First published in 1923, Jean Toomer's Cane is an innovative literary work--part drama, part poetry, part fiction--powerfully evoking black life in the South. Rich in imagery, Toomer's impressionistic, sometimes surrealistic sketches of Southern rural...

Can't Stop Won't Stop is a powerful cultural and social history of the end of the American century, and a provocative look into the new world that the hip-hop generation created. Forged in the fires of the Bronx and Kingston, Jamaica, hip-hop became the...

Can't Stop Walking: Every Walk Must First Begin with a Step, Purpose, and Direction is a stunning and incisive nonfictional narrative which critiques some of the cultural, traditional, and societal issues which impacted and challenged the lives of many...

"Can't Stop Walking is contextually historical and stylistically inspirational. The characters, settings, and scenes are relatable. . . . I found myself walking along with the author through each page. Murphy does an excellent job of carefully inviting,...

One man will do everything in his power to take revenge...Jason Gaines, better known as Hot Shot, has just buried his mother, father, and little brother after a home invasion. Now the only thing on his mind is finding the people responsible and punishing...

Cthulhu meets hip-hop in this book of horror poems that flips the eldritch genre upside down. Lovecraftian-inspired nightmares are reversed as O'Brien asks readers to see Blackness as radically significant. Can You Sign My Tentacle? explores the monsters...

Yes, White people can be saved. In God's redemptive plan, that goes without saying. But what about the reality of white normativity? This idea and way of being in the world has been parasitically joined to Christianity, and this is the ground of many of...

Two poets, one white and one black, explore race and childhood in this must-have collection tailored to provoke thought and conversation. How can Irene and Charles work together on their fifth grade poetry project? They don't know each other . . . and...

Whether it's for the comfort, the style, the collectibility, or the investment potential, sneakers play a huge role in pop culture. Ran Walker and Van G. Garrett decided to explore the various aspects of sneaker culture in this collection of microfiction...

But what can you do about it? A grassroots movement has developed and if you're reading this, you're a part of it. Like you, millions of everyday Americans are fed up but we haven't known what to do because we've lacked an action plan. This book...

Kyle's summer is shaping up to be just like he'd hoped. He's finally getting to spend two months at his father's cabin in Michigan, learning how to shoot guns, drive trucks, and be a real man. But he can't help but wonder what's really going on in his...

To say that Cameron Banks has the world in the palm of his hands would be an understatement. His education, career, fancy cars and designer suits symbolize all of the "stereotypical" characteristics symbolic of 'Making It'. Not to mention, Cameron is...

Cedars Cemetery in Camden, South Carolina, dates back to plantation days. The earliest marked gravestone is dated 1839, a descendent of Bonds Conway, and over 1,500 gravestones mark the area. However, hundreds more are unmarked. The location survey,...

It's Finally time to take time out for YOU with this Self Care Journal by Latoya Nicole - Calm as Ever: Black Women Self Care Journal and it's the perfect gift to yourself this New Year.   You can't pour from an empty cup. Give yourself permission...

Calliope Thessaly is a teenage writer, bound to a beautiful home inside her beloved polis of Auburn due to her strict parents, Pan and Demeter. When her father announces a move to neighboring Griffin, Calliope is granted a little more freedom to explore,...

"Calling My Name is a treasure."--Nic Stone, New York Times-bestselling author of Dear MartinCalling My Name is a striking, luminous, and literary exploration of family, spirituality, and self--ideal for readers of Jacqueline Woodson, Jandy Nelson, Naomi...