Collection: Books

From award-winning author Leah Johnson comes a laugh-until-you-cry, cry-until-you-laugh story about friendship, change, and the power we have to love ourselves. Ellie Engle doesn't stand...

The long-awaited first major monograph on the iconic portraitist of Black Americans This is the first comprehensive monograph on acclaimed painter Amy Sherald, whose distinctive...

In ONYX, photographer Adrienne Raquel explores the intensity and escapism of the strip club experience, documenting performers at Houston's famed Club Onyx. Raquel's photography is usually...

Sumptuous and tender portraits of an empowered Black queer experience Eric Hart Jr.'s black-and-white photo series presents more than 70 portraits focusing on the notion...

A thrilling account of life with Sun Ra's Arkestra and New York's avant-garde jazz scenes of the 1970s-90s In this memoir, Harlem-born trumpeter Ahmed Abdullah...

The first major monograph on Simone Leigh's multimedia explorations of community, Black feminism and the traditions and material cultures of the African diaspora Over the...

A comprehensive survey of Abad's visually dazzling and politically prescient works blending fabric and painting This volume surveys three decades of Pacita Abad's multifaceted practice....

For fans of Crazy Rich Asians: Meet the Wangs, the unforgettable immigrant family whose spectacular fall from glorious riches to (still name-brand) rags brings them together...

The stars of the social media show The Ellises and hosts of the Webby Award-winning podcast Dead Ass with K&D share the core pillars of their relationship as millennial...

Winner of the American Book Award, a classic of the Black Arts Movement brought back to life in a refreshed edition"A lion in literature's forest. When...

A fun and fact-filled introduction to the dismissed Black art masters and models who shook up the world. Elegant. Refined. Exclusionary. Interrupted. The foundations of the fine...

A renowned, respected teacher and mentor to thousands, Sobonfu Somi is one of the first and foremost voices of African spirituality to come to the...

  Malidoma, whose name means "be friends with the stranger/enemy, " was born under the shadow of French colonial rule in Upper Volta, West Africa....

  In The Temple of My Familiar, Celie and Shug from The Color Purple subtly shadow the lives of dozens of characters, all dealing in some way with...

A Black-Jewish dialogue lifts a veil on these groups' unspoken history, shedding light on the challenges and promises facing American democracy from its inception to...

    The primary resource on community accountability and transformative justice. The Creative Interventions Toolkit is a practical guide to community-based interventions against interpersonal violence, a process...

A gorgeous book object engaging New Orleans' multilayered histories of race, art and politics, from the acclaimed Turner Prize winner Convening polyphonous voices from past...

A new addition to the bestselling Indestructibles series for babies: high-contrast images of delicious fruit, perfect for babies' developing eyesight! And as always, rip-proof, drool-proof,...

Nominated by Martin Luther King, Jr. for a Nobel Peace Prize, Thich Nhat Hanh is one of today's leading sources of wisdom, peace, compassion and...

From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell that grapples with student revolutions,...

Join creators, writers, and comics legends as they discuss the impact of Marvel Studios' Black Panther in this gorgeously illustrated collection of essays Marvel Studios' Black Panther has become...

A powerful and poignant new book by Crazy Rich Asians and Fresh Off the Boat star Constance Wu about family, romance, sex, shame, trauma, and how she found her...

From Eisner-Award nominated writer Marika McCoola and debut artist Aatmaja Pandya, an emotional coming-of-age graphic novel for fans of Bloom and Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me....

In this eye-opening true story about immigrants in America, a visionary labor leader devises a plan that wins the citizenship of 500 workers from India...