Collection: Non-Fiction

A poignant, unflinching study of black grief as a form of elegy found in visual art, music, literature—everywhere, if you know how to see it.In Black...

"A beautifully written political-social page turner" (Joy-Ann Reid) about the legendary party hosted by Diahann Carroll for Shirley Chisholm's 1972 presidential campaign, which changed the...

Elle's Best Nonfiction Books of 2024 The Boston Globe's Best Books of 2024 San Francisco Chronicle's Best New Books of Fall 2024 From standup comedian Youngmi Mayer,...

From bestselling authors and journalistic titans Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, Abundance is a once-in-a-generation, paradigm-shifting call to renew a politics of plenty, face up to the...

A groundbreaking investigation of the Caribbean as both an idyll in the American imagination and a dark laboratory of Western experimentation, revealing secrets to racial...

A riveting account of labor's bottom-up resurgence, providing a roadmap for workers, unions, and social movements to win widely.   After decades of union decline...

What is the President, Congress, and the Supreme Court really allowed to do? This unique and handy guide includes the documents that guide our government,...

With a Foreword by Simone Biles The sensational two-time Olympian Jordan Chiles’s heartfelt, inspiring memoir chronicling her unlikely path to the podium—including the unprecedented challenges,...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER The New Yorker’s Best Books of 2024 • A Publishers Weekly Top 10 Book of the Year • An NPR 2024 “Books We Loved” Pick • An Esquire Best Book of Fall 2024 • A...

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz's Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States: A Graphic Interpretation In stunning full color and accessible text, a graphic adaptation of the American...

A piercingly powerful memoir, a grandson's account of the coup that ended his grandfather's presidency of Haiti, the secrecy that shrouded that wound within his...

The need to acknowledge these works was the impetus behind this volume. Perkins has selected nineteen plays from seven writers who were among the major...

Through the unforgettable stories of five Atlanta families, this landmark work of journalism exposes a new and troubling trend--the dramatic rise of the "working homeless"...

Black Women in Sequence takes readers on a search for women of African descent in comics subculture.   From the 1971 appearance of the Skywald Publications...

An engaging examination of Black Girl Magic and its significance in American literature   In Light and Legacies, author Janaka Bowman Lewis examines Black girlhood in...

A scholar and activist's brilliant socio-political examination of Asian Americans who refuse to assimilate and instead build their own belonging on their own terms outside...

Actress and empowerment counselor Tina Lifford guides readers on connecting with their authentic Self--the source of personal power, greater health, and joyful wellbeing--in this follow-up...

We all deserve sex that's great for everyone involved. Let sexual liberation be your guide to a truly satisfying sex life. How we define good...

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 NATIONAL TRANSLATION AWARD IN PROSE Set in and around the Mexican city of Veracruz, This Is Not Miami delivers a series of devastating...

2020 ALA Alex Award Winner | 2020 Stonewall -- Israel Fishman Non-fiction Award Honor Book In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that...

The New York Times bestselling memoir about identity, love and understanding. Now a major motion picture starring Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, and Lucas Hedges, directed by Joel...

"Lang proves how rich the discourse is when trans youth take their rightful place at the center of their narratives." --RAQUEL WILLIS, activist, and author...

In Cultivating Genius, Dr. Gholdy E. Muhammad presents a four-layered equity framework--one that is grounded in history and restores excellence in literacy education. This framework, which...