Non-Fiction

In The Night Before the End of the World, award-winning author Ran Walker crafts 200 microfiction and prose poem pieces that pulse with afrosurrealism, horror, humor, love, and loss. Each piece, ranging from 9-235 words, explores the wild and often...

Jerry T. Johnson's Bad Fruit boldly asks society: have we lost our minds or taken leave of our senses? We eat lies and say the lies taste good. We inhale pollutants and say the air is fresh. We watch glaciers melt and say there is no global warming. We...

The long and pernicious relationship between fast food restaurants and the African American community Today, fast food is disproportionately located in Black neighborhoods and marketed to Black Americans through targeted advertising. But throughout much...

An unforgettable poetry collection blending the author's personal experiences with shared empathetic moments from others, "Poetic Rants of Pain and Appreciation" dives into the vulnerability of life and the struggle of growing up multiracial in a big...

A corrective history of the essential role that Black women played in the early Black press.In Great Thinkers and Doers, Teresa Zackodnik looks at the vital--and largely overlooked--role of Black women readers, writers, and editors in the development of...

Carried within Martheaus Perkins' The Grace of Black Mothers are the many howls of lost children and their martyrized mothers. This debut collection brings a lyrical reckoning on behalf of dismembered dreams by boldly finding grace through our Black...

From a prizewinning poet whose work "points to an unfathomably bright future for the canon" (Danez Smith), a stunningly lush collection about desire, resilience, and our fraught and ecstatic relationship with the natural world A collection as remarkable...

I want to know what you know about my peopleI said to the caretaker's granddaughter. I want you to tell me something about them. The Other Revival is a story of homecoming. This collection of poems revolves around a house built in Harpersville, Alabama...

I've been told all my life that during your 20s is when the changes begin to happen as one begins to come into your own. Being in my 30s now, witnessing the application of the changes is an interesting dichotomy I've embarked on. A metamorphosis. Dive...

As Serita Jakes shares her testimony, she ministers to women from all walks of life. Her words resonate with those who feel trapped, but who long to be restored as the princesses God created them to be. Serita's insights and encouragement will give...

Author Marina Murray pens her first book of poems. Readers will enjoy her honest exploration of a life seeking the God she wants to know personally. Marina's intention in writing this book is to encourage her readers in their walk with God. Life brings...

The true story of Andrew Heidelberg, who against incredible barriers, became the first African-American to play previously "white" high school football in the South. The story, as told by Andrew to Robert D. Gaines, covers his childhood in the racist...