From childhood promises to grown-up battles, Concrete Hearts is a love story written in the language of survival.Kyrell Mackie grew up with loss written into his story-his mother gone too soon, his father murdered, and the streets waiting to claim him...

ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES'S 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF THE YEARLONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD"There's a bridge of beautiful American prose--lyrical, powerful, fearlessly candid--running straight from James Baldwin to Thomas, who is...

From the sunlit courtyard of her family home in Mogadishu to the icy streets of Minneapolis, Salt in the Snow is a deeply personal memoir about migration, motherhood, and the enduring influence of a father's love.Raised in a close-knit, multigenerational...

ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR--Time--Atlanta Journal-Constitution--Star Tribune (Minneapolis)--Library Journal--Kirkus Longlisted for the 2026 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in FictionFinalist for the Willie Morris Awards for Southern...

From the award-winning filmmaker and graphic novelist, comes the untold origin story of the multi-million-dollar AFROPUNK festival--beginning not with big stages or brand sponsorship, but with one mixed-race teenager's search for belonging in the...

Frederick Douglass was the most prominent African American of the 19th Century and Sidney Morrison has created a mesmerizing historical novel richly detailing his life and the Civil War Era Born into slavery, Frederick Douglass did what seemed...

In this inspiring memoir, a Black woman pilot leading the way for others shares her journey of fulfilling a lifelong dream to fly--and how she rediscovered her passion in the face of tragedy and adversity. Captain Nia Gilliam woke up on September 11...

Looking back on a life shaped by dysfunction, faith, and redemption, Beautiful Brokenness tells the courageous story of how trauma did not get the final word.Raised in an African American family marked by mental illness, addiction, and instability,...

First collection by a beloved thinker in Black anarchismOne of the enduring legacies of the Black Power Era is the turn by some revolutionaries toward a politics that questioned hierarchical leadership, patriarchy, and the role of the state in social...

In love, there are second chances ...Elijah wins Paulette's heart the moment he rescues her from the raging depths of the King's river. He doesn't judge her calloused palms and fingers -hardened by farm work and hand sewing or the cheap fabric sewn...

The long history of the racial wealth gap in America told through the stories of seven Black families who struggled to build wealth over multiple generationsWealth is central to the American pursuit of happiness and is an overriding measure of well-being...