Collection: Non-Fiction

  In-depth discussions on bootlegging and its myriad definitions in the creative world Over the last few decades, the term "bootlegging"--a practice once relegated to...

Both personal and universal, Harris’ multimedia works weave together legacies of family dynamics, racial discrimination and queer historiesGathering photographs and installations from both his celebrated...

Two sets of 20 unique letterpress postcards featuring quotes by iconic Black women, from Audre Lorde to Octavia Butler This freshly commissioned set of postcards...

Celebrating the storied career of a beloved letterpress printer whose posters spread messages of racial justiceDetroit-based letterpress printer Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. is celebrated for...

Frazier’s personalized arrangements of her compelling photographs recognize the myriad social and political struggles of Black working-class communitiesFor more than two decades, artist-activist LaToya Ruby...

Additional details to come! A major survey chronicling Thomas’ vibrant, rhinestone-adorned paintingsNew York–based artist Mickalene Thomas’ critically acclaimed and extensive body of work spans painting,...

Centuries of art celebrating a global panorama of Indigenous cultures Continuing the work of the acclaimed Afro-Atlantic Histories, this publication from the Museu de Arte de...

The long-awaited monograph on Barkley L. Hendricks' powerful portraits of contemporary Black subjects Barkley L. Hendricks is rightly known as one of the foremost American...

A witty and irresistible celebration of one very cool and boundary-breaking mom's "Indian-ish" cooking--with accessible and innovative Indian-American recipes Indian food is everyday food! This...

The second book in a three-volume series on Black American artists, featuring work from the 1950s to the 1970s that responded to the cultural, political,...

Part history and part cultural analysis, The Grift chronicles the nuanced history of Black Republicans. Clay Cane lays out how Black Republicanism has been mangled by opportunists...

A powerful, timely memoir of Black immigrant identity, the story of an unforgettable matriarch, and a unique coming-of-age story by Nigerian American actress Uzo Aduba....

A long-awaited, comprehensive collection of renowned poet and performance artist Jayne Cortez's poetry. Like the jazz rhythms that inspired and punctuated her practice, Jayne Cortez...

  A ground-breaking, personal exploration of America's obsession with continuing human bondage from the editor of the New York Times-bestselling Barracoon. Freedom and equality are the watchwords...

  A unique collaboration from two of America's leading artists that explores the fascination and hidden history of the plant world. In this hard-hitting, witty,...

The much-anticipated follow up to the groundbreaking anthology Disability Visibility another revolutionary collection of first-person writing on the joys and challenges of the modern disability experience, and...

"After Black Lives Matter should be commended both for the clarity of its message and the bravery of its convictions." - Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker  ...

2020 Chautauqua Prize Finalist — 2020 NAACP Image Award Nominee - Outstanding Literary Work (Nonfiction)   Best-of Lists: Best Nonfiction Books of 2019 (Kirkus Reviews) -...

From Playboy to Jay-Z, the racial origins of toxic masculinity and its impact on women, especially Black and "insufficiently white" women   More men than...

"A gripping exploration of the joys, hardships, and truths of Black students through intimate, honest dialogues and stunning photography" Kiese Laymon, author of Heavy  "A radical,...

In this beautifully illustrated and deeply philosophical graphic memoir, legendary artist Ai Weiwei explores the connection between artistic expression and intellectual freedom through the lens...

When she died in poverty and obscurity in 1960, all of Zora Neale Hurston's books were out of print. Today her groundbreaking works, suffused with...