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Perseus Books Group

A Part of Lagardère Group

44 Books Published

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Publications List

From the Streets of Shaolin: The Wu-Tang Saga
Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together In The Cafeteria: And Other Conversations About Race
Intellectuals And Race
Intellectuals And Race
Thomas Sowell
Mar 2013
Almost a Woman: A Memoir
Almost a Woman: A Memoir
Esmeralda Santiago
Jun 2012
Winner Take All: China’s Race For Resources And What It Means For The World
When I Left Home: My Story
When I Left Home: My Story
Buddy Guy
May 2012
Dismantling America: And Other Controversial Essays
Vegan Soul Kitchen: Fresh, Healthy, and Creative African-American Cuisine
Pow-Wow: Charting the Fault Lines in the American Experience - Short Fiction from Then to Now
Mixing It Up: Taking On the Media Bullies and Other Reflections
New and Collected Poems 1964-2007
New and Collected Poems 1964-2007
Ishmael Reed
Jul 2007
We Gotta Have It: Twenty Years of Seeing Black at the Movies, 1986-2006
If I Stop, I’ll Die: The Comedy and Tragedy of Richard Pryor
If I Stop, I’ll Die: The Comedy and Tragedy of Richard Pryor
John A. Williams and Dennis A. Williams
Dec 2006
When I Was Puerto Rican: A Memoir
When I Was Puerto Rican: A Memoir
Esmeralda Santiago
Feb 2006
The Days of Good Looks: The Prose and Poetry of Cheryl Clarke, 1980 to 2005
Out of Bounds: Coming Out of Sexual Abuse, Addiction, and My Life of Lies in the NFL Closet
The Turkish Lover: A Memoir
The Turkish Lover: A Memoir
Esmeralda Santiago
Aug 2005
Beyond the Down Low: Sex, Lies, and Denial in Black America
Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song: A Guerilla Filmmaking Manifesto
I Put A Spell On You: The Autobiography Of Nina Simone
From Totems to Hip-Hop: A Multicultural Anthology of Poetry Across the Americas 1900-2002
Buppies, B-boys, Baps, And Bohos: Notes On Post-soul Black Culture
Allies for Freedom & Blacks on John Brown (Revised)
Word On The Street: Debunking The Myth Of "Pure" Standard English