WINNER OF THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION"An elegant meditation on the complexities of the American South--and thus of America--by an esteemed daughter of the South and one of the great intellectuals of our time. An inspiration." --Isabel...

Zimbabwean girl meets gender-fluid Afro-Brit boy. They can't stand each other but fall hopelessly in love, before being traumatised into separate paths by their mutual prejudices.Shamiso is a young girl, thoughtful but uncertain, taken by her family from...

"When Miss Brooks. . . writes out of her heart, out of her rich and living background, out of her very real talent, then she induces almost unbearable excitement." -- New York TimesIn celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States,...

Now in paperback! Kenny Reed has a bright future ahead of him, but he and his siblings must first escape their abusive mother. An age-appropriate, safe conversation starter presented with alluring prose and sensitive treatment of complex issues...

What does it cost to build a life without losing yourself along the way? When entrepreneur and mother, Kettia Ming is pulled into a high-stakes legal battle, the fallout reaches far beyond her business. It threatens her family, her sense of safety, and...

What does it cost to build a life without losing yourself along the way? When entrepreneur and mother, Kettia Ming is pulled into a high-stakes legal battle, the fallout reaches far beyond her business. It threatens her family, her sense of safety, and...

As urgent, resonant, and essential as The Fire Next Time and Between the World and Me, a poetic, raw, and inspirational love letter from the bestselling author of Buck, written to a nephew who was shot nine times and survived--a reflection on life,...

One of The Atlantic's Great American Novels"If one had to identify the single most influential shaping force in modern Black literary history, one would probably have to point to Wright and the publication of Native Son." - Henry Louis Gates Jr.In...

In searing dispatches, Love, Me is a timely affirmation for Black women in a world that has undervalued them for centuries. "Thee Black woman's story for this era. It is both political and personal. It is both timely and, quite frankly, overdue."...

It's 1972. Tricky Dick is in office, James Brown is on the radio, and Wayne Beasley reluctantly presides over the comings and goings of his barbers and patrons at Wayne's Clip and Trim in Augusta, South Carolina. When one of Wayne's former customers, an...

When Calla finds out her favorite teacher has been accused of inappropriate conduct, she decides to take action in this powerful story about growing up and speaking up, about listening to others and learning to listen to yourself. Because the more Calla...

When Calla finds out her favorite teacher has been accused of inappropriate conduct, she decides to take action in this powerful story about growing up and speaking up, about listening to others and learning to listen to yourself. Because the more Calla...