit: Broadside Press, 1975. Poetry. Bradford, Jeff. Detroit Blues. Amazon Kindle, 2018. Novel. Bibliography of Detroit Literature: Fiction, Poetry, Drama, Film, and Creative Nonfiction Updated May 2019 4 Briskin, Jacqueline. The Onyx. New York: Delacorte, 1982. Novel. Brook, Donna. A More Human Face. Brooklyn, NY: Hanging Loose, 1999. Poetry. Bukowczyk, John J. and Douglas Aikenhead. Detroit Images: Photographs of The Renaissance City. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1989. Burgess, Barbara Hood. The Fred Field. New York: Yearling, 1995. Children’s mystery. ———. Oren Bell. New York: Yearling, 1993. Children’s mystery. Burton, Rainelle. The Root Worker. New York: Penguin, 2001. Novel. Butts, Anthony. Fifth Season. Kalamazoo: New Issues, 1997. Poetry. ———. The Golden Underground. Detroit. Wayne State University Press, 2009. Poetry. ———. Little Low Heaven. Kalamazoo: New Issues, 2003. Poetry. Castellano-Giron, Hernan. Los Crepusculos de Anthony Wayne Drive: Twilights of Anthony Wayne Drive, translated by Emil Efthimides. Detroit: Operation D.O. M. E., 1984. Poetry. Cauffiel, Lowell. Marker: A Crime Novel. New York: St. Martin’s, 1997. Celine, Luis-Ferdinand. Journey to the Edge of the Night, translated by John H.P. Marks. New York: New Directions, 1934. Novel. Charara, Hayan. The Alchemist’s Diary. Brooklyn, NY: Hanging Loose, 2001. Poetry. Chennault, Steve and Bridget Troy, eds. Relize Whut Ahm Talkin’ Bout?: African American Tales in Black English: Capturing the Experience of the Black Experience. New York: Ginn Press, 1996. Clark Anna, ed. A Detroit Anthology. Detroit: Rust Belt Chic Press, 2014. Cleage, Pearl. “Bourbon at the Border.” Flyin’ West and Other Plays. New York: Theatre Communications, 1999. 187-270. ———. “Late Bus to Mecca.” Flyin’ West and Other Plays. 309-339. Clemens, Paul. Made in Detroit: A South of Eight Mile Memoir. New York: Doubleday, 2005. Bibliography of Detroit Literature: Fiction, Poetry, Drama, Film, and Creative Nonfiction Updated May 2019 5 Coleman, Kirk. Sinz Of The Fatha. Los Angeles: Milligan Books, 2005. Memoir. Collier, Margaret. City by a River. Detroit: Glengary Press, 1970. Novel. Cooper, Clarence, Jr. The Scene. New York: W. W. Norton, 1984. Novel. Cooper, Desiree. Know the Mother: Stories. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2016. ———. “Night Coming.” Detroit Noir. Edited by E. J. Olsen and John C. Hocking. New York: Akashic Books, 2007. 122-138. Rpt. in Best African American Fiction 2010. Edited by Gerald Early and Nikki Giovanni.. New York: One World, 2010. 84-93. Coughlin, William J. Death Penalty. New York: St. Martin’s, 1992. Novel. ———. In the Presence of Enemies. New York: St. Martin’s, 1994. Novel. ———. The Judgment. New York: St. Martin’s, 2002. Novel. ———. Shadow of a Doubt. New York: St Martin’s, 1991. Novel. Coulson, Joseph. Of Song and Water. New York: Archipelago, 2007. Novel. ———. The Vanishing Moon. New York: Archipelago, 2004.Novel. Creevy, Patrick. Tyrus: An American Legend. New York: Forge, 2002. Novel. Cruden, Robert L. pseud. James Steele. Conveyor: A Novel. New York: International, 1935. D’Amour, Lisa. Detroit: A Play. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2011. Daniels, Jim. Blessing the House. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1997. Poetry. ———. Detroit Tales. Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2003. Short stories. ———. Digger’s Blues. Small, 2002. Poetry. ———. Digger’s Territory. Easthampton, MA: Adastra, 1989. Poetry. ———. Hacking it. Roseville: Ridgeway Press, 1992. Poetry. ———. Having a Little Talk with Capital P Poetry. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2010. Poetry. ———. In Line for the Exterminator: Poems. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2007. Bibliography of Detroit Literature: Fiction, Poetry, Drama, Film, and Creative Nonfiction Updated May 2019 6 ———. The Long Ball. Pig-in-a-Poke, 1988. Poetry. ———. M-80. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993. Poetry. ———. Niagara Falls: A Poem. Easthampton, MA: Adastra, 1994. ———. Night with Drive-By Shooting Stars. Kalamazoo: Western Michigan University Press, 2002. Poetry. ———. No Pets. Huron, OH: Bottom Dog, 1999. Short stories. ———. Now Showing. Toronto: Ahadada, 2006. Poetry. ———. On the Line. Signpost, 1981.