Biography

Clyde McPhatter (1932-1972) was the golden voice behind a musical revolution--a soaring tenor whose electrifying performances helped define the sound of early rock 'n' roll. From his breakthrough with the Dominoes to founding the Drifters and launching a...

A memoir of basketball, dedication, and longevity from Boston Celtics legend Robert Parish Growing up in the heart of Louisiana, Robert Parish and his three younger siblings played baseball, football, and tennis--but never basketball. Still, by seventh...

The author of It's Me They Follow chronicles the improbable true story of how she left an abusive past to build a bookshop that survived the Covid pandemic and become an international sensation.Jeannine Cook always thought she'd open a bookshop in her...

An electrifying memoir from the pioneering cultural icon The New Yorker called "the coolest person in New York," whose fearless creativity reshaped the worlds of art, music, and style Fab 5 Freddy doesn't just have a great story--he is the story. Name a...

In this incredible-but-true crime memoir from "The First Lady of BMF" (Black Mafia Family), Tonesa Welch reveals the dramatic story of her unlikely rise from middle-class teenaged mom to Mafia Queen of Detroit, from Beverly Hills mansions to federal...

From the founder of Black Girl Hockey Club, a collection of deeply insightful and piercing essays shedding light on the history of Black excellence in hockey, the future of Black joy within the sport, and the ways we can all do better when it comes to...

At the intersection of power, technology, and race, Stacy Spikes, award-winning entrepreneur and founder of MoviePass, reveals the tools he's used to persevere in the face of adversity, defy stereotypes, and shatter glass ceilings. BLACK FOUNDER is both...

One of Literary Hub's most anticipated books of 2024. Winner of the 2025 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature. Finalist for the 2025 Zora Awards. Dionne Brand explores English and American literature, and the colonial aesthetic that shaped her...

For fans of Aftershocks and How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America, an affective and deeply honest memoir in essays that "asks the deepest questions of identity, of home, of belonging" (Nick Flynn, author of Another Bullshit Night in Suck...

*NATIONAL BESTSELLER* A cancer diagnosis caused Tyler Merritt--beloved author of I Take My Coffee Black--to realize that there was no time for anger, unforgiveness, foolishness, or lost friendships. None of us have any time to waste. When Tyler Merritt...

"Harrowing and insightful. . . . A profound work about the Black experience and white oppression."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"This work is vitally important and essential to understanding the magnitude of the impact of racism and violence...

An intimate portrait of James Baldwin, offering a new understanding of his life and works as seen through his close relationships and private life "Baldwin authority Zaborowska's gracefully impassioned biography. . . . A creatively conceived appreciation...