Wayne State University Press

06/21/2026

Order your copy today!

06/20/2026

Head over to Source Booksellers this Sunday for a live Detroit Is Different podcast recording! You must register at the link below.

Detroit Is Different and Source Booksellers to Host 'Black Summers: A Father’s Day Live Podcast Conversation'

06/19/2026

Today we honor Juneteenth, the day that marked freedom for enslaved people in Texas on June 19, 1865, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.

06/18/2026

We are exhibiting at the National Civil Rights Conference here in Detroit this week. If you’re attending, stop by our table! If you’re unable to attend, you can still check out our books at wsupress.wayne.edu.

06/17/2026

Join us at one of the many WSUP events across Metro Detroit this week! For more information, visit https://wsupress.wayne.edu/events/. We hope to see you there!

06/16/2026

Congratulations to our director, Stephanie Williams, who has been elected president of the Association of University Presses! Williams will be the first Black woman to head the international organization at a time of rapid change in scholarly publishing.

Read more here: https://provost.wayne.edu/news/wsu-press-director-elected-as-top-leader-of-global-scholarly-publishing-association-69600.

06/14/2026

THIS JUST IN: "We Run 313, like the club it represents, is 'joyful, rhythmic, loud, Black, and proud,' a beautiful rendering of the power of possibility and solidarity in the running world and far beyond."—Shelf Awareness

Get your copy at wsupress.wayne.edu or from your favorite local bookstore today!

06/13/2026

Tune in tomorrow morning to WXYZ-TV Channel 7's Spotlight on the News to listen in as Desiree Cooper talks about her new anthology, BLACK SUMMERS!

Link: https://www.wxyz.com/news/political/spotlight-on-the-news/spotlight-on-the-news-lighting-up-detroit-and-growing-up-in-urban-outdoors