Collection: Autobiography & Memoir

When first published in 2017, They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us became an instant cultural sensation, appearing in music videos, B-sides to singles by The...

The extraordinary life of Cher can be told by only one person . . . Cher herself. After more than seventy years of fighting to...

A darkly comic memoir-in-essays about the scam of the American Dream and doing whatever it takes to survive in the Sunshine State--from the award-winning author...

 A collection of darkly humorous, intensely personal essays by cult fave and multi-hyphenate artist Jean Grae  In My Remaining Years, by creative juggernaut Jean Grae,...

More than 40 works across media, including major ensemble performances, emerging in the afterlife of postmodern dance Philadelphia-based artist, dancer and choreographer Ralph Lemon (born...

An idea 50 years in the making, this entertaining cookbook from a cult music legend is chock-full of stories and soul food Before there was...

Leslie Odom Jr., burst on the scene in 2015, originating the role of Aaron Burr in the Broadway musical phenomenon Hamilton. Since then, he has...

From renowned journalist Jean Guerrero, here is the haunting story of a daughter's mission to save her father from his demons and to save herself...

From Law Roach, award-winning celebrity stylist and the world's only image architect, comes a groundbreaking guide to becoming your ultimate, confident self. Law Roach is...

"We who have been colonized can never forget" Andrée Blouin--once called the most dangerous woman in Africa--played a leading role in the struggles for decolonization...

A fearless, inspiring, and refreshingly candid memoir by the Grammy-award winning rapper, multi-platinum recording artist, and cultural icon Lil' Kim When teenager Kimberly Denise Jones--better...

Dionne Brand explores English and American literature, and the colonial aesthetic that shaped her sense of self and the world, of what was possible and...

Published in the US for the first time, Fearless and Free is the memoir of the fabulous, rule-breaking, one-of-a-kind Josephine Baker, the iconic dancer, singer, spy, and...

Named one of the Best Books of the Century by The New York TimesTwo-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward (Salvage the Bones, Sing, Unburied, Sing) contends...

Multi-platinum artist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist, Big Sean shares his five key practices for- inner work and self-acceptance in this interactive guidebook on maintaining daily mental...

Now a limited Netflix series starring Zoe Saldana!   This Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller is "a captivating story of love lost...

Learn about the inspiring life of Simone Biles, the mental-health advocate and record-breaking athlete. Growing up in foster care, Simone's gymnastics training was an anchor in...

Mic check! Learn your opposites with Biggie Smalls in the Legends of Hip-Hop board book series. In this accessible series perfectly crafted for babies (and...

The world's oddest drag artist This book is an intimate and in-depth look into the life of Yvie Oddly, winner of season eleven of RuPaul's...

In this unusual and inventive picture book that riffs on the language and rhythms of old New Orleans, noted picture book biographer Jonah Winter (Dizzy, Frida, You...

A revelatory biography of the writer-activist who inspired today's movements for social and racial justice In the era of Black Lives Matter, Frantz Fanon's shadow...

From a wry, insightful, and very funny new voice, here is one woman's search for home, from Kashmir to England to Saudi Arabia to Michigan...