Cultural Literature

The collected contributions from Simone Leigh's 2022 Venice Biennale symposium on Black women's intellectual and creative laborAs a part of the United States Pavilion for the 2022 Venice Biennale (for which she won the Gold Lion), Simone Leigh (born...

2024 Outstanding Academic Title, given by Choice Reviews Celebrates the life and legacy of Bayard Rustin, the civil rights leader behind the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom While we can all recall images of Martin Luther King Jr. giving his...

From the son of legendary civil rights organizer Robert P. Moses: a brilliant, unflinching memoir about becoming Black in America that interweaves voices from 3 generations of the Moses family "Omo Moses has written an epic reaffirmation of Black...

Do you feel like you live life looking in from the outside? From the way you speak, to the color of your skin, to the way you vote, or the way you pray, you don't fit the mold. And yet you find yourself still trying to prove yourself to others. In Set Me...

This ground-breaking volume increases our understanding of the dynamism and richness of American art, featuring works that span a century from artist across the United States.Out of Many: Reframing an American Art Collection offers a re-examination of...

New York Times Notable Book"A smart, crackling chronicle of fast game, the '80s art market, [and] the attraction of destruction."-- Village Voice A bold and vivid biography that chronicles the dazzling rise and tragic death of Neo-expressionist artist...

Accompanying the largest UK survey to date of work by the legendary Chicago-based figurative painterThis volume is the most extensive publication on Kerry James Marshall to date, celebrating half a century of his work. It reveals the complex ways in...

Dandelion: A Memoir in Essays is a profoundly personal exploration of mental health, identity, and survival. Through a collection of essays, poetry, and reflections, the author shares their journey as a Black, queer woman grappling with chronic illness,...

The second annual Alchemy Lecture brought together four "Alchemists"-thinkers and practitioners working across disciplines and geographies-to share a constellation of ideas for the future. Their urgent, poignant and inventive lectures compose The City of...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the award-winning, multihyphenate global entertainer Keke Palmer comes the inspiring true story of her journey to understanding her genuine value. Keke Palmer thought she knew who she was. What it means to be a good...

Originally published in 2000, Reflections in Black was the first single-volume work to collect the images of leading African American photographers--from the daguerreotype to the digital age. Through its sheer power and inherent beauty, Deborah Willis's...

The first ever collection of John Edgar Wideman's most influential essays and articles, five decades of cultural and literary criticism that paint a vivid portrait of America's changing landscape and chronicle the emergence and evolution of a major...