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Black Lotus
Black Lotus K’wan 9781617752667 Fiction Infamous Books Akashic Books Crooked cops, professional assassins, and high-level conspiracies with millions of dollars at stake drive this heart-thumping thril...
Black Lotus 2: The Vow
Black Lotus 2: The Vow K’wan 9781617757785 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books After helping to solve a cold case involving a murdered child which exposed the high-ranking city officials who tried to ...
Lotus Bloom and the Afro Revolution (paperback)
Lotus Bloom and the Afro Revolution (paperback) Sherri Winston 9781547608492 Fiction Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Bloomsbury Publishing Longlisted for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literatur...
Lotus Bloom and the Afro Revolution
Lotus Bloom and the Afro Revolution Sherri Winston 9781547608461 Fiction Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Bloomsbury Publishing From the beloved author of President of the Whole Fifth Grade, a story about a ...
Lotus Moss Press
Lotus Moss Press Lotus Moss Press Lotus Moss Press
Red Lotus Rising
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Lotus Moss Press
Lotus Moss Press Lotus Moss Press Lotus Moss Press
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Red Lotus Rising
Red Lotus Rising Red Lotus Rising Red Lotus Rising
Lotus and the Baby Bird
Lotus and the Baby Bird Tamara Nicole Pizzoli 9780997686012 Fiction The English Schoolhouse The English Schoolhouse Lotus is an eight year-old third grader who lives in the historic center of Rome, It...
The Lotus Dance
The Lotus Dance Alexander Andrews 9781788306379 Poetry Olympia Publishers Olympia Publishers Alexander Andrews second poetry collection, The Lotus Dance, was published in Fall 2021. “Medicine for t...
Hermit-Woman
Hermit-Woman Gayl Jones 9780916418434 Fiction Lotus Press Lotus Press Title: Hermit-Woman Lotus Pr 1983 Paperback
Alexander Andrews
Alexander Andrews 0000000063097189 Alexander Andrews, a critically acclaimed poet of diverse heritage, is known for exploring themes of love, childhood, and environmental stress. His highly-rated deb...
Conversion
Conversion Remica Bingham-Risher 9780916418984 Fiction Lotus Press Lotus Press The first of three sections in this book concern real or imagined relatives and acquaintances and events such as a fish f...
Broadside Press
Broadside Press Broadside Lotus Press Broadside Press
Tangled Dreams
Tangled Dreams Delores Lowe Friedman 9798994819500 Fiction Red Lotus Rising Red Lotus Rising Tangled Dreams is a seductive tale of family secrets, forbidden love, and mystical revelations—a work of li...
Morning Night: Poems on Spirit, Race, and Nature
Morning Night: Poems on Spirit, Race, and Nature Larry Ward 9798999247537 Poetry Lotus Moss Press Lotus Moss Press Welcome to Morning Night, Dr. Larry Ward’s first poetry collection. This book emer...
Xarque And Other Poems
Xarque And Other Poems Gayl Jones 9780916418601 Poetry Lotus Press Lotus Press
Black Swan
Black Swan Rondall Brasher Book Review When Poetry Takes Wing Black Swan by Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon was published in 2002. This lapse of time annoys me because I somehow missed this rare "lot...
Jazz and Justice: Racism and the Political Economy of the Music
Jazz and Justice: Racism and the Political Economy of the Music Gerald Horne 9781583677858 Nonfiction Monthly Review Press Monthly Review Press A galvanizing history of how jazz and jazz musicians flo...
Broadside Press
Broadside Press Broadside Press Broadside Lotus Press
Harlem Honey: The Adventures of a Curious Kid
Harlem Honey: The Adventures of a Curious Kid Tamron Hall 9780063244849 Fiction HarperCollins HarperCollins From Emmy Award-winning journalist and talk show host Tamron Hall comes an endearing story a...
The Nigerwife
The Nigerwife Vanessa Walters 9781668011089 Fiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Republished as The Lagos Wife Good Morning America Book Club Pick “The perfect beach read…catapults you into a ...
Hook Shot: A HOOPS Novel
Hook Shot: A HOOPS Novel Kennedy Ryan 9781732144330 Fiction Scribechick Media Scribechick Media Divorced. Single Dad. Traded to a losing squad. Cheated on, betrayed, exposed. My perfect life blew up ...
Duppy Conqueror: New and Selected Poems
Duppy Conqueror: New and Selected Poems Kwame Dawes 9781556594236 Poetry Copper Canyon Press Copper Canyon Press Kwame Dawes: Kwame Dawes was born in Ghana in 1962 and moved with his family to Jamaica...
Supplying Salt and Light
Supplying Salt and Light Lorna Goodison 9780771035906 Poetry McClelland & Stewart Penguin Random House This stunning new book of poems from internationally renowned poet Lorna Goodison opens in Spain ...
Sherri Winston
Sherri Winston NONE Sherri Winston is the author of National Book Award longlist title Lotus Bloom and the Afro Revolution, Kirkus Prize Finalist Shark Teeth, President of the Whole Fifth Grade, Pre...
Peggy Rowe Ward and Larry Ward
Peggy Rowe Ward and Larry Ward MULTIPLE Drs Peggy Rowe Ward and Larry Ward are the guiding teachers and founders of the Lotus Institute. They are senior Dharma teachers trained under Zen Master Thic...
Matthew Shenoda
Matthew Shenoda 0000000045678350 Matthew Shenoda is a writer, professor, and author and editor of several books. His poems and essays have appeared in a variety of newspapers, journals, radio progra...
Larry Ward
Larry Ward NONE AALBC Mourns the passing of Larry Ward August 19, 2025 Dr. Larry Ward was the co-founder of The Lotus Institute and a beloved senior Dharma teacher in Zen Master Thích Nhất Hạnh’s Plu...
Harlem Honey
Harlem Honey Lisa Y? Wilson Book Review In Harlem Honey: The Adventures of a Curious Kid, the story begins as Moses and his parents have recently moved to Harlem, away from the comfort and familiarit...
Raising Princes to be Kings: A Single Black Mother’s Guide to Raising Her Black Son
Raising Princes to be Kings: A Single Black Mother’s Guide to Raising Her Black Son Denise Bolds 9780982176405 Nonfiction Denise Bolds Denise Bolds Raising Princes to Be Kings is a guide for black mot...
The Endangered Black Family: Coping With the Unisexualization and Coming Extinction of the Black Race
The Endangered Black Family: Coping With the Unisexualization and Coming Extinction of the Black Race Nathan Hare and Julia Hare 9780961308605 Nonfiction Black Think Tank Black Think Tank “…one of the...
The Myth of Black Capitalism: New Edition
The Myth of Black Capitalism: New Edition Earl Ofari Hutchinson 9781685900311 Nonfiction Monthly Review Press Monthly Review Press Deciphers the history of "Black capitalist" rhetoric— and h...
Never Tell a Black Girl How to Black Girl: Essays
Never Tell a Black Girl How to Black Girl: Essays Amena Brown 9798217044689 Nonfiction Tiny Reparations Books Penguin Random House An irresistible delight, this hilarious and heartwarming essay collec...
Moonstone’s 17th Annual Celebration of Black Writing
Moonstone’s 17th Annual Celebration of Black Writing The 17th Annual Celebration of Black Writing was held February 16 to 18, 2001 in Philadelphia, PA The 17th Annual Celebration of Black Writing ...
Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore
Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore Char Adams 9780593474235 Nonfiction Tiny Reparations Books Penguin Random House Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore is...
Black Girls
Black Girls Dominique Furukawa 9780063205314 Fiction HarperCollins HarperCollins A joyful love letter to every Black girl everywhere. In an upbeat and rhythmic ode, Dominique Furukawa and Erika Lyn...
Black Food Matters: Racial Justice in the Wake of Food Justice
Black Food Matters: Racial Justice in the Wake of Food Justice Hanna Garth and Ashanté M. Reese 9781517908140 Nonfiction University of Minnesota Press University of Minnesota Press An in-depth look at...
Remaking Black Power: How Black Women Transformed an Era
Remaking Black Power: How Black Women Transformed an Era Ashley D. Farmer 9781469634371 Nonfiction University of North Carolina Press University of North Carolina Press In this comprehensive history, ...
THE BLACK SCHOLAR: Journal of Black Studies and Research
THE BLACK SCHOLAR: Journal of Black Studies and Research Troy Johnson Article Volume 1 Number 1 November 1969 Mission Statement From the Inaugural Issue: THE BLACK SCHOLAR has been born out of th...
Super Black: American Pop Culture and Black Superheroes
Super Black: American Pop Culture and Black Superheroes Adilifu Nama 9780292726741 Nonfiction University of Texas Press University of Texas Press Winner, American Book Award, Before Columbus Foundatio...
My Love Notes to a Black Man
My Love Notes to a Black Man Lana Reid 9780972809108 Fiction Cachet Press Cachet Press The dynamics of loving a Black man are often discussed by Black women. According to the Center for Disease Contro...
Black-On-Black Violence: The Psychodynamics of Black Self-Annihilation in Service of White Domination
Black-On-Black Violence: The Psychodynamics of Black Self-Annihilation in Service of White Domination Amos N. Wilson 9781879164000 Nonfiction Afrikan World Books Afrikan World Books Paperback. Author,...
Developmental Psychology of the Black Child
Developmental Psychology of the Black Child Amos N. Wilson 9780686241836 Nonfiction Africana Research Publications Africana Research Publications Are Black and White Children the same? Are ...
What Every Black Parent Needs to Know about Saving Our Sons: Institutionalized Racism, Society, and Raising Black Children
What Every Black Parent Needs to Know about Saving Our Sons: Institutionalized Racism, Society, and Raising Black Children Marita Golden 9781684814145 Nonfiction Mango Mango Publishing Empower Your So...
Black on Black: On Our Resilience and Brilliance in America
Black on Black: On Our Resilience and Brilliance in America Daniel Black 9781335449382 Nonfiction Hanover Square Press Hanover Square Press A piercing collection of essays on racial tension in America...
Fear of a Black Republic: Haiti and the Birth of Black Internationalism in the United States
Fear of a Black Republic: Haiti and the Birth of Black Internationalism in the United States Leslie M. Alexander 9780252086908 Nonfiction University of Illinois Press University of Illinois Press The ...
Black Boy, Black Boy: Celebrate the Power of You
Black Boy, Black Boy: Celebrate the Power of You Ali Kamanda and Jorge Redmond 9781728250649 Nonfiction Sourcebooks Explore Sourcebooks Inspire Black boys to imagine all the great things they can do w...
Raising Confident and Empowered Black Kids: A Comprehensive Guide for Badass Black Parenting
Raising Confident and Empowered Black Kids: A Comprehensive Guide for Badass Black Parenting M.J. Fievre 9781642505580 Nonfiction Mango Mango Publishing How to Raise Black Kids in a Racist WorldRaisin...
Conversations in Black: On Power, Politics, and Leadership
Conversations in Black: On Power, Politics, and Leadership Ed Gordon 9780316532860 Nonfiction Hachette Hachette Book Group Hard-hitting, thought-provoking, and inspiring, Conversations in Black offers...
We Must Patronize Black-Owned Websites or Lose Them
We Must Patronize Black-Owned Websites or Lose Them Troy Johnson Article Part of AALBC.com’s mission is to help support Black-owned websites. Historically, I've focused on sites related to books i...
How Capitalism Underdeveloped Black America: Problems in Race, Political Economy, and Society (South End Press Classics Series)
How Capitalism Underdeveloped Black America: Problems in Race, Political Economy, and Society (South End Press Classics Series) Manning Marable 9780896085794 Nonfiction South End Press South End Press...
Faye Childs
Faye Childs NONE Faye Childs, born 1956, was a literary agent committed to promoting Black literature. She founded the Black Board Bestsellers list, a platform that increased visibility for Black aut...
17th Annual Celeb.of Black Writing
17th Annual Celeb.of Black Writing Troy Johnson Article PHOTOS and a report of this event coming soon! The 17th Annual Celebration of Black Writing February 16 to 18, 2001 Philadelphia For...
Black Forward: Marching Orders for the Fight Against Jim Crow 2.0
Black Forward: Marching Orders for the Fight Against Jim Crow 2.0 Roland S. Martin 9781538782316 Nonfiction Legacy Lit Hachette Book Group Black Forward is a hard-hitting investigation into what you c...
Battle for the Black Mind
Battle for the Black Mind Karida L. Brown 9781538768433 Nonfiction Legacy Lit Hachette Book Group A gripping chronicle of the relentless fight for Black educational freedom—and the bold strategies to ...
Black American Portraits: From the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Black American Portraits: From the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Christine Kim and Myrtle Elizabeth Andrews 9781636810164 Nonfiction Delmonico Books Delmonico Books A celebratory visual chronicle o...
Black Ephemera: The Crisis and Challenge of the Musical Archive
Black Ephemera: The Crisis and Challenge of the Musical Archive Mark Anthony Neal 9781479806881 Nonfiction New York University Press New York University Press A framework for understanding the deep ar...
The Strong Black Woman: How a Myth Endangers the Physical and Mental Health of Black Women
The Strong Black Woman: How a Myth Endangers the Physical and Mental Health of Black Women Marita Golden 9781642506839 Nonfiction Mango Mango Publishing How African American Women Repair and Recover f...
Black Bottom Saints (Paperback)
Black Bottom Saints (Paperback) Alice Randall 9780062970862 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins An enthralling literary tour-de-force that pays tribute to Detroit’s legendary neighborhood, a mecca for jazz,...
Black Women, Black Love: America’s War on African American Marriage
Black Women, Black Love: America’s War on African American Marriage Dianne M. Stewart 9781580058186 Nonfiction Seal Press Seal Press In this analysis of social history, examine the complex lineage of ...
Black Brave Beautiful: A Badass Black Girl’s Coloring Book
Black Brave Beautiful: A Badass Black Girl’s Coloring Book M.J. Fievre 9781642505290 Nonfiction Mango Mango Publishing An African-American & Black Fashion Coloring Book with an Empowering TwistAdult c...
Back to Black: Retelling Black Radicalism for the 21st Century
Back to Black: Retelling Black Radicalism for the 21st Century Kehinde Andrews 9781786992772 Nonfiction Zed Books Zed Books The Black Lives Matter movement reinvigorated Black political movements arou...
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Black Power Encyclopedia: From Black Is Beautiful to Urban Uprisings [2 Volumes]
Black Power Encyclopedia: From Black Is Beautiful to Urban Uprisings [2 Volumes] Akinyele Umoja, Karin L. Stanford, and Jasmin A. Young 9781440840067 Nonfiction Greenwood Publishing Group Greenwood Pu...
The Black Tax: The Cost of Being Black in America
The Black Tax: The Cost of Being Black in America Shawn D. Rochester 9780999007204 Nonfiction Shawn D. Rochester Shawn D. Rochester While Black Americans have long felt the devastating effects of anti...
Shattering Black Male Stereotypes: Eradicating the 10 Most Destructive Media Generated Illusions about Black Men
Shattering Black Male Stereotypes: Eradicating the 10 Most Destructive Media Generated Illusions about Black Men Michael Taylor 9780996948746 Nonfiction Creation Publishing Group Creation Publishing G...
Black Citymakers: How the Philadelphia Negro Changed Urban America
Black Citymakers: How the Philadelphia Negro Changed Urban America Marcus Anthony Hunter 9780190249670 Nonfiction Oxford University Press, USA Oxford University Press W.E.B. DuBois immortalized Philad...
Is Marriage For White People?: How The African American Marriage Decline Affects Everyone
Is Marriage For White People?: How The African American Marriage Decline Affects Everyone Ralph Richard Banks 9780525952015 Nonfiction Dutton Books Penguin Random House During the past half century, A...
Resisting Lynching: Black Grassroots Responses to Lynching in the Mississippi and Arkansas Deltas, 1882—1938.
Resisting Lynching: Black Grassroots Responses to Lynching in the Mississippi and Arkansas Deltas, 1882—1938. Karlos K. Hill 9781243753519 Nonfiction Umi Dissertation Publishing Proquest "Resisting Ly...
Black Woman Redefined: Dispelling Myths And Discovering Fulfillment In The Age Of Michelle Obama
Black Woman Redefined: Dispelling Myths And Discovering Fulfillment In The Age Of Michelle Obama Sophia Nelson 9781935618942 Nonfiction BenBella Books BenBella Books Stereotypes aren’t funny when they...
The Black Clergy’s Misguided Worship Leadership: Petition: No More Idol Gods for Black People
The Black Clergy’s Misguided Worship Leadership: Petition: No More Idol Gods for Black People Christopher C. Bell Jr. 9781425178062 Nonfiction Trafford Publishing Author Solutions The Black Clergy’s M...
Black Spirituality and Black Consciousness: Soul Force, Culture and Freedom in the African-American Experience
Black Spirituality and Black Consciousness: Soul Force, Culture and Freedom in the African-American Experience Carlyle Fielding Stewart, III 9780865436633 Nonfiction Africa World Press Africa World Pr...
Black Awakening in Capitalist America: An Analytical History
Black Awakening in Capitalist America: An Analytical History Robert H. Allen 9780865431577 Nonfiction Africa World Press Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press Black Awakening in Capitalist America is...
Black Power, Black Lawyer: My Audacious Quest for Justice
Black Power, Black Lawyer: My Audacious Quest for Justice Carol Taylor Book Review Much more than a memoir, Black Power, Black Lawyer traces not only Nkechi Taifa’s personal life, and her decad...
History of our Annual Black Pack Party
History of our Annual Black Pack Party Troy Johnson Article The Black Pack Party is a gathering of professionals across the Black book ecosystem. It was originally held annually during Book Expo Amer...
The Schomburg Center's Third Annual Black Comic Book
The Schomburg Center's Third Annual Black Comic Book The Schomburg Center's Third Annual Black Comic Book Festival Third Annual Black Comic Book Festival Saturday, January 17, 2015, 10 am - 7 pm 51...
Prose to the People: A Celebration of Black Bookstores
Prose to the People: A Celebration of Black Bookstores Katie Mitchell 9780593581346 Nonfiction Clarkson Potter Penguin Random House A stunning visual homage to Black bookstores around the country alon...
We Tried to Tell Y’All: Black Twitter and the Rise of Digital Counternarratives
We Tried to Tell Y’All: Black Twitter and the Rise of Digital Counternarratives Meredith D. Clark 9780190068141 Nonfiction Oxford University Press Oxford University Press Through interviews, news anal...
Seeing Black: Black Photography in New Orleans 1840 and Beyond
Seeing Black: Black Photography in New Orleans 1840 and Beyond Kalamu ya Salaam 9781608013029 Nonfiction University of New Orleans Press University of New Orleans Press Situating historical inquiry al...
Yes, Black Men Do Love Black Women
Yes, Black Men Do Love Black Women Michael Taylor 9798985728668 Nonfiction Creation Publishing Group Creation Publishing Group Yes, Black Men Do Love Black Women is the ultimate empowerment guide for ...
My Black Country: A Journey Through Country Music’s Black Past, Present, and Future
My Black Country: A Journey Through Country Music’s Black Past, Present, and Future Alice Randall 9781668018408 Nonfiction Atria / Black Privilege Publishing Simon & Schuster, Inc. Alice Randall, awar...
Black Girl You Are Atlas
Black Girl You Are Atlas Renée Watson 9780593461709 Fiction Kokila Penguin Random House A thoughtful celebration of Black girlhood by award-winning author and poet Renée Watson. In t...
Recognize! (paperback): An Anthology Honoring and Amplifying Black Life
Recognize! (paperback): An Anthology Honoring and Amplifying Black Life Cheryl Willis Hudson and Wade Hudson 9780593381625 Fiction Yearling Penguin Random House BLACK LIVES HAVE ALWAYS MATTERED. In...
Black Oak: Odes Celebrating Powerful Black Men
Black Oak: Odes Celebrating Powerful Black Men Harold Green III 9780063135567 Poetry Harper Design HarperCollins As he did for Black women in Black Roses, Harold Green III, poet and founder of the mus...
America, Goddam: Violence, Black Women, and the Struggle for Justice
America, Goddam: Violence, Black Women, and the Struggle for Justice Treva B. Lindsey 9780520384491 Nonfiction University of California Press University of California Press A powerful account of viole...
When We Say Black Lives Matter
When We Say Black Lives Matter Maxine Beneba Clarke 9781536222388 Fiction Candlewick Press Candlewick Press In a powerful, poetic missive, award-winning author-illustrator Maxine Beneba Clarke celebra...
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...
Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America
Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America Ibi Zoboi 9780062698728 Fiction Balzer + Bray HarperCollins Edited by National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi, and featuring some of the most acc...
Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom
Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom Keisha N. Blain 9780812249880 Nonfiction University of Pennsylvania Press University of Pennsylvania Press In 1932, M...
The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap
The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap Mehrsa Baradaran 9780674970953 Nonfiction Belknap Press Harvard University Press "Read this book. It explains so much about the moment…Beautif...
2016 National Black Writers Conference
2016 National Black Writers Conference Troy Johnson Article Update: March 25, 2016 The Conference's Complete and final Schedule of Events is Now Available. Greetings Colleagues, We are excited a...
Looking for Leroy: Illegible Black Masculinities
Looking for Leroy: Illegible Black Masculinities Mark Anthony Neal 9780814758359 Nonfiction New York University Press New York University Press Mark Anthony Neal’s Looking for Leroy is an engaging and...
The Price Of The Ticket: Barack Obama And The Rise And Decline Of Black Politics (Transgressing Boundaries: Studies In Black Politics And Black Communities)
The Price Of The Ticket: Barack Obama And The Rise And Decline Of Black Politics (Transgressing Boundaries: Studies In Black Politics And Black Communities) Fredrick Harris 9780199739677 Nonfiction Ox...
African or American?: Black Identity and Political Activism in New York City, 1784-1861
African or American?: Black Identity and Political Activism in New York City, 1784-1861 Leslie M. Alexander 9780252078538 Nonfiction University of Illinois Press University of Illinois Press During th...
The Black-Print: Black America’s Blueprint For Achieving Wealth, Prosperity And Respect
The Black-Print: Black America’s Blueprint For Achieving Wealth, Prosperity And Respect Malik Green 9781432743864 Nonfiction Outskirts Press Outskirts Press Damn the Talk; This Book is a Plan of Actio...
Once You Go Black: Choice, Desire, and the Black American Intellectual
Once You Go Black: Choice, Desire, and the Black American Intellectual Robert F. Reid-Pharr 9780814775844 Nonfiction New York University Press New York University Press 2007 Lambda Literary Award Fina...
Black Fire: An Anthology of Afro-American Writing
Black Fire: An Anthology of Afro-American Writing Larry Neal and Amiri Baraka 9781574780390 Fiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Black Fire: An Anthology of Afro-American Writing was origin...
Chocolate Thoughts: Short Stories, Essays and Poetry from the Hearts and Minds of Real Black Men
Chocolate Thoughts: Short Stories, Essays and Poetry from the Hearts and Minds of Real Black Men S. James Guitard 9781929642373 Poetry Literally Speaking Publishing House Literally Speaking Publishing...