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Publications List

Finding Home: A Memoir
Finding Home: A Memoir
Denise Nicholas
Nov 2025
54 Miles: A Novel
54 Miles: A Novel
Leonard Pitts Jr.
Jul 2024
Still Rising: Famous Black Quotations for the Twenty-First Century
This Life
This Life
Quntos Kunquest
Jun 2021
The Last Thing You Surrender: A Novel of World War II
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut
Derrick Barnes
Oct 2017
The Evolution of Al Sharpton: The Provocative Politics of the People’s Preacher
Never Stop: A Memoir
Never Stop: A Memoir
Simba Sana
Dec 2016
Grant Park
Grant Park
Leonard Pitts Jr.
Oct 2015
Only The Strong
Only The Strong
Jabari Asim
May 2015
Imagine This: Creating the Work You Love
Justice While Black: Helping African-American Families Navigate and Survive the Criminal Justice System
Culture Worrier: Selected Columns 1984-2014: Reflections On Race, Politics And Social Change
Recognition
Recognition
O.H. Bennett
Jul 2014
How To Slowly Kill Yourself And Others In America
Creatures Here Below
Creatures Here Below
O.H. Bennett
Nov 2011
Straight From Your Gay Best Friend: The Straight-Up Truth About Relationships, Work, And Having A Fabulous Life
Wading Home: A Novel of New Orleans
Wading Home: A Novel of New Orleans
Rosalyn Story
Sep 2010
The Burning City
The Burning City
Alaya Dawn Johnson
Jun 2010
Forward From This Moment: Selected Columns, 1994-2009
Racing the Dark
Racing the Dark
Alaya Dawn Johnson
Aug 2009
Family Affair: What It Means To Be African American Today
Before I Forget
Before I Forget
Leonard Pitts Jr.
Mar 2009
Where the Line Bleeds
Where the Line Bleeds
Jesmyn Ward
Nov 2008