147 Books in the Literary Collections / Essays Category

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Dead and Alive: Essays

Dead and Alive: Essays
Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless: What Fungi Taught Me about Nourishment, Poison, Ecology, Hidden Histories, Zombies, and Black Survival

Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless: What Fungi Taught Me about Nourishment, Poison, Ecology, Hidden Histories, Zombies, and Black Survival
Racebook: A Personal History of the Internet

Racebook: A Personal History of the Internet
Magically Black and Other Essays (paperback)

Magically Black and Other Essays (paperback)
Prose to the People: A Celebration of Black Bookstores

Prose to the People: A Celebration of Black Bookstores
Inciting Joy: Essays

Inciting Joy: Essays
The Book of (More) Delights: Essays

The Book of (More) Delights: Essays
Magically Black and Other Essays

Magically Black and Other Essays
We’re Alone: Essays

We’re Alone: Essays
Loving Corrections

Loving Corrections
I Just Keep Talking: A Life in Essays

I Just Keep Talking: A Life in Essays
God Made My Face: A Collective Portrait of James Baldwin

God Made My Face: A Collective Portrait of James Baldwin
You Get What You Pay for: Essays

You Get What You Pay for: Essays
The Black Joy Project

The Black Joy Project
Everyday Something Has Tried to Kill Me and Has Failed: Notes from Periracial America

Everyday Something Has Tried to Kill Me and Has Failed: Notes from Periracial America
Black Love Letters

Black Love Letters
Delights: Book 2: Essays

Delights: Book 2: Essays
Watch Your Language: Visual and Literary Reflections on a Century of American Poetry

Watch Your Language: Visual and Literary Reflections on a Century of American Poetry
How We Do It: Black Writers on Craft, Practice, and Skill

How We Do It: Black Writers on Craft, Practice, and Skill
Quietly Hostile: Essays

Quietly Hostile: Essays
The Kevin Powell Reader: Essential Writings and Conversations

The Kevin Powell Reader: Essential Writings and Conversations
Black and Female: Essays

Black and Female: Essays
You Don’t Know Us Negroes and Other Essays (paperback)

You Don’t Know Us Negroes and Other Essays (paperback)
Inciting Joy: Essays

Inciting Joy: Essays
The Essential Dick Gregory

The Essential Dick Gregory
Bigger Than Bravery: Black Resilience and Reclamation in a Time of Pandemic

Bigger Than Bravery: Black Resilience and Reclamation in a Time of Pandemic
The Book of Delights

The Book of Delights
Black Folk Could Fly: Selected Writings

Black Folk Could Fly: Selected Writings
Promise Broken

Promise Broken
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Who Will Pay Reparations on My Soul?: Essays

Who Will Pay Reparations on My Soul?: Essays
You Don’t Know Us Negroes And Other Essays

You Don’t Know Us Negroes And Other Essays
We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting for: Inner Light in a Time of Darkness

We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting for: Inner Light in a Time of Darkness
Black Paper: Writing in a Dark Time

Black Paper: Writing in a Dark Time
The Matter of Black Lives: Writing from the New Yorker

The Matter of Black Lives: Writing from the New Yorker
The Price of the Ticket: Collected Nonfiction: 1948-1985

The Price of the Ticket: Collected Nonfiction: 1948-1985
Beginnings, Endings, and Salt: Essays

Beginnings, Endings, and Salt: Essays
Sensuous Knowledge: A Black Feminist Approach for Everyone

Sensuous Knowledge: A Black Feminist Approach for Everyone
Meeting at the Table: African-American Women Write on Race, Culture and Community

Meeting at the Table: African-American Women Write on Race, Culture and Community

How to Make a Slave and Other Essays

How to Make a Slave and Other Essays
Just Us: An American Conversation

Just Us: An American Conversation
When We Free The World

When We Free The World
Intimations: Six Essays

Intimations: Six Essays
The Burden: African Americans and the Enduring Impact of Slavery

The Burden: African Americans and the Enduring Impact of Slavery
Survivor’s Guilt: Essays on Race and American Identity

Survivor’s Guilt: Essays on Race and American Identity
Voices of the Harlem Renaissance: Originally Published as The New Negro an Interpretation

Voices of the Harlem Renaissance: Originally Published as The New Negro an Interpretation
The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations

The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations
I Love Myself When I Am Laughing… and Then Again When I Am Looking Mean and Impressive: A Zora Neale Hurston Reader

I Love Myself When I Am Laughing… and Then Again When I Am Looking Mean and Impressive: A Zora Neale Hurston Reader
Busted in New York and Other Essays

Busted in New York and Other Essays
Everything’s Trash, But It’s Okay

Everything’s Trash, But It’s Okay
New Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African Descent

New Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African Descent
When You Learn the Alphabet

When You Learn the Alphabet
Recent Studies Indicate: The Best of Sarah Bird

Recent Studies Indicate: The Best of Sarah Bird
What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays

What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays
The Book of Delights: Essays

The Book of Delights: Essays
Black Is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother’s Time, My Mother’s Time, and Mine

Black Is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother’s Time, My Mother’s Time, and Mine
Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves

Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
And It Begins Like This

And It Begins Like This
The Groundings With My Brothers

The Groundings With My Brothers
Air Traffic: A Memoir of Ambition and Manhood in America

Air Traffic: A Memoir of Ambition and Manhood in America
Meaty: Essays

Meaty: Essays
Love’s Long Line (21st Century Essays)

Love’s Long Line (21st Century Essays)
Feel Free: Essays

Feel Free: Essays
New Orleans Griot The Tom Dent Reader

New Orleans Griot The Tom Dent Reader
The Meaning of Michelle: 16 Writers on the Iconic First Lady and How Her Journey Inspires Our Own

The Meaning of Michelle: 16 Writers on the Iconic First Lady and How Her Journey Inspires Our Own
They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us

They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us
Blind Spot

Blind Spot
Revise the Psalm: Work Celebrating the Writing of Gwendolyn Brooks

Revise the Psalm: Work Celebrating the Writing of Gwendolyn Brooks
The Carolina Table: North Carolina Writers on Food

The Carolina Table: North Carolina Writers on Food
Albert Murray: Collected Essays & Memoirs

Albert Murray: Collected Essays & Memoirs
Known and Strange Things: Essays

Known and Strange Things: Essays
A Love Letter to Texas Women

A Love Letter to Texas Women
Tales of Two Cities: The Best and Worst of Times in Today’s New York

Tales of Two Cities: The Best and Worst of Times in Today’s New York
Love. Hope. Faith: Anthology (Volume 1)

Love. Hope. Faith: Anthology (Volume 1)
The Words & Wisdom of Charles Johnson

The Words & Wisdom of Charles Johnson
Citizen: An American Lyric

Citizen: An American Lyric
Story/Time: The Life Of An Idea (The Toni Morrison Lecture Series)

Story/Time: The Life Of An Idea (The Toni Morrison Lecture Series)
Dreaming of Elsewhere: Observations on Home

Dreaming of Elsewhere: Observations on Home
MFA vs NYC: The Two Cultures of American Fiction

MFA vs NYC: The Two Cultures of American Fiction
Life as Activism: June Jordan’s Writings from the Progressive

Life as Activism: June Jordan’s Writings from the Progressive
Writing Down the Vision: Essays & Prophecies

Writing Down the Vision: Essays & Prophecies
White Girls

White Girls
Chasing Utopia: A Hybrid

Chasing Utopia: A Hybrid
How To Slowly Kill Yourself And Others In America

How To Slowly Kill Yourself And Others In America
Dear Sir, I Intend To Burn Your Book: An Anatomy Of A Book Burning (Henry Kreisel Memorial Lecture)

Dear Sir, I Intend To Burn Your Book: An Anatomy Of A Book Burning (Henry Kreisel Memorial Lecture)
The Cushion In The Road: Meditation And Wandering As The Whole World Awakens To Being In Harm’s Way

The Cushion In The Road: Meditation And Wandering As The Whole World Awakens To Being In Harm’s Way
Burn This Book: Notes on Literature and Engagement

Burn This Book: Notes on Literature and Engagement
The Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Reader

The Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Reader
The Grey Album: On The Blackness Of Blackness

The Grey Album: On The Blackness Of Blackness
Living Out Loud A Writer’s Journey

Living Out Loud A Writer’s Journey
Claudia Jones: Beyond Containment

Claudia Jones: Beyond Containment
The Devil Finds Work

The Devil Finds Work
Time for New Dreams

Time for New Dreams
The Trouble With Nigeria

The Trouble With Nigeria
“The Inside Light”: New Critical Essays on Zora Neale Hurston

“The Inside Light”: New Critical Essays on Zora Neale Hurston
Bicycles: Love Poems

Bicycles: Love Poems
Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays

Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays
What The Dog Saw: And Other Adventures

What The Dog Saw: And Other Adventures
Forward From This Moment: Selected Columns, 1994-2009

Forward From This Moment: Selected Columns, 1994-2009
I Am Your Sister: Collected And Unpublished Writings Of Audre Lorde (Transgressing Boundaries: Studies In Black Politics And Black Communities)

I Am Your Sister: Collected And Unpublished Writings Of Audre Lorde (Transgressing Boundaries: Studies In Black Politics And Black Communities)
The Essential Writings of James Weldon Johnson (Modern Library Classics)

The Essential Writings of James Weldon Johnson (Modern Library Classics)
Mixing It Up: Taking On the Media Bullies and Other Reflections

Mixing It Up: Taking On the Media Bullies and Other Reflections
What Moves At The Margin: Selected Nonfiction

What Moves At The Margin: Selected Nonfiction
We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting for: Inner Light in a Time of Darkness

We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting for: Inner Light in a Time of Darkness
Sister Outsider: Essays And Speeches

Sister Outsider: Essays And Speeches
The Devil and Dave Chappelle: And Other Essays

The Devil and Dave Chappelle: And Other Essays
No Name in the Street

No Name in the Street
Bronx Biannual No. 2

Bronx Biannual No. 2
Mozart and Leadbelly

Mozart and Leadbelly
Bronx Biannual (The Journal of Urbane Urban Literature)

Bronx Biannual (The Journal of Urbane Urban Literature)
Mezzaterra: Fragments from the Common Ground

Mezzaterra: Fragments from the Common Ground
The Riot Inside Me: More Trials & Tremors

The Riot Inside Me: More Trials & Tremors
What Makes A Man: 22 Writers Imagine The Future

What Makes A Man: 22 Writers Imagine The Future
Selected Writings And Speeches Of Marcus Garvey

Selected Writings And Speeches Of Marcus Garvey
The Colossus Of New York

The Colossus Of New York
Don’t Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric

Don’t Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric
Coin Of The Realm: Essays On The Life And Art Of Poetry

Coin Of The Realm: Essays On The Life And Art Of Poetry
Keeping Up With The Jones

Keeping Up With The Jones
The Black Interior: Essays

The Black Interior: Essays
Some Of Us Did Not Die: New And Selected Essays (New And And Selected Essays)

Some Of Us Did Not Die: New And Selected Essays (New And And Selected Essays)
These Hands I Know: African-American Writers on Family

These Hands I Know: African-American Writers on Family
A New World Order: Essays

A New World Order: Essays
Necessary Distance: Essays and Criticism

Necessary Distance: Essays and Criticism
A Region Not Home: Reflections From Exile

A Region Not Home: Reflections From Exile
Fields Watered with Blood

Fields Watered with Blood
The Messenger Reader: Stories, Poetry, and Essays from The Messenger Magazine

The Messenger Reader: Stories, Poetry, and Essays from The Messenger Magazine
A Dream Deferred: The Second Betrayal of Black Freedom in America

A Dream Deferred: The Second Betrayal of Black Freedom in America
The Opportunity Reader: Stories, Poetry, and Essays from the Urban League’s Opportunity Magazine

The Opportunity Reader: Stories, Poetry, and Essays from the Urban League’s Opportunity Magazine
Always In Pursuit: Fresh American Perspectives

Always In Pursuit: Fresh American Perspectives
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Man

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Man
Wisdom of the Elders

Wisdom of the Elders
On Being Female Black Free: Margaret Walker 1932-1992

On Being Female Black Free: Margaret Walker 1932-1992
The All-American Skin Game, Or Decoy Of Race: The Long And The Short Of It, 1990-1994

The All-American Skin Game, Or Decoy Of Race: The Long And The Short Of It, 1990-1994
To Be Real: Telling The Truth And Changing The Face Of Feminism

To Be Real: Telling The Truth And Changing The Face Of Feminism
Langston Hughes and the Chicago Defender: Essays on Race, Politics, and Culture, 1942-62

Langston Hughes and the Chicago Defender: Essays on Race, Politics, and Culture, 1942-62
The Selected Writings of James Weldon Johnson: Volume I: New York Age Editorials (1914-1923)

The Selected Writings of James Weldon Johnson: Volume I: New York Age Editorials (1914-1923)
Shadow And Act

Shadow And Act
Wouldn’t Take Nothing for My Journey Now

Wouldn’t Take Nothing for My Journey Now
Tuxedo Junction: Essays on American Culture

Tuxedo Junction: Essays on American Culture
Speech And Power Volume 2

Speech And Power Volume 2
Deals with the Devil

Deals with the Devil
Speech And Power Volume 1

Speech And Power Volume 1
Nobody Knows My Name

Nobody Knows My Name
The Fire Next Time

The Fire Next Time
A Burst of Light Essays

A Burst of Light Essays
Great Slave Narratives

Great Slave Narratives
The Price of the Ticket: Collected Nonfiction, 1948-1985

The Price of the Ticket: Collected Nonfiction, 1948-1985
Daggers and Javelins: Essays, 1974-1979

Daggers and Javelins: Essays, 1974-1979