Collection: Staff Picks

Clothes to Make You Smile is a picture book biography about Patrick Kelly, one of fashion's most influential Black designers, joyously told by fashion expert and...

After storming the scene with Stereo(TYPE), the PEN America Award–winning poet makes his highly anticipated return—with a virtuosic sophomore collection that plunges the reader into the tenebrous...

In American popular music, we often glorify rebellious artists and "outlaws." But in The Midnight Special, Colin Asher tells a deeper story about the criminal justice...

Meticulously crafted and unflinchingly vulnerable, Nicole R. Fleetwood's multigenerational family portrait braids the intimate life of a neighborhood with the historic arc that shaped it...

Hollywood icon and Emmy Award-winning Abbott Elementary actress Sheryl Lee Ralph shares the personal stories that have shaped her and the advice that has guided her throughout...

A collection of mindfulness poems that celebrate everyday moments, from "one of the wisest and most courageous writers of this generation" (Robert Jones Jr.)We live...

In the spirit of American cultural prophecy--from Ta-Nehisi Coates to Rebecca Solnit--acclaimed writer Casey Gerald offers a groundbreaking work of joyous dissent and stunning vision,...

A unique perspective on the Great Migration, when more than six million Black American families left the South to escape Jim Crow laws and racial...

Hue & Me — A colorful grid painted by our founder to inspire connection amongst others. We recommend gathering a few loved ones, assigning colors,...

An innovative contribution to the field of Black Feminist Studies, this landmark collection brings together the most influential historical and contemporary thinkers in Black feminist...

Double vinyl LP pressing. Experience the iconic debut album from Brandy like never before, now available on vinyl for the very first time. Originally released...

Watch This Before You Turn 18!—the follow-up to Hey Kids, Watch This!—is packed with recommendations for movies that hit hardest when you’re a teenager. Whether...

  Begin the journey to freedom, even when the way is uncertain“Every page in Temper sizzles with ancient truth and brand new, desperately needed hope. The world...

Timnit Gebru, one of the fiercest voices in the world speaking truth to power, chronicles her journey as a refugee and Black woman in STEM—delivering an...

  The sweeping cultural history of a spice so coveted it launched empires across oceans, reshaped global trade, and bound generations of Sri Lankans to...

For fans of The Wild Robot and Rebecca Stead, a middle grade novel that explores what makes us human—and what it means to be irreplaceable. Summer 2.0...

A historian's guide to understanding Reconstruction and the lessons it offers for navigating our own fraught political moment In the wake of a shocking presidential...

Engaging heart and mind, this compilation of quotes by James Baldwin provides hope and renewal in troubling timesIn these times when readers are seeking hope...

An impassioned, boundary-pushing work of criticism traversing an array of subjects, from fine arts to design to architecture, taking aim at the ubiquity of white...

In Washington, D.C.’s powerful Black elite, legacy is everything. When a young heir to one of the city’s most influential institutions seeks funding to cement...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Black Buck: a dazzling, inspiring novel about an ordinary sanitation worker whose dream of becoming a real writer comes true—until...

From the bestselling author of Crying in H Mart, a moving, funny, unforgettable new memoir about Michelle Zauner’s year in South Korea, learning Korean in an...

A lyrical, polyphonic debut about a brother and sister growing up in a Black Pentecostal Church in Detroit, exploring themes of revelation and concealment; desire...

From the author of the instant cult classic Catherine House, a story of one woman’s search to find her place in a looming uncanny future.Crystal Washington—awkward,...