Poetry

Alice Walker, author of the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning The Color Purple-an American novel of permanent importance (San Francisco Chronicle)-crafts a bilingual collection that is both playfully imaginative and intensely moving...

Angela Jackson returns with a poetic collage that draws on imagery from the African American South and the South Side of Chicago, storytelling, the Black Arts Movement, and Hausa folklore. Deftly intertwining narrative and free verse, she expresses the...

BloodFresh is a celebration of identity. Ebony Stewart reclaims her own narrative to speak against the racism and colorism she's experienced, while criticizing society's treatment of women as sexual objects. This collection reaffirms the reader through...

Where contemporary conversation fails, poetry sustains. And poetry has sustained the lives of many.Arranged in three sections, Bantu Knots & Butterflies is a collection of poetry that was born out of the reflections of poet Maryam Azeeza Muhammad. This...

This book is a collection of Meditational Reflections and Inspirational Insights from the Outpourings of the Author's Soul. These offerings will inspire, convict, and make wise those who partake and consider them. Written from a lifetime of helping...

The lean, musical poems in this touching second collection depict a southern family after the death of its matriarch. Douglas transcribes the spirit and ghosts of one people's America in poems that are principled and tender.

Njoroge Njoroge, PhD and professor of History, University of Hawaii writes, "In these times of chaos we need, we must, have voices cast out to pull us back together...That's what makes the work of Kathryn Takara so powerful." In critical and...

I dedicate these poems to my beautiful sisters whom I love dearly. Felicia has always said I am gifted with writing, Eltor always loved my wit, Pat enjoyed quiet time with me. Miriam looks after me although I am older than her. Ledora is quite the...

I dedicate these poems to my beautiful sisters whom I love dearly. Felicia has always said I am gifted with writing, Eltor always loved my wit, Pat enjoyed quiet time with me. Miriam looks after me although I am older than her. Ledora is quite the...

Witness the power of God in one woman's life. Begin to experience that same power of God in your own. Your Savior is for you. Let it be a constant reminder that God is always with you, no matter where you are. Monique McGilberry is a writer and...

"Your Hair Is Your Crown" is a picture book on self-love for young brown girls. It provides descriptions of textured hair and encourages girls in all shades of brown to embrace their natural hair. This is an unforgettable book filled with meaning and...