Fiction

A page-turning generational saga about a young man's search for a parent he never knew, and a moving portrait of motherhood, race, and the truths we hide in the name of family Jenry Castillo is a musical prodigy, raised by a single mother in Miami, who...

A transnational feminist novel about human trafficking and motherhood from an award-winning author. Saddled with student loans, medical debt, and the sudden news of her infertility after a major car accident, Shannon, an African American woman, follows...

A landmark anthology of full-length works by Black American women writers of the 19th century including Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Harriet Jacobs, and Mary Weston Fordham-edited and with an introduction by C.S.R. Calloway.Shadows Uplifted collects and...

A strong...tale of operatic moral corrosion.-Kirkus Reviews on Gods & Gangsters A story should have a beginning, a middle and an end, but not necessarily in that order." Three stories are woven into a single haunting tale of revenge in The God Particle...

A strong...tale of operatic moral corrosion.-Kirkus Reviews on Gods & Gangsters Faith Newkirk has it all-a loving husband, beautiful daughter, and a thriving luxury shoe boutique in Washington D.C. Yet a part of her feels as though she's a stranger in...

A strong...tale of operatic moral corrosion.-Kirkus Reviews- The son of a hustler, it's no surprise that Power has followed in his family's footsteps and made a name for himself as one of the most respected hustlers on the streets of QueensBoro. Along...

Lance Thomas is a sexy, young black male who has it all: a high-paying blue collar job, a home in Queens, two cars, a son, and a beautiful wife. He has realized, however, that he is afflicted with dogism, a distorted sexuality that causes men to be...

Lance Thomas is up to his old tricks again. Even though he promised his wife several years ago that he was through with the lying and cheating, he just can't resist the lure of forbidden affairs. No longer tied down with a nine-to-five blue collar job,...

Dream big. Score bigger. That's their credo. Bloodthirsty and thrumming - Kirkus Reviews on Gods & Gangsters 2 Jordan is caught up in a world she doesn't understand; a world of people who are all on the make, looking for the scam that will make them rich...

Following her National Book Critics Circle and Los Angeles Times Book Award-nominated, bestselling debut, Brick Lane, Monica Ali's splendid Alentejo Blue rewards readers with characters who etch themselves into one's memory (People). Set in a small...

Bloodthirsty and thrumming, an original take on the source material. ... The writing is skillfully evocative, and readers will appreciate the excitement of a high-stakes power play - Kirkus Reviews A brilliant retelling of William Shakespeare's Othello...