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We Deserve Monuments
We Deserve Monuments Jas Hammonds 9781250816559 Fiction Roaring Brook Press Macmillan Publishers 2023 Coretta Scott King John Steptoe Award for New Talent Winner A Kirkus Best Books of 2022 A School...
John Keene
John Keene 0000000032165978 Winner 2022 National Book Award for Poetry John Keene, acclaimed author known for Annotations, has been published in various anthologies and journals, earning several award...
I’m So (Not) Over You
I’m So (Not) Over You Kosoko Jackson 9780593334447 Fiction Berkley Books Penguin Random House One of… Essence’s New Books We Can’t Wait To Read In 2022 Oprah Daily’s Most Anticipated Romance Novels of...
The High Desert: Black. Punk. Nowhere.
The High Desert: Black. Punk. Nowhere. James Spooner 9780358659112 Fiction Harper HarperCollins Winner of a 2022 ALA Alex Award Winner of the 2023 Cartoonist Studio Prize for Print Comics One of The...
The Wife Before: A Spellbinding Psychological Thriller with a Shocking Twist
The Wife Before: A Spellbinding Psychological Thriller with a Shocking Twist Shanora Williams 9781496731111 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. Fans of Verity will be engrossed by this unpredic...
Hell of a Book: A Novel
Hell of a Book: A Novel Jason Mott 9780593330982 Fiction Dutton Books Penguin Random House Winner of the 2021 Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction, Joyce Carol Oates Literary Prize Finalist, 2022 Chau...
Ernie Paniccioli
Ernie Paniccioli 0000000114932974 Ernest “Brother Ernie” Paniccioli is a renowned hip-hop photographer, known for his work in the 80s and 90s. He authored the bestseller 'Who Shot Ya?' and was featur...
Akeem S. Roberts
Akeem S. Roberts NONE Akeem S. Roberts is an illustrator, animator, and cartoonist based in Brooklyn, New York. Versed in many styles, Akeem is passionate about breathing life into stories through a...
André Leon Talley
André Leon Talley 0000000385486160 André Leon Talley (1948-2022) was a renowned creative director at Vogue, contributing to multiple fashion publications over five decades. An author of several illu...
The Grimkes: The Legacy of Slavery in an American Family
The Grimkes: The Legacy of Slavery in an American Family Kerri K. Greenidge 9781324090847 Nonfiction Liveright Publishing Corporation W. W. Norton & Company New York Times Book Review • 100 Notab...
Yvonne Bynoe
Yvonne Bynoe NONE Yvonne Bynoe is an acclaimed author, cultural critic, and founder of the popular online art platform, @SHELOVESBLACKART. She made her curatorial debut in 2022, focusing on lost or e...
Before I Let Go
Before I Let Go Kennedy Ryan 9781538706794 Fiction Forever Grand Central Publishing A Good Morning America Book Buzz Pick! Book of the Month Club selection NPR Best Books of 2022 Entertainment Week...
Daphne A. Brooks
Daphne A. Brooks 0000000036317932 Daphne A. Brooks is a Yale University professor and co-founder of the Black Sound & the Archive Working Group. She is an award-winning author known for her works on ...
By the Time You Read This: The Space Between Cheslie’s Smile and Mental Illness—Her Story in Her Own Words
By the Time You Read This: The Space Between Cheslie’s Smile and Mental Illness—Her Story in Her Own Words Cheslie Kryst and April Simpkins 9781637633007 Nonfiction Forefront Books Forefront Books The...
Black Men Are Precious
Black Men Are Precious E. Ethelbert Miller B0BDQV8YJD Fiction Independently Published Independently Published 2022 Grammy Nomination: Best Spoken Poetry Album Featuring 11 Poems, 18 MINUTES Track ...
Nikki Grimes
Nikki Grimes 0000000029034029 Recipient of the 2022 Virginia Hamilton Lifetime Achievement Award Nikki Grimes is a renowned author, poet, and journalist from Harlem, New York. Known for her children a...
By the Book (a Meant to Be Novel): A Meant to Be Novel
By the Book (a Meant to Be Novel): A Meant to Be Novel Jasmine Guillory 9781368050395 Fiction Hyperion Avenue Disney Publishing Worldwide USA Today Bestseller An Amazon Book of the Month An Amazon B...
Supriya Kelkar
Supriya Kelkar 0000000498588577 Supriya Kelkar grew up in the Midwest, where she learned Hindi as a child by watching three Hindi movies a week. Winner of the New Visions Award for her middle grade ...
Killens Review of Arts & Letters (Fall / Winter 2022-2023): Jubilee
Killens Review of Arts & Letters (Fall / Winter 2022-2023): Jubilee Clarence V. Reynolds a21551758v13 Fiction Center for Black Literature Medgar Evers College Killens Review of Arts & Letters, Fall/Wi...
Kerry Washington
Kerry Washington 0000000114635056 Kerry Washington, an Emmy-winning actor, director, and producer from The Bronx, is known for her groundbreaking role in ABC's Scandal and films like Django Unchained...
One-Shot Harry
One-Shot Harry Gary Phillips 9781641292917 Fiction Soho Crime Soho Crime CrimeReads 10 Novels to Read this Month CrimeReads Most Anticipated Books of 2022 She Reads Most Anticipated Mystery Nove...
Biyi Bandele
Biyi Bandele 0000000120964833 Biyi Bandele-Thomas (1967-2022) was a renowned Nigerian novelist, playwright, director, and photographer. He was celebrated as one of Africa's top 50 artists. Bandele's ...
Lionel Richie
Lionel Richie 0000000081161471 With more than 125 million albums sold worldwide, an Oscar®, Golden Globe®, and four Grammy Awards®, Lionel Richie’s distinctions include 2016 MusiCares Pe...
Andrea Hairston
Andrea Hairston 000000004096098X Andrea Hairston, an Afrofuturist novelist and playwright, is also the L. Wolff Kahn 1931 Professor Emerita at Smith College. With award-winning novels like 'Redwood a...
My People: Five Decades of Writing about Black Lives
My People: Five Decades of Writing about Black Lives Charlayne Hunter-Gault 9780063135390 Nonfiction Harper HarperCollins “Charlayne Hunter-Gault is an eminent Dean of American journalism, a vital voi...
Razzle Dazzle: New and Selected Poems 2002-2022
Razzle Dazzle: New and Selected Poems 2002-2022 Major Jackson 9781324064909 Poetry W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. A preeminent voice in contemporary literature, Major Jackson offe...
Judine Slaughter
Judine Slaughter NONE Judine Slaughter, a publisher and author, started her career in 2000 by publishing her daughter's book. In 2022, she published her own book, “Clear Skinned.” She holds a master'...
Sylvester Boyd Jr.
Sylvester Boyd Jr. NONE Sylvester Boyd Jr., a Chicago native, is an accomplished author, background actor, and motivational speaker with a rich background in geography, history, and business. Known f...
Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu
Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu NONE Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu, born in 1977, is a Zimbabwean writer, filmmaker, and academic with a PhD from Stanford. She has published research on Saartjie Baartman and made the ...
Without A Song To Sing
Without A Song To Sing J.D. Mason 9781733825740 Fiction Spirit in the Dark Publishing Spirit in the Dark Publishing, LLC Twenty-years is a long time to wait before going home again. Tragedy scoops up ...
Ghetto Gastro Presents Black Power Kitchen
Ghetto Gastro Presents Black Power Kitchen Jon Gray, Pierre Serrao, and Lester Walker 9781648290169 Nonfiction Artisan HarperCollins Named a Best Cookbook of 2022 by Barnes & Noble Named a Best Coo...
Imani Perry
Imani Perry 0000000118845093 Winner 2022 National Book Award for Nonfiction Imani Perry is a Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University, author of five books, and holds degrees from...
Penguin Random House
Penguin Random House Bertelsmann 4 Color Books Ace Books Addison-Wesley Alfred A. Knopf Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers Anchor Anchor Books Anchor Press Anne Schwartz Books Avery Ballantine Bo...
Sydney McLaughlin
Sydney McLaughlin NONE Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (born August 7, 1999) is a two-time Olympic gold medalist and world record–holding American sprinter and hurdler. In 2016, she made history at ...
Nancy Churnin
Nancy Churnin NONE Nancy Churnin is a celebrated children's book author, known for inspiring kids to be heroes through her stories. She's a Eureka Silver Award winner and has been recognized with the...
Half American: The Heroic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad
Half American: The Heroic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad Matthew F. Delmont 9781984880413 Nonfiction Penguin Books Penguin Random House The definitive history ...
Heirs Wall Calendar 2022: Connecting a Vibrant Past to a Brilliant Future
Heirs Wall Calendar 2022: Connecting a Vibrant Past to a Brilliant Future Kahran and Regis Bethencourt 9781523513642 Nonfiction Workman Publishing Workman Publishing An empowering and timely tribute t...
Jennifer R. Farmer
Jennifer R. Farmer NONE “The PR Whisperer” Jennifer R. Farmer is a renowned writer, trainer, and activist. She's worked with various social justice organizations and notable figures, and i...
Black TV: Five Decades of Groundbreaking Television from Soul Train to Black-Ish and Beyond
Black TV: Five Decades of Groundbreaking Television from Soul Train to Black-Ish and Beyond Bethonie Butler 9780762481514 Nonfiction Black Dog & Leventhal Hachette Book Group With iconic imagery and e...
Mirror Girls
Mirror Girls Kelly McWilliams 9780759553873 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group Praise for Mirror Girls A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selection Katie Couric Me...
Dear Miss Metropolitan: A Novel
Dear Miss Metropolitan: A Novel Carolyn Ferrell 9781250839015 Fiction Holt Paperbacks Macmillan Publishers A finalist for the 2022 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction A finalist for the 2022 PEN/Hemingway...
George Lamming
George Lamming 0000000114972132 George William Lamming (1927-2022) was a renowned Barbadian novelist and critic, celebrated for his exploration of colonialism and identity in the 20th century Caribbe...
Sarah E. Farro
Sarah E. Farro NONE Sarah E. Farro, a black author born in 1859, wrote 'True Love: A Story of English Domestic Life' in 1891, making her the second known African-American woman novelist of the 19th c...
Zin E. Rocklyn
Zin E. Rocklyn NONE Zin E. Rocklyn is a celebrated author, contributing to award-winning anthologies and zines. They've received notable recognition for their horror story, “Summer Skin”, and contrib...
Jamie McGhee
Jamie McGhee NONE Jamie McGhee is a distinguished novelist, playwright, and essayist, recognized with fellowships in France and Brazil. She has received artist residencies in the US, Germany, and Spa...
Danica Novgorodoff
Danica Novgorodoff 0000000115661248 Danica Novgorodoff is an award-winning artist, writer, and graphic novelist based in Louisville, KY. Her accolades include the 2022 Yoto Kate Greenaway Medal and a...
Andre Ward
Andre Ward NONE Andre Michael Ward, born 1984, is a retired American boxer with an untarnished record. He was a multi-time world champion in two weight categories from 2004-2017. Recognized by The Ri...
Rasheed Newson
Rasheed Newson NONE Rasheed grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana, and is the eldest of three children. He showed an early interest in reading poetry and fiction. Nikki Giovanni and Kurt Vonnegut were am...
A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times: Stories
A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times: Stories Meron Hadero 9781632061188 Fiction Restless Books Restless Books NPR Best Books of 2022 The Christian Science Monitor 10 Best Books of June Most A...
Financial Advice During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Financial Advice During the Covid-19 Pandemic Lynnette Khalfani-Cox Article The COVID-19 outbreak is disproportionately impacting African-Americans, from a public health standpoint and from an econom...
Black Students. Middle Class Teachers.
Black Students. Middle Class Teachers. Jawanza Kunjufu 9780913543818 Nonfiction African American Images African American Images This compelling look at the relationship between the majority of African...
Black Labor, White Wealth : The Search for Power and Economic Justice
Black Labor, White Wealth : The Search for Power and Economic Justice Claud Anderson 9780966170214 Nonfiction Powernomics Corporation of America Powernomics Corporation of America Dr. Anderson’s f...
The Black Count: Glory
The Black Count: Glory Kam Williams Book Review The original Alexandre Dumas was born in 1762… in the French sugar colony of Saint-Domingue. [His] life is so extraordinary on so many leve...
Welcome to the Basement: An Upside-Down Guide to Greatness
Welcome to the Basement: An Upside-Down Guide to Greatness Tim Ross 9781400247783 Nonfiction Thomas Nelson HarperCollins Christian Publishing In Welcome to the Basement, podcaster and thought leader T...
Shirlene Obuobi
Shirlene Obuobi NONE Shirlene Obuobi is a Ghanaian-American physician, cartoonist, and author. She is a regular contributor at The Washington Post. Dr. Shirlene Obuobi is a Ghanaian-American physicia...
Esther Cooper Jackson
Esther Cooper Jackson 0000000037560491 Esther Cooper Jackson (1917-2022) was a co-founder and managing editor of Freedomways magazine from 1961-1985, a significant publication featuring writers like ...
Idza Luhumyo
Idza Luhumyo NONE Idza Luhumyo, born in 1993, is a rising star in African literature, known for her award-winning works. She earned the Margaret Busby New Daughters of Africa Award in 2020 and the Sh...
Divine Blue Light: for John Coltrane
Divine Blue Light: for John Coltrane Will Alexander 9780872868700 Poetry City Lights Publishers City Lights Publishers Pocket Poets Series No. 63 From Will Alexander, a finalist for the 2022 Pulitz...
Black Like You
Black Like You Kam Williams Book Review ’Listening to Knipp, a white man, impersonating Shirley Q. Liquor, a Black woman, was one thing. Actually seeing a white man in blackface dra...
Dasia (Forever)
Dasia (Forever) Nic Stone 9798217229307 Fiction Crown Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House From the New York Times bestselling author of the Dear Martin series comes a spin-off novel written i...
Chaos Theory
Chaos Theory Nic Stone 9780593307700 Fiction Crown Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin delivers a gripping romance about two teens: a c...
Gena Cox
Gena Cox NONE Dr. Gena Cox is an organizational psychologist, executive coach, and author known for her nuanced insights and invaluable recommendations. She guides leaders in adapting to societal cha...
John Vercher
John Vercher NONE John Vercher is a Philadelphia-based author and Assistant Teaching Professor at Drexel University. With degrees from University of Pittsburgh and Mountainview MFA program, he's writ...
Grown
Grown Tiffany D. Jackson 9780062840356 Fiction Katherine Tegen Books HarperCollins "Grown exposes the underbelly of a tough conversation, providing a searing examination of misogynoir, rape culture, a...
Linden Hills (Contemporary American Fiction Series)
Linden Hills (Contemporary American Fiction Series) Gloria Naylor 9780140088298 Fiction Penguin Books Penguin Random House A powerful look at an affluent black community from Gloria Naylor (1950-2016)...
Pamela Ayo Yetunde
Pamela Ayo Yetunde 0000000046727185 Pamela Ayo Yetunde, ThD, is a pastoral counselor, educator, and author celebrated for her work, including the award-winning book 'Black and Buddhist'. She founded ...
Lee Hawkins
Lee Hawkins NONE Lee Hawkins is a 2023-2024 Rosalynn Carter Fellow for Mental Health Journalism at The Carter Center and was named the Josephine Albright Fellow by the 2024 Alicia Patterson Foundatio...
Dare to Possess-A Good Courage!
Dare to Possess-A Good Courage! Steven Barnes 9781665561167 Nonfiction AuthorHouse Author Solutions Working with Steve for two years, I have witnessed first-hand the strength and leadership he demonst...
Gregory Gourdet
Gregory Gourdet NONE Gregory Gourdet, born 1975 in New York, is a renowned chef and health enthusiast. A Culinary Institute of America graduate, he trained under Jean-Georges Vongerichten and ran the...
Danielle Y. C. McClean
Danielle Y. C. McClean NONE Danielle Y. C. McClean is an award-winning children's author, translator, and interpreter from Trinidad and Tobago. Her notable works include 'The Protectors’ Pledge' and ...
J.D. and the Great Barber Battle
J.D. and the Great Barber Battle J. Dillard 9780593111543 Fiction Kokila Penguin Random House Eight-year-old J.D. turns a tragic home haircut into a thriving barber business in this hilarious new ill...
Tales of Our Times: An Anthology Fall/Winter 2022, Vol. 5
Tales of Our Times: An Anthology Fall/Winter 2022, Vol. 5 Eisa Nefertari Ulen and Clarence V. Reynolds 24729361005 Fiction Center for Black Literature Medgar Evers College The Year 2020: Looking Back ...
Walter White
Walter White 0000000081462565 “I am a Negro. My skin is white, my eyes are blue, my hair is blond. The traits of my race are nowhere visible upon me.” Explore A.J. Baime's 2022 autobiograp...
Agent Josephine: American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy
Agent Josephine: American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy Damien Lewis 9781541700666 Nonfiction PublicAffairs Hachette Book Group The New Yorker, Best Books of 2022 Booklist, Best Books of 2022 S...
Elizabeth Agyemang
Elizabeth Agyemang NONE Elizabeth Agyemang is the author of several books, including the graphic novels Fibbed, which was a Parents.com Best Children’s Book of 2022 selection, a Chicago Public Libra...
Don’t Trip, He Ain’t Through with Me Yet
Don’t Trip, He Ain’t Through with Me Yet Kam Williams dont_t1.jpg Film Review Comedian Steve Harvey Keeps It Clean in Family-Oriented Concert Flick Don’t Trip … He Ain’t Th...
Legacy
Legacy Michael Dequina images/LegacyPoster4-212x300.jpg Film Review Legacy [2010] LEGACY Not Rated Running time: 92 minutes Studio: Codeblack Entertainment Rating: 3 1...
The Monsters We Defy
The Monsters We Defy L. Penelope 9780316377911 Fiction Redhook Hachette Book Group NPR Best Book of 2022! Paste Best Fantasy Book of 2022! “Never make a deal with shadows at night, especially ones ...
All About Him: A Novel
All About Him: A Novel Pat Tucker 9781593096847 Fiction Strebor Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. A scorned woman is determined to expose her ex-lover for the cruel man he is but she has her work cut out f...
Said the Shotgun to the Head
Said the Shotgun to the Head Saul Williams 9780743470797 Poetry MTV Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. The greatest Americans Have not been born yet They are waiting quietly For their past to die please g...
Angel On My Shoulder
Angel On My Shoulder Paige Turner Book Review Angel on Her Shoulder, Devil in Her Mind Natalie Cole’s autobiography, Angel On My Shoulder is one of the years’ most eagerly anticipated bo...
By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow’s Legal Executioners
By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow’s Legal Executioners Margaret A. Burnham 9780393867855 Nonfiction W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. A Finalist for the 2022 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction ...
Nina: A Story of Nina Simone
Nina: A Story of Nina Simone Traci N. Todd 9781524737283 Nonfiction G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House This illuminating and defining picture book biography illustrated by...
J. Drew Lanham
J. Drew Lanham NONE J. Drew Lanham is a distinguished author, poet, and professor of Wildlife Ecology. Known for his books 'Sparrow Envy' and 'The Home Place', he's recognized with a MacArthur Grant ...
We Can Overcome: An American Black Conservative Manifesto
We Can Overcome: An American Black Conservative Manifesto Allen Bernard West 9781612544335 Nonfiction Brown Books Publishing Group Brown Books Publishing Group Something has happened to the black comm...
Welcome to the Basement Study Guide: A Practical Guide to Building Jesus’ First-Shall-Be-Last, Upside-Down Kingdom
Welcome to the Basement Study Guide: A Practical Guide to Building Jesus’ First-Shall-Be-Last, Upside-Down Kingdom Tim Ross 9780310170686 Nonfiction Harperchristian Resources HarperCollins Encounter f...
And Then There Was Me: A Novel
And Then There Was Me: A Novel Sadeqa Johnson 9781250802866 Fiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers Bea and Awilda have been best friends from the moment Awilda threw her fourteen year-old s...
The Wizenard Series: Training Camp
The Wizenard Series: Training Camp Wesley King and Created by Kobe Bryant 9781949520019 Fiction Granity Studios Granity Studios Debuted at #1 on The New York Times Bestseller list. From the mind of...
Renewal: Grace and Redemption in the Story of Ruth
Renewal: Grace and Redemption in the Story of Ruth Jerome Gay Jr. 9781945793264 Nonfiction Sermon to Book Sermon to Book Imagine a redemptive love so powerful that it finds you in your lowest moments ...
RahMeek and Bella V: The Finale (RahMeek and Bella: A Philly Love Story)
RahMeek and Bella V: The Finale (RahMeek and Bella: A Philly Love Story) Mercy B. 9781545055502 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Deciding that her love for RahMeek outweighed any reservati...
Righteous Ways
Righteous Ways Rhonda McKnight 9781523443666 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Samaria Jacobs would be living a platinum life as the wife of successful music producer, Mekhi Johnson, that i...
Uncommon Marriage: What We’ve Learned about Lasting Love and Overcoming Life’s Obstacles Together
Uncommon Marriage: What We’ve Learned about Lasting Love and Overcoming Life’s Obstacles Together Tony Dungy 9781414383705 Nonfiction Tyndale Momentum Tyndale House The New York Times bestseller now i...
The Closer
The Closer Mariano Rivera and Wayne Coffey 9780316400732 Nonfiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group Mariano Rivera, the man who intimidated thousands of batters merely by opening a bullpe...
The Diary of an Overcomer: An Inspirational story of True Love, Hope, Triumph, and Victory
The Diary of an Overcomer: An Inspirational story of True Love, Hope, Triumph, and Victory Daisy Copelin 9781626468245 Nonfiction Booklocker Booklocker.com, Inc. The Diary of an Overcomer, an Inspirat...
From Pain 2 Poetry The Bag… The Lady… The Experience… Vol. 1 (Volume 1)
From Pain 2 Poetry The Bag… The Lady… The Experience… Vol. 1 (Volume 1) The Bag Lady Experience 9781477472071 Poetry CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Have you ever experienced something so devasta...
The Hands of Strangers: Poems from the Nursing Home
The Hands of Strangers: Poems from the Nursing Home Janice N. Harrington 9781934414545 Poetry BOA Editions BOA Editions Janice N. Harrington’s debut collection, Even the Hollow My Body Made Is Gone, w...
Ghetto Superstar: A Novel (Many Cultures, One World)
Ghetto Superstar: A Novel (Many Cultures, One World) Nikki Turner 9780345493897 Fiction One World/Ballantine Penguin Random House The reigning queen of hip-hop lit, Nikki Turner, takes on the music bi...
Life Is Not a Fairy Tale
Life Is Not a Fairy Tale Fantasia 9780743281560 Nonfiction Touchstone Simon & Schuster, Inc. "The more people say you can’t, the more you can. The more they talk negatively, the more you fight. You ha...
The Color of Christ: The Son of God and the Saga of Race in America
The Color of Christ: The Son of God and the Saga of Race in America Kam Williams Book Review “How is it that a Jewish prophet from the Roman era ran so explosively into the American obsession...