Cultural Literature

Connect. Run. Build. The heart and soul behind Detroit's premier run club. We Run 313 is a run club and a revolution that reclaims space for Black runners in Detroit's outdoors with power, pride, and purpose. It is a personal mission turned movement for...

"Provocative . . . essential reading for today's polarized times." --Henry Louis Gates, Jr. "This is a brilliant conceit, wonderfully executed. . . . David S. Reynolds has found a new and compelling way to explore the infinite complexities of the...

In 2021, the international media descended upon Tulsa, Oklahoma, for the centennial commemoration of the May 31-June 1, 1921, massacre in which a white mob killed more than three hundred African American residents, burned homes and businesses, and...

One of TIME magazine's 2025 WOMEN OF THE YEAR and 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLEWINNER of the LGBTQ+ Nonfiction, 2024 Best Book AwardsA passionate, powerful memoir by a trailblazing Black transgender activist, tracing her life of transformation and her work...

An empowering, step-by-step guide that will equip readers with the essential tools and insights to build successful boutique farm brands.   Merging agricultural know-how with entrepreneurial...

How young Black queer men in Los Angeles reject stigma and stereotypes and instead find pride in their racial and sexual identities Shameless is an in-depth exploration of the ways that young Black gay men in Los Angeles come together to learn how to...

Moving Stones explores the extraordinary life and work of Edmonia Lewis, the Black and Ojibwe sculptor who rose to international fame in the nineteenth century. Blending biography, history, and theory, Jennifer DeVere Brody approaches Lewis's legacy...

ONE OF LIT HUB'S MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2026 A radically vulnerable and virtuosic inquiry into the pursuit of freedom and the interminable nature of struggle, from the award-winning author of What We Lose Weaving personal reflections with piercing...

A completely revised and updated handbook of eye-opening--and frequently myth-busting--facts and figures about the real lives of Black Americans today, called "a gift of knowledge" by Susan Taylor, former editor-in-chief of Essence magazine There's no...

There is a long history of sororities such as Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) and Delta Sigma Theta (Delta) participating in activism and social justice efforts--from the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s to Kamala Harris's recent political campaigns. But...

Exploring Zora Neale Hurston's life and work through a decolonial lens, this book traces Hurston's journey from her early life (1891-1919) and struggles at the margins (1920-1930) to her peak as a pioneering ethnographer and writer (1931-1956) and her...

An astounding collection of photographs from a renowned poetCreated during the tumultuous years of 2020 and 2021, Love's Austere and Lonely Offices: Street Portraits and Poems intersects the lens of accomplished poet and photographer Marcus Jackson with...