Gomer's Song is a re-rendering of the Bible story. In Gomer, a harlot who was the wife of the Old Testament prophet Hosea, Kwame Dawes finds the subject for a beautiful contemporary exploration on freedom and sacrifice. Kwame Dawes is an award-winning...

Gentleman Jigger stands as a landmark novel, celebrated for its candid exploration of Black sexuality set against the dynamic backdrop of the Harlem Renaissance. The story follows Stuartt, a defiantly queer artist, who navigates the complexities of...

A dynamic, personal, and poignant collection of over 90 works from Eric Key's extensive collection of art by American artists of African descent, spanning the Harlem Renaissance to the twenty-first century.Since he started collecting in the 1990s, Eric...

Get ready for another thrilling adventure in the Game On Zhuri series with "Attack of the Robo-Bugs"! Zhuri and her trusty companions dive headfirst into action once more as they confront a new threat in HERO CITY 2, the latest virtual creation of...

Get ready for another thrilling adventure in the Game On Zhuri series with "Attack of the Robo-Bugs"! Zhuri and her trusty companions dive headfirst into action once more as they confront a new threat in HERO CITY 2, the latest virtual creation of...

Fire in the Whole explores the anger of Black Christians who feel betrayed by white Christianity's complicity of perpetuating racism. In this transformative work, author Robert Callahan not only empathizes with this pain, giving words to strong and...

Hailed by Arnold Rampersad as "[Hughes'] most brilliant book of poems," Fine Clothes to the Jew is the stunning sophomore collection of poetry that--in conjunction with The Weary Blues--solidified Langston Hughes as a literary powerhouse.Originally...

Dis//Integration, a previously unpublished work by William Melvin Kelley, author of A Different Drummer, is a notable and welcome addition to African American literature. The linked "2 novelas, 3 stories, and a little play" that make up DIS//INTEGRATION...

WINNER OF THE 2023 LOS ANGELES TIMES ART SEIDENBAUM AWARD FOR FIRST FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 WILLIAM SAROYAN INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR WRITING   A richly detailed, brilliantly woven debut collection about the lives and lore of one Black...

In this powerful debut memoir, Neesha Powell-Ingabire chips away at coastal Georgia's facade of beaches and golden marshes to recover undertold Black history alongside personal and family stories.In May of 2020, Neesha Powell-Ingabire's hometown became...

When your stories flow from the brackish waters of the Gulf South, where the land and water merge, your narratives cannot be contained or constrained by the Eurocentric conventions of autobiography. When your story is rooted in the histories of your West...

Bursting with warmth and words of encouragement, this lyrical picture book celebrates growing up and believing in yourself--the perfect gift for graduations, birthdays, the first day of school, and beyond. You are brave.You are enough.You are your own...

Discover hope as you see redemption even in the darkest circumstances. Ronald Olivier shares his dramatic and powerful story of how a young man sentenced to life without parole miraculously found faith, forgiveness, redemption, and restoration.As a...

In this brilliantly clever fictionalised memoir, award-winning author Jamal Mahjoub interrogates how the first generation of Northern Sudanese citizens undertook the momentous task of creating a newly independent nation. Exiled in a dilapidated hotel in...

A young adult novel by Randi Pink about a teenage activist who is visited by the ghost of Harriet Jacobs, an enslaved woman. Ruth Fitz is surrounded by activism. Her mother is a senator who frequently appears on CNN as a powerful Black voice fighting...

A celebration of Black History for babies and toddlers!We Are Black History Board Book from Mudpuppy is a wonderful introduction to the black leaders and trailblazers who have shaped our world! From the inspiring words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to...