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Essays
R. Eric Thomas The beloved bestselling author of Here for It returns with an all-new collection of heartening, deeply relatable, and laugh-out-loud essays about what happens after happily ever after. After... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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Constructing a Nervous System
Margo Jefferson Jefferson's candor, and the courage and rigor of her critic's mind, recall a number of America's greatest thinkers. --Tracy K. Smith, The New York Times Book... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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Conversations with Nalo Hopkinson
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Isiah Lavender III A key figure in contemporary speculative fiction, Jamaican-born Canadian Nalo Hopkinson (b. 1960) is the first Black queer woman as well as the youngest person... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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Conversations with Octavia Butler
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Conseula Francis Octavia Butler (1947-2006) spent the majority of her prolific career as the only major black female author of science fiction. Winner of both the Nebula... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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Create Dangerously
The Immigrant Artist at Work
Edwidge Danticat An eloquent and moving personal account of art and exile from award-winning writer Edwidge Danticat "Create dangerously, for people who read dangerously. This is what... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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Creep
Accusations and Confessions
Myriam Gurba A ruthless and razor-sharp essay collection that tackles the pervasive, creeping oppression and toxicity that has wormed its way into society--in our books, schools, and... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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David Driskell
Icons of Nature & History
Various Authors This is the first publication to survey the entirety of this hugely influential scholar and artist's groundbreaking 60-year career. Driskell and his landmark exhibition, Two Centuries... ArtAutobiography & Memoir
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Didn't We Almost Have It All
In Defense of Whitney Houston
Gerrick Kennedy A candid exploration of the genius, shame, and celebrity of Whitney Houston a decade after her passingOn February 11, 2012, Whitney Houston was found submerged... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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Dilla Time
The Life and Afterlife of the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm
Dan Charnas Equal parts biography, musicology, and cultural history, Dilla Time chronicles the life and legacy of J Dilla, a musical genius who transformed the sound of popular music... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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Dilla Time
The Life and Afterlife of the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm (Paperback)
Dan Charnas Equal parts biography, musicology, and cultural history, Dilla Time chronicles the life and legacy of J Dilla, a musical genius who transformed the sound of popular music... Autobiography & MemoirBest-Sellers
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DIVA 2.0
12 Life Lessons From Me For You!
Sheryl Lee Ralph Emmy, Tony and Spirit Award-winning actress Sheryl Lee Ralph knows a thing or two about staying power in the capricious world of Hollywood. A seasoned... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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DJ Screw
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Lance Scott Walker DJ Screw, a.k.a. Robert Earl Davis Jr., changed rap and hip-hop forever. In the 1990s, in a spare room of his Houston home, he developed... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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Don't Let It Get You Down:
Essays on Race, Gender, and the Body
Savala Nolan A powerful and provocative collection of essays that offers poignant reflections on living between society’s most charged, politicized, and intractably polar spaces—between black and white,... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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Don't Let Them Bury My Story
The Oldest Living Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre in Her Own Words
Viola Fletcher & Ike Howard "Every day, I have lived through the massacre. While our country may forget this history, I cannot." Viola Ford Fletcher Viola Ford Fletcher's memoir Don't... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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Dwyane
Dwyane Wade For 16 years, Dwyane Wade has dazzled basketball fans with his on-court artistry and has built his personal brand into one of the most powerful... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement
A Radical Democratic Vision (Gender and American Culture)
Barbara Ransby One of the most important African American leaders of the twentieth century and perhaps the most influential woman in the civil rights movement, Ella Baker... AntiracismAutobiography & Memoir
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Eloquent Rage
A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower
Brittney Cooper So what if it's true that Black women are mad as hell? They have the right to be. In the Black feminist tradition of Audre... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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Entertaining Race
Performing Blackness in America
Michael Eric Dyson For more than thirty years, Michael Eric Dyson has played a prominent role in the nation as a public intellectual, university professor, cultural critic, social... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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Fat, Crazy, and Tired
Tales from the Trenches of Transformation
Van Lathan Jr. Podcaster and former TMZ host Van Lathan Jr. writes a sharp, funny, and brutally honest, cultural critique of the unspoken obstacles and extreme anxiety that... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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Feb 1st EVENT: Didn't We Almost Have It All
In Defense of Whitney Houston w/ Gerrick Kennedy + Sylvia Obell
Reparations Club WHO & WHAT: An IRL & Virtual EVENT w/ award-winning journalist, cultural critic, and author, Gerrick Kennedy in discussion with entertainment journalist and host of popular... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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Finding Me
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Viola Davis In my book, you will meet a little girl named Viola who ran from her past until she made a life-changing decision to stop running... Autobiography & MemoirBest-Sellers
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First Things First
Hip-Hop Ladies Who Changed the Game (Pre-Order, Jan 30 2024)
Nadirah Simmons FIRST THINGS FIRST reframes the history of hip-hop but, this time, women are given credit for their trailblazing achievements that have left an undeniable impact... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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Five Days
The Fiery Reckoning of an American City
Wes Moore FINALIST FOR THE PORCHLIGHT BUSINESS BOOK AWARD - NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY LIBRARY JOURNAL From the New York Times bestselling author of The... AntiracismAutobiography & Memoir
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Florynce Flo Kennedy
The Life of a Black Feminist Radical
Sherie M. Randolph Often photographed in a cowboy hat with her middle finger held defiantly in the air, Florynce Flo Kennedy (1916-2000) left a vibrant legacy as a... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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From Staircase to Stage
The Story of Raekwon and the Wu-Tang Clan
Raekwon Legendary wordsmith Raekwon the Chef opens up about his journey from the staircases of Park Hill in Staten Island to sold-out stadiums around the world... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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From the Streets of Shaolin
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S.H. Fernando Jr. This definitive biography of rap supergroup, Wu-Tang Clan, features decades of unpublished interviews and unparalleled access to members of the group and their associates. This... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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Gathering Blossoms Under Fire
The Journals of Alice Walker, 1965-2000
Alice Walker From National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker and edited by critic and writer Valerie Boyd, comes an unprecedented compilation of Walker's fifty... Autobiography & MemoirBest-Sellers
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Generations
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Lucille Clifton A moving family biography in which the poet traces her family history back through Jim Crow, the slave trade, and all the way to the... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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Giannis
The Improbable Rise of an NBA MVP
Mirin Fader The story of Giannis Antetokounmpo's extraordinary rise from poverty in Athens, Greece to super-stardom in America with the Milwaukee Bucks—becoming one of the most transcendent... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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Glossy
Ambition, Beauty & the Inside Story of Emily Weiss's Glossier
Marisa Meltzer The bombshell exposé that reveals--for the first time--exactly what happened at Glossier, one of America's hottest and most consequential startups, and dives deep into the... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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Go Ahead in the Rain
Notes to A Tribe Called Quest
Hanif Abdurraqib How does one pay homage to A Tribe Called Quest? The seminal rap group brought jazz into the genre, resurrecting timeless rhythms to create masterpieces... Autobiography & MemoirBest-Sellers
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Go Back and Get It
A Memoir of Race, Inheritance, and Intergenerational Healing
Dionne Ford An unexpected family photograph leads Dionne Ford to uncover the stories of her enslaved female ancestors, reclaim their power, and begin to heal Countless... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls
100 Immigrant Women Who Changed the World, 3
Elena Favilli Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Immigrant Women Who Changed the World is the third book in the New York Times bestselling series for children.... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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Hammer and Hoe
Alabama Communists During the Great Depression (Twenty-Fifth Anniversary)
Robin D. G. Kelley A groundbreaking contribution to the history of the "long Civil Rights movement," Hammer and Hoe tells the story of how, during the 1930s and 40s, Communists took... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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Harriet Tubman
A Little Golden Book Biography (Back-Order, Nov 20 2023)
JaNay Brown-Wood Inspire and educate your little one with a Little Golden Book biography about Harriet Tubman! It's the perfect introduction to nonfiction for young readers--as well... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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Harry Belafonte
A Little Golden Book Biography
Lavaille Lavette Created in partnership with Ebony Jr., this Little Golden Book biography celebrates the life and legacy of singer, performer, and activist Harry Belafonte. When Harry... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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HBCU Made
A Celebration of the Black College Experience (Pre-Order, Jan 30 2024)
Ayesha Rascoe In this joyous collection of essays about historically Black colleges and universities, alumni both famous and up-and-coming write testimonials about the schools and experiences that... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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He Never Came Home
Interviews, Stories, and Essays from Daughters on Life Without Their Fathers
Regina R. Robertson He Never Came Home is a collection of 22 personal essays written by girls and women who have been separated from their fathers by way of... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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High-Risk Homosexual
A Memoir
Edgar Gomez This witty memoir traces a touching and often hilarious spiralic path to embracing a gay, Latinx identity against a culture of machismo--from a cockfighting ring... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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Hijab Butch Blues
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Lamya H A queer hijabi Muslim immigrant survives her coming-of-age by drawing strength and hope from stories in the Quran in this daring, provocative, and radically hopeful... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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His Name Is George Floyd
One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice
Robert Samuels & Toluse Olorunnipa A landmark biography by two prizewinning Washington Post reporters that reveals how systemic racism shaped George Floyd's life and legacy--from his family's roots in the tobacco fields... AntiracismAutobiography & Memoir
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Home Bound
An Uprooted Daughter's Reflections on Belonging
Vanessa A. Bee In this singular and intimate memoir of identity and discovery, Vanessa A. Bee explores the way we define "home" and "belonging" -- from her birth... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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How Far the Light Reaches
A Life in Ten Sea Creatures
Sabrina Imbler A fascinating tour of creatures from the surface to the deepest ocean floor, inviting us to envision wilder, grander, and more abundant possibilities for the... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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How to Live Free in a Dangerous World
A Decolonial Memoir (Pre-Order, Feb 6 2024)
Shayla Lawson Poet and journalist Shayla Lawson follows their National Book Critics Circle finalist This Is Major with these daring and exquisitely crafted essays, where Lawson journeys across the... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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I Am Debra Lee
Debra Lee A riveting memoir by the former CEO of Black Entertainment Television (BET), about the glamorous and ugly moments of being a high-powered Black woman executive... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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I Can't Date Jesus
Love, Sex, Family, Race, and Other Reasons I’ve Put My Faith in Beyoncé
Michael Arceneaux From the author of I Don’t Want to Die Poor and in the style of New York Times bestsellers You Can’t Touch My Hair, Bad Feminist, and I'm Judging You, a timely... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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I Could Not Believe It
The 1979 Teenage Diaries of Sean Delear
Sean DeLear A remarkable time capsule of Simi Valley, 1979, written before the author would become one of LA's most influential artists of subsequent decades. When Sean... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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I Finally Bought Some Jordans
(Pre-Order, March 12 2024)
Michael Arceneaux New York Times bestselling author Michael Arceneaux makes his long-awaited return with a hilarious collection of essays about making your voice heard in an increasingly noisy... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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I Wonder as I Wander
An Autobiographical Journey
Langston Hughes In I Wonder as I Wander, Langston Hughes vividly recalls the most dramatic and intimate moments of his life in the turbulent 1930s. His wanderlust... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells
Michelle Duster Journalist. Suffragist. Antilynching crusader. In 1862, Ida B. Wells was born enslaved in Holly Springs, Mississippi. In 2020, she won a Pulitzer Prize.Ida B. Wells... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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In Search for the Color Purple
Salamishah Tillet Mixing cultural criticism, literary history, biography, and memoir, an exploration of Alice Walker’s critically acclaimed and controversial novel, The Color Purple Alice Walker made history in 1983... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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In the Shadow of the Mountain
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Silvia Vasquez-Lavado Endless ice. Thin air. The threat of dropping into nothingness thousands of feet below. This is the climb Silvia Vasquez-Lavado braves in her page-turning, pulse-raising... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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In the Shadow of the Mountain
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Invisible Child
Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City
Andrea Elliott Invisible Child follows eight dramatic years in the life of a girl whose imagination is as soaring as the skyscrapers near her Brooklyn shelter. Dasani was... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City (Paperback)
Andrea Elliott PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • A “vivid and devastating” (The New York Times) portrait of an indomitable girl—from acclaimed journalist Andrea Elliott“From its first indelible pages... Autobiography & MemoirBest-Sellers
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It Was All a Dream
Biggie and the World That Made Him
Justin Tinsley From a talented young journalist on the rise, a deeply reported, timely new biography of the Notorious B.I.G., publishing for what would have been his... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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James Baldwin
a Biography
David Leeming James Baldwin was one of the great writers of the last century. In works that have become part of the American canon--Go Tell It on... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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James Baldwin
The Last Interview
James Baldwin & Quincy Troupe Never before available, the unexpurgated last interview with James Baldwin & other conversations “I was not born to be what someone said I was. I was... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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Jimi
Janie Hendrix JIMI is the ultimate tribute to the greatest guitar player in rock and roll history, celebrating what would have been Jimi Hendrix's 80th birthday on... ArtAutobiography & Memoir
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Josephine
The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker
Patricia Hruby Powell Coretta Scott King Book Award, Illustrator, HonorRobert F. Sibert Informational Book Award, HonorBoston Globe–Horn Book Award, Nonfiction HonorParent's Choice AwardWall Street Journal's 10 Best Children's... Autobiography & MemoirBest-Sellers
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