Collection: Staff Picks

Award-winning sexuality educator Ericka Hart examines society's conservative views on sex and pleasure throughout history and offers an accessible, candid, and intersectional guide on how...

From the author of Oshún and Me and the artist of Homegrown comes a joyful picture book that celebrates community and individuality, inspired by real people with disabilities everywhere.Today...

In over a dozen interviews, Conversations with Kiese Laymon provides an in-depth look at author Kiese Laymon as an educator, creative writer, activist, family member, and Mississippian....

Hip-hop legend “Da Brat” DuPart and her wife Judy DuPart, stars of WEtv’s highly rated reality series Brat Loves Judy, share their journey to the altar and...

A fresh, charming, socially conscious tour of the mysteries of space-time, from the award-winning author of The Disordered CosmosIn her highly acclaimed debut, distinguished cosmologist and...

A reissue of Greg Tate's classic, out-of-print collection of essays, with a new introduction by Hanif Abdurraqib and a new foreword by Questlove. From one...

A beautiful and moving testament to the enduring life of Kobe Bryant and the Mamba Mentality.When Kobe and Gianna Bryant died, tragically and unexpectedly, in...

From the buzzy, viral sensation Only For The Week, comes the next book in Natasha Bishop's The Forever Falling series, featuring an intimate bucket list road...

Sweet Solitude - Helps you step away from the noise and into a world of soft symbols and serene creatures — a mindful way to...

For readers of His Name Is George Floyd and Under the SkinA landmark investigation into forensic medicine that exposes the systematic concealment of state-sanctioned violence through death investigationsEach...

Edición en español de la artista y compositora Victoria Monét, ganadora de varios premios Grammy, llega un poético audiolibro ideal para los niños que sufren...

Everything Grows in Jiddo’s Garden is the story of a young Palestinian girl and her Jiddo—her Grandpa!Jiddo’s garden is a wonder. In it grows so...

Opposites attract in this contemporary, sweet, sapphic romance about two girls who reluctantly come together for a summer challenge.THIS PAPERBACK EDITION FEATURES GORGEOUS THREE COLOR...

Boston Globe–Horn Book Award–winning author Brandy Colbert gives The Parent Trap a fresh, funny, and delightfully unexpected update in this story of two girls—one raised by her single...

A pioneering manifesto from Brazil about the centrality of sex workers to feminist struggle. As long as feminism has existed as a movement in Brazil,...

Introducing ‘Pocket Decision Book’, a tiny but unique tool which aims to make your decision-making process simple yet effective.  With just a flip of its...

An incisive, intimate diary of the life of a travesti sex worker in Brazil, with a foreward by Charlotte Shane So What If I'm a...

In this vulnerable and enlightening book of life lessons, globally renowned performer Cynthia Erivo draws from her singular experience to show us how to embrace...

Lauren Halsey documents Halsey's debut exhibition with the David Kordansky gallery and features texts by Elleza Kelley and Lynell George, with a photo essay by...

Album sleeve art from a transformative era in America's radical jazz culture, plus covers for recordings by Black poets, civil rights activists and experimental musicians...

Selections from the extraordinary Studio Museum in Harlem Collection, accompanying the highly anticipated opening of the institution's first-ever purpose-built museum Meaning Matter Memory is a keepsake...

How Stella Got Her Groove Back is full of Terry McMillan's signature humor, heart, and insight. More than a love story, it is ultimately a novel...

The highly anticipated first monograph on one of the most celebrated American contemporary artists Through portraits, social scenes, photographs, sculptures, and immersive installations, Derrick Adams...