Essays
Bamboozled by Jesus: How God Tricked Me Into the Life of My Dreams
Thriving stand-up comic and actress Yvonne Orji—best known as Issa Rae's BFF on the HBO series, Insecure—shares the secrets to living the life of your dreams. Yvonne Orji has never shied away from being unapologetically herself, and that includes being outspoken...
$26.00
Why Wakanda Matters: What Black Panther Reveals about Psychology, Identity, and Communication
Publisher: Smart Pop In 2018, the Marvel Cinematic Universe finally delivered on something fans had long been waiting for: a feature film with a solo Black superhero.Black Panther introduced viewers to the stunning world of Wakanda, a fictional African country with...
$14.95
We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy
Publisher: One World In this “urgently relevant”* collection featuring the landmark essay “The Case for Reparations,” the National Book Award–winning author of Between the World and Me “reflects on race, Barack Obama’s presidency and its jarring aftermath”*—including the election of Donald Trump.New York...
$28.00
The Selected Works of Audre Lorde
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company A definitive selection of Audre Lorde’s "intelligent, fierce, powerful, sensual, provocative, indelible" (Roxane Gay) prose and poetry, for a new generation of readers. Self-described "black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet" Audre Lorde is an unforgettable...
$16.95
Nothing Personal
Publisher: Beacon Press James Baldwin’s critique of American society at the height of the civil rights movement brings his prescient thoughts on social isolation, race, and police brutality to a new generation of readers.Available for the first time in a...
$18.00
42 Today: Jackie Robinson and His Legacy
Publisher: New York University Press Explores Jackie Robinson’s compelling and complicated legacyBefore the United States Supreme Court ruled against segregation in public schools, and before Rosa Parks refused to surrender her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, Jackie Robinson walked onto...
$27.95
Total Jazz
Supplier: Fantagraphics Books Blutch riffs on two quintessentially American art forms in this collection of jazz-themed comics. In this freewheeling collection of short stories and vignettes, the famed French cartoonist examines not only the music, but the nature of the...
$19.99
The Rise: Black Cooks and the Soul of American Food: A Cookbook
Publisher: Voracious An Eater Best Cookbook of Fall 2020 • This groundbreaking new cookbook from chef, bestselling author, and TV star Marcus Samuelsson celebrates contemporary Black cooking in 150 extraordinarily delicious recipes.It is long past time to recognize Black excellence in the culinary...
$38.00
Citizen: An American Lyric
Publisher: Graywolf Press * Finalist for the National Book Award in Poetry ** Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry * Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism * Winner of the NAACP Image...
$20.00