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When Erika Simpson was growing up, her mother loomed large, almost biblical in her life. A daughter of sharecroppers, middle child of ten, her origin...

When the girls at school show off their shiny new bracelets, newly arrived immigrant Tien is embarrassed by the plain jade bracelet she wears as...

Cemeteries have great stories and sometimes I steal some for my books.Mariana Enriquez—called by The New York Times a “sorceress of horror”—has been fascinated by the haunting...

A gentle story to help parents and children discuss racial injustice and empower young readers to let their inner lights shineLike her favorite superheroes, Eden...

From Emmy-nominated journalist Melissa Chan and esteemed activist artist Badiucao comes a near-future dystopian graphic novel about technology, authoritarian government, and the lengths that one will go...

A late bloomer thought a visit to a sex club might jump start her love life, but instead makes an instant connection that turns her...

Winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Drama A darkly comic fable of brotherly love and family identity is Suzan-Lori Parks latest riff on the...

From a rising star cartoonist and bestselling author comes a frenemies-to-friends graphic novel about the trials and tribulations of three preteen girls and cabinmates at...

Winner of the National Book Award 2000. The long-awaited collection by one of the most distinguished poets working today.   Lucille Clifton won the 2007...

Legend says long ago werewolves had traveled to Mira’s small hometown to protect humans from vampires. But that’s a fairy tale Mira had stopped believing...

From the Booker Prize finalist and bestselling author: a perceptive novel about a gay Black painter navigating the worlds of art, desire, and creativityA newcomer...

A heartwarming and unforgettable collection of love stories set at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, exploring hope, endurance, and what it means to leave a...

New York Times bestselling author Kalynn Bayron puts a modern twist on Frankenstein in her haunting new novel about the lengths we'd go for the people...

The first biography of Ericka Huggins, a queer Black woman who brought spiritual self-care practices to the Black Panther Party.   In this groundbreaking biography,...

Juxtaposing the world-building of afrofuturism and the world-negating of afropessimism to show how both movements have offered us critical resources of hope. Science fiction imagines...

An explosive memoir charting one woman’s career at the heart of one of the most influential companies on the planet, Careless People gives you a front-row seat...

"A most nourishing and encouraging book" McKenzie Wark, author of A Hacker Manifesto and Capital is Dead   In many places worldwide, the freedom to care for one another...

From hip-hop moguls and political candidates to talk radio and critically acclaimed films, society communicates that Black girls don't matter and their girlhood is not...

Three friends discover magic and mayhem around every corner of their school in this brand-new illustrated series from New Yorkercartoonist and NAACP Image Award nominee Liz...

Frankie’s first loose tooth might fall out during the Kids’ Journalism Conference. How can she help the Tooth Fairy find her when she’s away from...

An epic, decade-long reported history of National Public Radio that reveals the unlikely story of one of America’s most celebrated but least understood media empires....

A story about a little troublemaker with a big heart who must defend her name from a class bully, from the New York Times bestselling author and...

Even before they were recognized as citizens of the United States, Black women understood that the fights for civil and human rights were inseparable.  Over...

Through paintings, sculptures, drawings and more, John Wilson's work foregrounds the human experience and refuses invisibility American artist John Wilson was not only a master...