detroit books

Processing the pandemic through fiction with writers rooted in Detroit

The Metro Times Fiction Issue collected Detroit’s best writing talent to explore the theme of “connection.”

3 years ago

Curl up with these 25 notable Detroit and Michigan books from 2020

Detroit’s proprietors of independent bookstores and writing centers know our city and region as well as they know their customers.…

4 years ago

The Free Black Women’s Library-Detroit wants to help you discover your favorite book by a Black woman

Katelyn Durst Rivas runs the Free Black Women's Library-Detroit from her bike, with a collection of 400 books, all written…

4 years ago

Detroit’s ‘Well-Read Black Girl’ Dawn Sarai Robinson uses books to bring people together

Dawn Sarai Robinson launched a Detroit chapter of a book club that celebrates Black women and nonbinary writers... and brings…

5 years ago

Even in her most private moments, Aretha Franklin was always a queen

The Queen Next Door, a coffee table book of photographs by Linda Solomon, shows Aretha Franklin's life off-stage when she…

5 years ago

7 of Detroit’s architectural creatures watching you from above

You might not always notice the gargoyles and other faces carved on Detroit's famous buildings, but they see you...

6 years ago