Fans of Jennifer Weiner and Sunny Hostin will love this emotional dual-timeline novel about two former besties finding their way back to each other. To heal their friendship, they'll have to face their past. Jewel Stone has it all--the perfect marriage,...

When Jada Williams is relentlessly pursued by the Debt Police, she is left with no choice but to take down her student loan company with the help of two mall coworkers--from the author of the "lethally witty" (The New York Times Book Review) The...

Delia Pitts expertly writes about family, race, class, and grief in her mysteries. Vandy Myrick captured readers' and critics' hearts in Trouble in Queenstown. She returns in Death of an Ex, where Vandy tries to piece together what brought her...

When I think of the kind of writing that really moves me, I think of the elements present in Bennett's poetry: honesty about Black women's interior lives, clarity (because we don't have time to talk around a thing), and a mean metaphor. Amanda Bennett...

In The Night Before the End of the World, award-winning author Ran Walker crafts 200 microfiction and prose poem pieces that pulse with afrosurrealism, horror, humor, love, and loss. Each piece, ranging from 9-235 words, explores the wild and often...

Jerry T. Johnson's Bad Fruit boldly asks society: have we lost our minds or taken leave of our senses? We eat lies and say the lies taste good. We inhale pollutants and say the air is fresh. We watch glaciers melt and say there is no global warming. We...

The long and pernicious relationship between fast food restaurants and the African American community Today, fast food is disproportionately located in Black neighborhoods and marketed to Black Americans through targeted advertising. But throughout much...

"A thrilling page-turner."--Brit Bennett, #1 New York Times bestselling author "Wildly imaginative."--The Washington Post"Askaripour soars."--The Boston GlobeA rallying cry for anyone who has ever felt invisible. A powerful, captivating novel about how...

The story of settlers in the American West, with its tales of cowboys, prospectors, and frontiersmen, is often overwhelmingly white. Black Wests brings to light the pivotal and largely overlooked contributions of Black Americans to the western narrative...

Acclaimed children's author Nana Brew-Hammond makes her highly anticipated return with this soaring and profound story about love and understanding told through three generations of one Ghanian family.Determined to avoid the pain and instability of her...

Shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize 2024"Extraordinary . . . a powerful and poignant exploration of the African diaspora and global Black identity . . . This book moves like the storm Sennaar begins it with." --New York Times A Real...

"A gentle yet powerful lesson for people pleasers everywhere."--KirkusA multigenerational picture book about finding your voice and the strength of family from acclaimed author-artist Erika Lynne Jones!Zara loves living next door to her Grandma Jane and...