Cultural Literature

Chase von, the author of this book has recently had a story he wrote included in this publication featured in the 2007 American Review Literary Journal Vol. One, edited by world famous author, poet and consultant to the stars, Bryant H. McGill. Pieces of...

Your Black Friend Has Something To Say is a powerful debut and an intimate examination of race and identity. For thirty years Melva Graham has lived and worked in neighborhoods that are predominantly white and wealthy. Just to be clear, she is neither...

Your Black Friend and Other Strangers is a collection of culturally charged comics by cartoonist Ben Passmore, including the Eisner Award nominated and Ignatz Award-winning "Your Black Friend," named one of NPR's 100 favorite comics of all time in 2017...

"An important and powerful book" that radically reframes the debates swirling around the academic achievement of African-American students (Boston Review) In three separate but allied essays, African-American scholars Theresa Perry, Claude Steele, and...

A thrilling story about a young black male, his angry triumph over abandonment is made by committing the ultimate sin. In a tale of murder and sexuality, Heart- a southern Black college student filled with bitterness and resentment, finds in the error of...

Immigrants come, and immigrants go. From the beginning of time people have left their places of birth to seek opportunities and adventure in foreign lands.The reasons people leave familiar homelands to unfamiliar territories are endless. Some leave to...

"A stirring work . . . images meet text to convey a most handsome portrait of Black barbering in America as a revered cultural practice. Honest, intelligent, poignant--You Next is brilliant from cover to cover." --Maurice Wallace, Rutgers University An...

A story of an ideal American family to rival The Waltons... You Must Be A Jones, A Family Memoir is a heartwarming story of an African American family persevering during some of the country's most significant periods of change. The story highlights how...

A story of an ideal American family to rival The Waltons... You Must Be A Jones, A Family Memoir is a heartwarming story of an African American family persevering during some of the country's most significant periods of change. The story highlights how...

The daughter of a freeholder, Sara Brooks was born in 1911 on her parents' subsistence farm in west Alabama. Here in her own words, she makes us understand what it felt like to be young, black, innocent, and steeped in the ways of a black rural world...

Today coanchor Al Roker presents an entertaining guide to achieving a life of happiness and success through the power of "yes!"These days, the road to success can feel jampacked with scheduling, networking, nonstop hustle, and flat-out absurdity. And no...

Today coanchor Al Roker presents an entertaining guide to achieving a life of happiness and success through the power of "yes!"These days, the road to success can feel jampacked with scheduling, networking, nonstop hustle, and flat-out absurdity. And no...