When Vassie loses her father in an accident on the oilfield, the world feels too big and too quiet. But the people who love her don't leave her to face it alone. Her mother, her grandparents, her uncle, and the rest of her family step up -- each in their...

A previously unpublished play by an important 20th-century American writer, with critical essays and annotations. Jean Toomer (1894-1967) was a modernist writer, a member of the Harlem Renaissance, and briefly part of the literary and artistic community...

A much-needed poem of hope and love for children facing adversity due to bigotry, bullying, violence, or other causes. This moving picture book from Black creators Wade Hudson and Tonya Engel empowers children ages 4-8 to face life's challenges with...

"Hold your peace, and let me fight your battles." At sixteen years old, high school basketball star, Jalen, is full of promise. Just weeks away from attending the junior prom with Sasha, the girl next door, he has his whole life ahead of him--until one...

A kaleidoscopic history of the Studio Museum in Harlem told through oral histories, essays, and a trove of archival imageryFounded in 1968 by a diverse group of artists, community activists, and philanthropists, the Studio Museum in Harlem is...

FIVE DEADLY TESTS, ONLY ONE SHADOW PRINCE In this middle grade solarpunk novel set in an alternate Egyptian universe, twelve-year-old Ash must compete and survive to become the shadow--and protector--of the prince.Growing up in a village in the middle of...

Comedian and actor Byron Bowers' wild, funny, and fearless memoir proves that healing can be a psychedelic experience--and that sometimes the only way to tell the truth is to laugh about it. Byron Bowers is a comic's comic--the guy other comedians watch...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In this vulnerable and enlightening book of life lessons, globally renowned performer Cynthia Erivo draws from her singular experience to show us how to embrace being "too much" and to live up to the fullest iteration of...

Saoirse is L.F. Certified--one of three Florespark P.I.s licensed to use lethal force on contract. Her first solo issue picks up the second she pulls the trigger in the RippaZine, and ends with the case that's been in her bones since she was seven years...