When siblings Boubou and Aya set out for a carefree bike ride with friends to explore the abandoned house of a fisherman who died under mysterious circumstances, they stumble upon an explosive chase on Zinguichou Bay that changes everything. A man clings...

Nothing spoils a party like murder...A frantic call from their friend Diamond brings New Orleans private detectives Charmaine and Jessi Joliet to a Mardi Gras costume party. The good times stop rolling when a prominent local politician and businessman...

Violence and Trauma: Healing South Sudanese Families and Communities is an exploration of the complex interconnection of violence and trauma in the South Sudanese communities. Moving fluidly between narratives in case studies and academic perspectives...

Blue Exodus, Hussain Ahmed's second full-length poetry collection, was selected by Rajiv Mohabir as the winner of The 2022 Orison Poetry Prize. About the collection, Mohabir writes, "I come away with the specters of the living and passed, asking me what...

Anatomy of a Creative. And a story of being a Black Man in America.Everyone has a story to tell that someone else needs to hear. It's how we as human beings connect, how we relate, how we communicate, and how we pass on wisdom AND learn.One day not too...

In 1984, Alexis De Veaux independently published and distributed Blue Heat. Mainstream publishing's interest in work by radical Black women was waning and De Veaux knew that she could reach women with the poems in Blue Heat directly-- and she knew they...

Bzzz!!! The Ice Cream Crime: A sweet and silly story about an unexpected friendship.When a pesky fly ruins Brianna's delicious ice cream, she's ready to declare all-out war! But as the battle of wills escalates, Brianna and the fly learn a surprising...

Bzzz!!! The Ice Cream Crime: A sweet and silly story about an unexpected friendship.When a pesky fly ruins Brianna's delicious ice cream, she's ready to declare all-out war! But as the battle of wills escalates, Brianna and the fly learn a surprising...

When Boubou and Aya are duped by a smooth-talking stranger, they uncover a counterfeit operation flooding Zinguichou with fake bills.Their investigation leads to an abandoned power plant hiding deadly secrets and a captive boy. What dangers await in the...

Unwashed is a deeply personal collection of poetry, centering on themes of growing up, loss of innocence, love, the immigrant experience, and alienation. The title of the collection is a reference to the urgency of the work. These are not romantic or...

National Book Critics Circle Award Winner A New York Times Notable Book Best Book of the Year for The Washington Post* The New Yorker * Time * The Atlantic * Los Angeles Times * NPR * Harper's Bazaar * Vulture * Town & Country * San Francisco Chronicle *...

FOUR SELECTED WORKS OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE IN ONE CONVENIENT VOLUME!Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is an memoir and treatise on abolition written by African-American orator and former slave Frederick Douglass during his time in Lynn,...