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Harper Perennial

An Imprint of HarperCollins

79 Publications Found

Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture
Not That Bad
Roxane Gay
Sep 2025
Lovecraft Country
Lovecraft Country
Matt Ruff
Aug 2024
The Unfortunates
The Unfortunates
J K Chukwu
Feb 2024
The Destroyer of Worlds: A Return to Lovecraft Country
The Destroyer of Worlds
Matt Ruff
Feb 2024
Black Girls Must Be Magic
Black Girls Must Be Magic
Jayne Allen
Feb 2022
The Chaneysville Incident: A Novel
The Chaneysville Incident
David Bradley
Nov 2021
The Between
The Between
Tananarive Due
Oct 2021
When the Reckoning Comes
When the Reckoning Comes
LaTanya McQueen
Aug 2021
Magic City: A Novel
Magic City
Jewell Parker Rhodes
May 2021
Lovecraft Country [movie tie-in]
This Is Major: Notes on Diana Ross, Dark Girls, and Being Dope
This Is Major
Shayla Lawson
Jun 2020
Twisted: The Tangled History of Black Hair Culture
Twisted
Emma Dabiri
Jun 2020
Black Boy
Black Boy
Richard Wright
Feb 2020
Small Silent Things
Small Silent Things
Robin Page
Sep 2019
The Collected Novels of Charles Wright: The Messenger, the Wig, and Absolutely Nothing to Get Alarmed about
The Collected Novels of Charles Wright
Charles Wright
Aug 2019
Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture
Not That Bad
Roxane Gay
May 2018
This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America
This Will Be My Undoing
Morgan Jerkins
Jan 2018
A People’s History of the United States
Something Must Be Done about Prince Edward County: A Family, a Virginia Town, a Civil Rights Battle
American Uprising
American Uprising
Daniel Rasmussen
Nov 2014
Miss Anne in Harlem: The White Women of the Black Renaissance
Miss Anne in Harlem
Carla Kaplan
Sep 2014
It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership
It Worked for Me
Colin Powell
Jun 2014
Maybe the Saddest Thing: Poems (National Poetry)
Maybe the Saddest Thing
Marcus Wicker
Oct 2012
Heat Wave: The Life and Career of Ethel Waters
Heat Wave
Donald Bogle
Jun 2012
Voice of America: Stories
Voice of America
E. C. Osondu
Oct 2011
Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print, and Power
Pulitzer
James Mcgrath Morris
Apr 2011
The Other Civil War: Slavery and Struggle in Civil War America
The Other Civil War
Howard Zinn
Mar 2011
Dust Tracks On A Road: An Autobiography
Dust Tracks On A Road
Zora Neale Hurston
Nov 2010
Tumbling: A Novel
Tumbling
Diane McKinney-Whetstone
Jun 2010
Our Lady of the Night: A Novel
Our Lady of the Night
Mayra Santos-Febres
Aug 2009
Trading Dreams at Midnight: A Novel
Trading Dreams at Midnight
Diane McKinney-Whetstone
Jun 2009
My Grandfather’s Son: A Memoir
My Grandfather’s Son
Clarence Thomas
Oct 2008
Jonah’s Gourd Vine: A Novel
Jonah’s Gourd Vine
Zora Neale Hurston
Jan 2008
The Senator and the Socialite: The True Story of America’s First Black Dynasty
The Senator and the Socialite
Lawrence Otis Graham
Jul 2007
Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
Reading Like a Writer
Francine Prose
Apr 2007
Reading Like a Writer
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Reading Like a Writer
Francine Prose
Apr 2007
The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni: 1968-1998
The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni
Nikki Giovanni
Jan 2007
Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography
Dust Tracks on a Road
Zora Neale Hurston
Jan 2006
Jump at the Sun: A Novel
Jump at the Sun
Kim McLarin
Jan 2006
Chango’s Fire
Chango’s Fire
Ernesto Quiñonez
Nov 2005
Native Son
Native Son
Richard Wright
Aug 2005
Leaving Cecil Street: A Novel
Leaving Cecil Street
Diane McKinney-Whetstone
Mar 2005
Leaf Storm: and Other Stories
Leaf Storm
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Feb 2005
No One Writes to the Colonel: and Other Stories
No One Writes to the Colonel
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Feb 2005
Innocent Erendira: and Other Stories
Innocent Erendira
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Feb 2005
Shifting: The Double Lives of Black Women in America
Shifting
Charisse Jones and Kumea Shorter-Gooden
Jul 2004
Uncle Tom’s Children
Uncle Tom’s Children
Richard Wright
Dec 2003
Meeting of the Waters: A Novel
Meeting of the Waters
Kim McLarin
Dec 2002
West of Rehoboth: A Novel
West of Rehoboth
Alexs D. Pate
Aug 2002
The Justus Girls
The Justus Girls
Slim Lambright
Jul 2002
Salvation: Black People and Love (Love Song to the Nation #3)
Salvation
bell hooks
Dec 2001
The Multicultiboho Sideshow: A Novel
The Multicultiboho Sideshow
Alexs D. Pate
Aug 2001
Guide My Feet: Prayers and Meditations for Our Children
Guide My Feet
Marian Wright Edelman
Sep 2000
Lanterns: A Memoir of Mentors
Lanterns
Marian Wright Edelman
Sep 2000
The Color of Our Future: Race in the 21st Century
The Color of Our Future
Farai Chideya
Mar 2000
Lead Me Home: An African-American’s Guide Through The Grief Journey
Lead Me Home
Carleen Brice
Nov 1999
A Dream Deferred: The Second Betrayal of Black Freedom in America
A Dream Deferred
Shelby Steele
Oct 1999
Civility
Civility
Stephen L. Carter
Mar 1999
Blues People: Negro Music in White America
Blues People
Amiri Baraka
Jan 1999
Tempest Rising: A Novel
Tempest Rising
Diane McKinney-Whetstone
Jan 1999
Steppin’ Out with Attitude: Sister, Sell Your Dream!
Steppin’ Out with Attitude
Anita Bunkley
Oct 1998
The Content of Our Character: A New Vision of Race In America
The Content of Our Character
Shelby Steele
Sep 1998
America’s Dream
America’s Dream
Esmeralda Santiago
Apr 1997
Integrity
Integrity
Stephen L. Carter
Dec 1996
Eight Men: Short Stories
Eight Men
Richard Wright
Oct 1996
Touch (Revised)
Touch (Revised)
Charlotte Watson Sherman
Sep 1996
A Member of the Club: Reflections on Life in a Racially Polarized World
A Member of the Club
Lawrence Otis Graham
Aug 1996
The Garden Thrives: Twentieth-Century African-American Poetry
The Garden Thrives
Clarence Major
Feb 1996
Finding Our Way: The Teen Girls’ Survival Guide
Finding Our Way
Linda Villarosa
Feb 1996
White Man, Listen!
White Man, Listen!
Richard Wright
May 1995
Sisterfire: Black Womanist Fiction and Poetry
Sisterfire
Charlotte Watson Sherman
Dec 1994
Body & Soul: The Black Women’s Guide to Physical Health and Emotional Well-Being
Body & Soul
Linda Villarosa
Nov 1994
The Measure of Our Success: Letter to My Children and Yours
The Measure of Our Success
Marian Wright Edelman
May 1993
The Outsider (Perennial Library)
The Outsider (Perennial Library)
Richard Wright
Apr 1993
Double Stitch: Black Women Write About Mothers and Daughters
Double Stitch
Mary Helen Washington
Jan 1993
In Evil Hour
In Evil Hour
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Nov 1991
Dutchman and The Slave: Two Plays
Dutchman and The Slave
Amiri Baraka
Jan 1971
Black Feeling Black Talk
Black Feeling Black Talk
Nikki Giovanni
Jan 1971
Native Son
Native Son
Richard Wright
Mar 1940

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