Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing Special | 2022 | Desiree Cooper | Buy |
Nothing Special (2022) is a short fiction work from Desiree Cooper, published by Wayne State University Press. Like her debut collection Know the Mother, it uses compressed prose to look at moments that seem ordinary on the surface but carry real emotional weight underneath.
Cooper’s style favors brevity and directness. Her characters face small decisions that reveal larger truths about race, belonging, and what it means to live in a changing city. Nothing Special builds on the voice she developed in her earlier work and her years as a newspaper columnist in Detroit.