Join Wayne State University Press to celebrate the release of Black Summers: Growing Up in the Urban Outdoors edited by Desiree Cooper at A.B. Ford Park! Hear these remarkable Detroit-centric stories from new and established voices from all across our city. Books sold on site. Register here to come and/or reserve a copy!

Celebration of Black Summers Tickets, Thursday, May 28  •  6 PM - 8 PM | Eventbrite

"Black Summers is beaches, backyards, bikes, basketball courts, and bigotry. This meditative collection of multigenerational prose and poetry is more than memories; it is a beautifully intricate testimony."

—Deesha Philyaw, author of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies