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Glory in the Margins: Sunday Poems

by Nikki Grimes

Glory in the Margins: Sunday Poems Nikki Grimes New York Times bestselling author and poet Nikki Grimes explains; “A study of scripture reveals that Jesus spent a lot o...

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margins Virtual Thornton Colorado A gathering for BIPOC, LGBTQIA2S+, neurodiverse and disability community...

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Death of the Author

by Nnedi Okorafor

Death of the Author Nnedi Okorafor 2026 NAACP Image Award Winner The Instant National Bestseller Recommended by New York Times Book Review • People • NPR • Ro...

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The Book of Alice: Poems

by Diamond Forde

The Book of Alice: Poems Diamond Forde From award-winning author Diamond Forde comes a stunningly powerful poetry collection exploring lineage and the legacy of survival ...

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

by Maria Pinto

Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless: What Fungi Taught Me about Nourishment, Poison, Ecology, Hidden Histories, Zombies, and Black Survival Maria Pinto Naturalist, forager, an...

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Heaven & Earth Grocery Store (paperback)

by James McBride

Heaven & Earth Grocery Store (paperback) James McBride The Runaway New York Times Bestseller A New York Times Notable Book • A New York Times Readers Pick: 100 Be...

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Death of the Author

by Nnedi Okorafor

Death of the Author Nnedi Okorafor Preorder now and receive the stunning DELUXE LIMITED EDITION while supplies last—featuring a special alternate cover design on the ha...

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A More Perfect Party: The Night Shirley Chisholm and Diahann Carroll Reshaped Politics

by Juanita Tolliver

A More Perfect Party: The Night Shirley Chisholm and Diahann Carroll Reshaped Politics Juanita Tolliver Winner of the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work/Nonf...

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Glory, Too: Poems

by Nikki Grimes

Glory, Too: Poems Nikki Grimes Winner of the Coretta Scott King Award, and New York Times bestselling author Nikki Grimes introduces Glory, Too, a soul-stirring collectio...

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We Made it to School Alive

by Quartez Harris

We Made it to School Alive Quartez Harris Beyond the brilliance of his imagery, and the potency of metaphor, what Quartez Harris offers in We Made It To School Alive is a...

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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

by James McBride

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store James McBride “McBride’s pages burst with life… This endlessly rich saga highlights the different ways in which people look out for...

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I Am Still with You: A Reckoning with Silence, Inheritance, and History

by Emmanuel Iduma

I Am Still with You: A Reckoning with Silence, Inheritance, and History Emmanuel Iduma “Both epic and intimate” —​Margo Jefferson A deeply moving, lyrical ...

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Black on Black: On Our Resilience and Brilliance in America

by Daniel Black

Black on Black: On Our Resilience and Brilliance in America Daniel Black A piercing collection of essays on racial tension in America and the ongoing fight for visibility...

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Reparations on Fire: How and Why it’s Spreading Across America

by Nkechi Taifa

Reparations on Fire: How and Why it’s Spreading Across America Nkechi Taifa Reparations on Fire explores the spread of the reparation movement’s multiple fronts, enco...

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Finding La Negrita

by Natasha Gordon-Chipembere

Finding La Negrita Natasha Gordon-Chipembere Finding La Negrita is a captivating retelling of the Black Madonna narrative, a story deeply intertwined with Costa Rica’s ...

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Out of the Sun: On Race and Storytelling

by Esi Edugyan

Out of the Sun: On Race and Storytelling Esi Edugyan Now available in paperback, an insightful exploration and moving meditation on identity, art, and belonging from one ...

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United Stated of Grace: A Memoir of Homelessness, Addiction, Incarceration, and Hope

by Lenny Duncan

United Stated of Grace: A Memoir of Homelessness, Addiction, Incarceration, and Hope Lenny Duncan "This lyrical testament to life as ’a blind date with mercy’ wi...

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Lace & Pyrite: Letters from Two Gardens

by Ross Gay and Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Lace & Pyrite: Letters from Two Gardens Ross Gay and Aimee Nezhukumatathil Originally published by Organic Weapon Arts in 2014, Lace & Pyrite: Letters from Two Gardens ca...

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The Devil’s Half Acre: The Untold Story of How One Woman Liberated the South’s Most Notorious Slave Jail

by Kristen Green

The Devil’s Half Acre: The Untold Story of How One Woman Liberated the South’s Most Notorious Slave Jail Kristen Green The inspiring true story of an enslaved woman w...

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The Enneagram for Black Liberation: Return to Who You Are Beneath the Armor You Carry

by Chichi Agorom

The Enneagram for Black Liberation: Return to Who You Are Beneath the Armor You Carry Chichi Agorom Am I worthy of belonging? Am I loved just as I am? Am I safe to exist ...

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Freedom! the Story of the Black Panther Party

by Jetta Grace Martin, Joshua Bloom, and Waldo E. Martin Jr.

Freedom! the Story of the Black Panther Party Jetta Grace Martin, Joshua Bloom, and Waldo E. Martin Jr. Read a PDF of the first Chapter 1, Cruisin’ Huey / Bobby / A Lon...

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Afro-Atlantic Histories

by Adriano Pedrosa and Tomas Toledo

Afro-Atlantic Histories Adriano Pedrosa and Tomas Toledo A colossal, panoramic, much-needed appraisal of the visual cultures of Afro-Atlantic territories across six centu...

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The Ones Who Don’t Say They Love You: Stories

by Maurice Carlos Ruffin

The Ones Who Don’t Say They Love You: Stories Maurice Carlos Ruffin A collection of raucous stories that offer a panoramic view of New Orleans from the author of the "s...

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Black Smoke: African Americans and the United States of Barbecue

by Adrian Miller

Black Smoke: African Americans and the United States of Barbecue Adrian Miller Across America, the pure love and popularity of barbecue cookery have gone through the roof...

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The Oxford Handbook of Children’s Rights Law

by Jonathan Todres and Shani M. King

The Oxford Handbook of Children’s Rights Law Jonathan Todres and Shani M. King Children’s rights law is a relatively young but rapidly developing discipline. The U.N....

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Little Family

by Ishmael Beah

Little Family Ishmael Beah From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of A Long Way Gone. A powerful novel about young people living at the margins of society, struggl...

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Ebony Magazine and Lerone Bennett Jr.: Popular Black History in Postwar America

by E. James West

Ebony Magazine and Lerone Bennett Jr.: Popular Black History in Postwar America E. James West From its launch in 1945, Ebony magazine was politically and socially influen...

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There Will Be No Miracles Here: A Memoir

by Casey Gerald

There Will Be No Miracles Here: A Memoir Casey Gerald NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2018 BY NPR AND THE NEW YORK TIMES A PBS NewsHour–New York Times Book Club Pick “Somehow Ca...

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Remaking Black Power: How Black Women Transformed an Era

by Ashley D. Farmer

Remaking Black Power: How Black Women Transformed an Era Ashley D. Farmer In this comprehensive history, Ashley D. Farmer examines black women’s political, social, and ...

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A People’s History of Chicago

by Kevin Coval

A People’s History of Chicago Kevin Coval Known variously as “the Windy City,” “the City of Big Shoulders,” or “Chi-Raq,” Chicago is one of the most widely ...

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Unspeakable

by Chris Hedges

Unspeakable Chris Hedges Chris Hedges on the most taboo topics in America, with David Talbot.Chris Hedges has been telling truth to (and against) power since his earliest...

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Race, Philosophy, And Film (Routledge Studies In Contemporary Philosophy)

by Mary K. Bloodsworth-Lugo and Dan Flory

Race, Philosophy, And Film (Routledge Studies In Contemporary Philosophy) Mary K. Bloodsworth-Lugo and Dan Flory This collection fills a gap in the current literature in ...

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Guest of Honor: Booker T. Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, and the White House Dinner That Shocked a Nation

by Deborah Davis

Guest of Honor: Booker T. Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, and the White House Dinner That Shocked a Nation Deborah Davis In this revealing social history, one remarkable ...

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Guest of Honor: Booker T. Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, and the White House Dinner That Shocked a Nation

by Deborah Davis

Guest of Honor: Booker T. Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, and the White House Dinner That Shocked a Nation Deborah Davis In this revealing social history, one remarkable ...

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Memoirs of a Porcupine (NONE)

by Alain Mabanckou

Memoirs of a Porcupine (NONE) Alain Mabanckou All human beings, says an African legend, have an animal double. Some doubles are benign, others wicked. This legend comes t...

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Shotgun Lullabies: Stories & Poems

by Sheree Renée Thomas

Shotgun Lullabies: Stories & Poems Sheree Renée Thomas In this first collection of the stories and poetry of Sheree Renée Thomas, memory is the only force strong ...

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Beyond Katrina: A Meditation On The Mississippi Gulf Coast (Sarah Mills Hodge Fund Publication)

by Natasha Trethewey

Beyond Katrina: A Meditation On The Mississippi Gulf Coast (Sarah Mills Hodge Fund Publication) Natasha Trethewey Beyond Katrina is poet Natasha Trethewey’s very person...

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Empire Of Illusion: The End Of Literacy And The Triumph Of Spectacle

by Chris Hedges

Empire Of Illusion: The End Of Literacy And The Triumph Of Spectacle Chris Hedges We now live in two Americas. One—now the minority—functions in a print-based, literate...

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What Moves At The Margin: Selected Nonfiction

by Toni Morrison

What Moves At The Margin: Selected Nonfiction Toni Morrison What Moves at the Margin collects three decades of Toni Morrison’s writings about her work, her life, litera...

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The Games Black Girls Play: Learning the Ropes from Double-Dutch to Hip-Hop

by Kyra D. Gaunt

The Games Black Girls Play: Learning the Ropes from Double-Dutch to Hip-Hop Kyra D. Gaunt 2007 Alan Merriam Prize presented by the Society for Ethnomusicology 2007 PEN/Be...

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Thirsty

by Dionne Brand

Thirsty Dionne Brand This is a poem about the city. About a man who has visions, hovering on the edge but hating it, restless and at war with the world but wanting the pe...

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Those Bones Are Not My Child: A novel

by Toni Cade Bambara

Those Bones Are Not My Child: A novel Toni Cade Bambara Those Bones Are Not My Child is a staggering achievement, a major work of American fiction: the novel that Toni Ca...

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Six Plays by Black and Asian Women Writers

by Kadija Sesay

Six Plays by Black and Asian Women Writers Kadija Sesay A landmark collection of plays for stage, screen, and radio, Six Plays by Black and Asian Women Writers has become...

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Tough Love: Cultural Criticism & Familial Observations on the Life and Death of Tupac Shakur

by Kwame Alexander and Michael Datcher

Tough Love: Cultural Criticism & Familial Observations on the Life and Death of Tupac Shakur Kwame Alexander and Michael Datcher Tough Love Excerpts Sideliners will su...

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Afrekete: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Writing

by Catherine E. McKinley and Jocelyn Taylor

Afrekete: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Writing Catherine E. McKinley and Jocelyn Taylor Destined to become a classic in the tradition of the best-selling Black-Eyed Susa...

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Mdw Dtr: Divine Speech: A Historiographical Reflection of African Deep Thought from the Time of the Pharaohs to the Present Paperback

by Jacob Carruthers

Mdw Dtr: Divine Speech: A Historiographical Reflection of African Deep Thought from the Time of the Pharaohs to the Present Paperback Jacob Carruthers Mdw Ntr: Divine Spe...

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Cultivation and Culture: Labor and the Shaping of Slave Life in the Americas

by Ira Berlin

Cultivation and Culture: Labor and the Shaping of Slave Life in the Americas Ira Berlin Ira Berlin is Professor of History at the University of Maryland. His publications...

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Great Black Russian: A Novel on the Life and Times of Alexander Pushkin

by John Oliver Killens

Great Black Russian: A Novel on the Life and Times of Alexander Pushkin John Oliver Killens Alexander Pushkin was born into nineteenth-century czarist Russia at a time wh...

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Brenda M. Greene

Brenda M. Greene Professor, writer and scholar, Dr. Brenda M. Greene is Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Black Literature, Director of the National Black ...

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April Reynolds

April Reynolds April Reynolds is the author of Knee-Deep in Wonder, which won the Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation Award and the PEN/Open Book Beyond Margins ...

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Dealing With Writer's Block: Eight Things To Do While You're Waiting In Limbo

        Having writer’s block is no laughing manner. Some writers, for example, take it very seriously—so much so that they...

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Operation Sisterhood

1 So it really was a dark and stormy night, and it figured, thought Bo. Of course it was a dark and stormy night. Of course it was. Okay, so it wasn’t actuall...

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Melissa Harris-Perry - The "Sister Citizen" Interview

Sister Melissa Born in Seattle, Washington on October 2, 1973, but raised in Charlottesville and Chester, Virginia, Melissa V. Harris-Perry is a professor ...

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Dark Matter II

The Call for submission has ended DARK MATTER II :  Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora  Edited by Sheree R. Thomas  GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSIONS  ...

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Martha Southgate

Martha Southgate Martha Southgate is the author of Third Girl from the Left which was published in paperback by Houghton Mifflin in September 2006. It won the Best No...

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Willie Perdomo

Willie Perdomo Willie Perdomo is the author of Where a Nickel Costs a Dime and Smoking Lovely, which received a PEN America Beyond Margins Award. He has also ...

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Paul Von Blum

Paul Von Blum Paul Von Blum is Senior Lecturer in African American Studies and Communication Studies at UCLA. He has taught at the University of California since 1968, se...

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Karl Nova

Karl Nova Karl Nova was born and raised in London, England as well as Lagos, Nigeria. Karl always found it difficult to fit in, it reflects in his music because he speaks...

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NoNieqa Ramos

NoNieqa Ramos NoNieqa Ramos is an educator who wrote the The Disturbed Girl’s Dictionary, a 2018 New York Public Library Best Book for Teens, a 2019 YALSA Best Fict...

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Maria Pinto

Maria Pinto Naturalist, forager, and educator Maria Pinto offers a stunning debut book that uncovers strange and beautiful fungal connections between the natural and huma...

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Keisha-Gaye Anderson

Keisha-Gaye Anderson Keisha-Gaye Anderson is a Jamaican-born poet, creative writer, visual artist, and media professional, whose multi-platform storytelling has examined ...

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Jenny Erlingsson

Jenny Erlingsson Jenny Erlingsson is an author and speaker of Nigerian descent. After twelve years of working in junior high and women’s ministry, and six years serving...

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Tybre’ana Eaddy

Tybre’ana Eaddy Tybre’ana Eaddy writes for children who are still learning to name what they feel, and for adults who have stopped noticing what has been caring for t...

Film Review

United in Anger: A History of ACT UP

Riveting Gay Rights Retrospective Revisits Rise of AIDS Activism Movement   United in Anger: A History of ACT UP In Theaters: Jul 6, 2012 Limited Unrated, 1 hr. ...

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A Night In Babylon

This “Woke” novel, A Night In Babylon, seems ripped from the current headlines. It opens with pow-pow-pow action worthy of any TV cop show, with a pair of off...

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Womanish Theology

“How differently would Black girls see the world or themselves had they [been] represented and treated as imago Dei [created in the image and likeness of God]?&rdqu...

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The Art of Good Deeds

The Oxford English Dictionary defines philanthropy as “the desire to promote the welfare of others, expressed especially by the generous donation of money to good c...

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My Bully, My Aunt, and Her Final Gift

In My Bully, My Aunt, & Her Final Gift, writer Harold Phifer openly shares childhood experiences with both boldness and wit. The story begins with the author working ...

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g. haron davis

g. haron davis g. haron davis (they/them) is a New York-born, Tennessee-raised writer. Currently residing in the outskirts of Kansas City, Missouri, they specialize in ho...

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