Wayne State University Press (or WSU Press), founded in 1941, is a university press that is part of Wayne State University. It publishes under its own name and also the imprints Painted Turtle and Great Lakes Books.The Press also has strong subject areas in Africana studies, Children s studies, Fairy Tales and Folklore studies, Film and Television studies, Jewish Studies, and Speech and Language Pathology. Wayne State University Press also publishes six academic journals, including Marvels and Tales, and several trade publications, including American City: Detroit Architecture, 1845-2005 by author Robert Sharoff and A Woman at War: Marlene Dietrich Remembered edited by Marlene Dietrich's grandson, J. David Riva.The Press is located in the Leonard N. Simons Building designed by famed architect Albert Kahn and is located on the Wayne State University s main campus in the heart of Midtown Detroit; Cultural Center, one block south of Warren Ave. and two blocks south of the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Detroit Public Library.