At long last! Liberty Street Robot Supply & Repair shirts! Because we have a hard time keeping these on the shelves, to order, please email amy@826michigan.org or call 734-761-3463 to check color and size availability. We carry toddler, Youth S, Youth M, Youth L, S, M, L, XL, 2XL, and 3XL. We carry a variety of colors, so please contact us with the size you need, and we will let you know what color combinations are available. Shirts are $15 ($20 for 2XL and 3XL), plus $4 shipping and handling.

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Coming out of a year's worth of work at Childs Elementary School in Ypsilanti, this flip book (half of it is upsidedown!) chronicles the personal histories and incredible fantasies of almost thirty young writers. Featuring a beautiful cover illustration by Ian Huebert, Tall Tales & True Stories is as beautiful to look at as it is to read.

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The monsters have gone on strike! Why? Buy the CD and find out. There are plenty of reasons for a monster to feel under-appreciated. Currently in "negotiations" with Mr. Thaddeus Blotch, our infamous and crotchety editor, all members of the Monster Union, Local 826, are on strike until further notice.

This CD features original monster protest songs by Steve Amick, Ramshackle, Tall Friends, Scott Beal, Dave Lawson, No Exit, Actual Birds & Mariah, and more! Tracks include: Green Monster; Concerning Safe Workplace Conditions for all Working Monsters & the Right to Proper Upkeep of Said Workplace: The Elbow Room Song; Nightlight; Monster Town; The Correct Term is Bogeyman; It's a Creep Thing; No Nitelites!; Support Your Local Hard-Working Monster (by kindly refraining from squandering your fear and anxiety on trivial, non-monster related distractions); My Song; No Official Affiliation.

All proceeds support free student programming at 826michigan.

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Last spring, we released the highly successful and critically lauded Vacansopapurosophobia, or V. We had so much fun doing it and were so proud of the final product, we decided to do it again. The title, which means “fear of a blank page,” was chosen by the same group of people who chose the content: a group of teens from the Neutral Zone. This volume features sixty-six stories, poems, essays, and a play, all of which will most certainly astound and amaze you.

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A collection of cross-genre and cross-generational pieces, Unsquared: Ann Arbor Writers Unleash Their Edgiest Stories and Poems accomplishes exactly what the title says, creating a stunning and, of course, disturbing mix of short fiction, poems, memoirs (and even a play) that will engage even the most reluctant readers. By turns heartbreaking and hilarious, Unsquared proves that communities outside of NYC, San Francisco, and Chicago can sustain flourishing and impressive literary scenes.

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Suddenly My Heart Stopped for Just a Small Portion of Time: Defining Moments is a stunning collection of personal narratives. Greenhills seniors mentored Haisley Elementary fifth graders in the art of memoir for a semester, and this gorgeous anthology is the result. Stories about distant grandfathers and sibling rivalry are put alongside stories about zombie hunting and sleepovers. At turns sweet, sad, heartbreaking, and hilarious, this book’s content is matched in beauty by the book itself. Designed by Chicagoian graphic designer Mollie Edgar.

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Vacansopapurosophobia, or V, is the first of 826’s yearly literary journals. The title, which means “fear of a blank page,” was chosen by the same group of people who chose the content: a group of teens from the Neutral Zone. After much deliberation, this student editorial board pared hundreds of submissions from area youth down to the eighty poems, stories, and essays published in the volume.