A distinctive urban publisher since 1941, Wayne State University Press is known for its books on Michigan, the city of Detroit, and the Great Lakes region, as well as African American studies; fairy-tale studies; film, television, and media studies; health humanities; Jewish studies; and labor studies. WSUP publishes fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry written by Michigan authors. A few of WSUP’s bestselling titles are: The Spook Who Sat By the Door (both editions), The Queen Next Door, Latin Via Ovid, American City: Detroit Architecture, 1845-2005, The Lyric Essay as Resistance, and The Kaufman Speech Praxis Test.