In this striking anthology 40 poets from the Soul Sister Revue reading series, including Evie Shockley, Hanif Abdurraqib, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Cathy Linh Che, José Olivarez, and Patricia Smith, commemorate culture, Motown, and community, while...

Ronnie's a Reaper. Officially she's a retrieval analyst for hell. But the demons and angels who would sell their souls for her job know what she really does for a living. She fetches lost cherubs, and gets to enjoy all the perks of life on earth in the...

soul poet: a book of fascinating micro-stories written in free verse, sonnets, and haiku-from an African American perspective. This journey begins with free verse, leading off with the Billy Collins-esque "King Étagère," and followed by poems like the...

I may have escaped Cail's delusions ... ... But my world is still on fire.It was a miracle when Ilyan pulled me from Cail's mind. Too bad the creepy bleeding walls, and broken bathroom from hell followed me back into reality. Now everything is so mixed...

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Emily Jones Hudson was born and raised in Hazard, Kentucky. She graduated from Berea College in 1978 with a degree in English and went on to work as a reporter and women's editor for a weekly newspaper in Indianapolis. She worked as a...

Here's your invitation to join a literary as well as a personal relationship with the deeply insightful and profoundly expressive perspectives of Regina Diane Jemison. As you encounter these soul-stirring pieces, you may imagine listening to one of God's...

Here's your invitation to join a literary as well as a personal relationship with the deeply insightful and profoundly expressive perspectives of Regina Diane Jemison. As you encounter these soul-stirring pieces, you may imagine listening to one of God's...

A triumphant, genre-bending breakout novel from one of the boldest new voices in contemporary fiction Vern--seven months pregnant and desperate to escape the strict religious compound where she was raised--flees for the shelter of the woods. There, she...

Only Losers Don't Have Cell Phones... That's what Sophie thinks in the beginning of this hilarious and heartwarming, illustrated chapter book about fitting in. She feels like an outsider because she's the only one in her class without a cell phone, and...

Only Losers Don't Have Cell Phones... That's what Sophie thinks in the beginning of this hilarious and heartwarming, illustrated chapter book about fitting in. She feels like an outsider because she's the only one in her class without a cell phone, and...

**Purple Dragonfly Book Award First Place Winner** Should Sophie Stand Up to the School Bully or Become a Snitch? There's nothing worse than being a tattletale... That's what 10-year-old Sophie Washington thinks until she runs into Lanie Mitchell, a new...