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In the Presence of Absence (PB) (2011)
9781935744016$16.00One of the most transcendent poets of his generation, Darwish composed this remarkable elegy at the apex of his creativity, but with the full knowledge that his death was imminent. Thinking it might be his final work, he summoned all his poetic genius to... -
Ain't I an Anthropologist: Zora Neale Hurston Beyond the Literary Icon (PB) (2023)
9780252087103$27.95Iconic as a novelist and popular cultural figure, Zora Neale Hurston remains underappreciated as an anthropologist. Is it inevitable that Hurston's literary authority should eclipse her anthropological authority? If not, what socio-cultural and...Qty in Cart: 0Price:$27.95Subtotal: -
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (PB) (2009)
9780812980028Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., The Xi Alpha Lambda Liberation Library Book Drive$18.00Maya Angelou's debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Her life story is told in the documentary film And Still I Rise, as seen on PBS's American Masters. Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as... -
Read Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature
9780393651904The Black & Published Reading List$26.95Farah Jasmine Griffin has taken to her heart the phrase read until you understand, a line her father, who died when she was nine, wrote in a note to her. She has made it central to this book about love of the majestic power of words and love of the...Qty in Cart: 0Price:$26.95Subtotal: -
God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse
9780143105411$15.00Introduced by Maya Angelou, the inspiring sermon-poems of James Weldon Johnson James Weldon Johnson was a leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance, and one of the most revered African Americans of all time, whose life demonstrated the full spectrum of... -
Salvage: Readings from the Wreck (HC) (2024)
9780374614843$27.00One of Literary Hub's most anticipated books of 2024 "Award-winning novelist Brand, Toronto's former poet laureate, melds autobiography and literary criticism to offer a shrewd, intimate reading of the 17th-, 18th-, and 19th-century novels that shaped... -
The Harlem Ghetto: Essays (HC) (2024)
9780807018651Black Books Matter: James Baldwin Edition$20.00This collectible edition celebrates James Baldwin's 100th-year anniversary, revealing and critiquing the realities of Black life in mid-century US Originally published in Notes of a Native Son, the essays "The Harlem Ghetto," "Journey to... -
The Sisterhood: How a Network of Black Women Writers Changed American Culture (HC) (2023)
9780231204729$28.95One Sunday afternoon in February 1977, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Ntozake Shange, and several other Black women writers met at June Jordan's Brooklyn apartment to eat gumbo, drink champagne, and talk about their work. Calling themselves "The... -
Notes of a Native Son (PB) (2012)
9780807006238Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., The Xi Alpha Lambda Liberation Library Book Drive$15.00#26 on The Guardian's list of 100 best nonfiction books of all time, the essays explore what it means to be Black in America In an age of Black Lives Matter, James Baldwin's essays on life in Harlem, the protest novel, movies, and African... -
The Prosaic Soul of Nikki Giovanni
9780060541347$14.95This omnibus edition collects celebrated poet and activist Nikki Giovanni's adult prose: Racism 101, Sacred Cows and Other Edibles and seven (7) selections from Gemini: An Extended Autobiographical Statement on My First Twenty-Five Years of Being a Black... -
White Butterfly: Featuring an Original Easy Rawlins Short Story "Lavender"
9780743451772$16.99From the acclaimed bestselling author of the Easy Rawlins series, deemed "one of America's best mystery writers" (The New York Times Book Review), comes a tale about a murdered man who does not want to go to heaven or hell--he'd rather have his old life... -
Afrofuturism Rising: The Literary Prehistory of a Movement (PB) (2019)
9780814255568$39.95Growing out of the music scene, afrofuturism has emerged as an important aesthetic through films such as Black Panther and Get Out. While the significance of these sonic and visual avenues for afrofuturism cannot be underestimated, literature remains... -
Black Women Writers at Work (HC) (2023)
9781642598742Women's History Selection$55.00"Black women writers and critics are acting on the old adage that one must speak for oneself if one wishes to be heard." --Claudia Tate, from the introduction Long out-of-print, Black Women Writers at Work is a vital contribution to Black... -
Read Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature (PB) (2022)
9781324022046The Black & Published Reading List$16.95Farah Jasmine Griffin has taken to her heart the phrase read until you understand, a line her father, who died when she was nine, wrote in a note to her. She has made it central to this book about love of the majestic power of words and love of the... -
Who Will Pay Reparations on My Soul?: Essays (HC) (2021)
9781631496486$27.95Ranging from Ta-Nehisi Coates's case for reparations to Toni Morrison's revolutionary humanism to D'Angelo's simmering blend of R&B and racial justice, Jesse McCarthy's bracing essays investigate with virtuosic intensity the art, music, literature, and... -
Shadow and ACT (PB) (1995)
9780679760009$17.00With the same intellectual incisiveness and supple, stylish prose he brought to his classic novel Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison examines his antecedents and in so doing illuminates the literature, music, and culture of both black and white America. His...