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Navigate Your Stars
Navigate Your Stars Jesmyn Ward 9781982131326 Nonfiction Scribner Book Company Simon & Schuster, Inc. A revelatory, uplifting, and gorgeously illustrated meditation on dedication, hard work, and the p...
Jesmyn Ward
Jesmyn Ward 0000000049339751 Two-Time National Book Award Winning Author Jesmyn Ward, a Mississippi-born author and University of South Alabama professor, has penned novels like “Where the Line Bleeds...
On Witness and Respair: Essays
On Witness and Respair: Essays Jesmyn Ward 9781668064269 Nonfiction Scribner Book Company Simon & Schuster, Inc. The collected creative nonfiction of a singular American writer, Jesmyn Ward, inclu...
Men We Reaped
Men We Reaped Jesmyn Ward 9781608195213 Nonfiction Bloomsbury USA Bloomsbury Publishing “We saw the lightning and that was the guns; and then we heard the thunder and that was the big guns; and then w...
Sing, Unburied, Sing
Sing, Unburied, Sing Jesmyn Ward 9781501126062 Fiction Scribner Book Company Simon & Schuster, Inc. “Sing, Unburied, Sing is a road novel turned on its head, and a family story with its feet to the f...
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race Jesmyn Ward 9781501126352 Poetry Scribner Book Company Simon & Schuster, Inc. National Book Award-winner Jesmyn Ward takes James Baldwin’s 1963 e...
The Best American Short Stories 2021
The Best American Short Stories 2021 Jesmyn Ward 9781328485380 Fiction Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Houghton Mifflin Harcourt A collection of the year’s best stories selected by celebrated two-time Natio...
Where the Line Bleeds (2018)
Where the Line Bleeds (2018) Jesmyn Ward 9781501164330 Fiction Scribner Book Company Simon & Schuster, Inc. The first novel from National Book Award winner and author of Sing, Unburied, Sing Jesmyn Wa...
Sing, Unburied, Sing
Sing, Unburied, Sing Tony Lindsay Book Review What Jesmyn Ward offers the reader in Sing, Unburied, Sing is an example of family. Ward creates a family that sees ghosts, a family that talks to animal...
Let Us Descend
Let Us Descend Jesmyn Ward 9781982104498 Fiction Scribner Book Company Simon & Schuster, Inc. From Jesmyn Ward—the two-time National Book Award winner, youngest winner of the Library of Congress Prize...
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...
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...
Jervette R. Ward
Jervette R. Ward NONE Dr. Jervette R. Ward is an English Associate Professor at Mississippi State University, editor, former journalist, and public relations professional. She specializes in American...
Jerry W. Ward
Jerry W. Ward 0000000108699053 Dr. Jerry W. Ward, Jr. is a renowned professor of English and African American World Studies at Dillard University. He spent 20 years at Tougaloo College, is a leading ...
Ninth Ward
Ninth Ward Jewell Parker Rhodes 9780316043083 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group Twelve-year-old Lanesha lives in a tight-knit community in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward. She ...
Ninth Ward (hardcover)
Ninth Ward (hardcover) Jewell Parker Rhodes 9780316043076 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group Twelve-year-old Lanesha lives in a tight-knit community in New Orleans’ Nint...
A. Lavonne Brown Ruoff and Jerry W. Ward
A. Lavonne Brown Ruoff and Jerry W. Ward MULTIPLE "A. Lavonne Brown Ruoff and Jerry W. Ward are notable authors specializing in literature, with Ruoff focusing on Native American studies and Ward on ...
James Ward
James Ward 0000000003087499 James Theodore Ward was a pivotal figure in the Black Chicago Renaissance, known as the “dean of black dramatists.” He co-founded the Negro Playwrights Company and wrote o...
The Short Life and Curious Death of Free Speech in America
The Short Life and Curious Death of Free Speech in America Ellis Cose 9780062999719 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins An urgent examination of free speech in America—addressing “cancel culture,” “accep...
Death of the Willie Lynch Speech: Exposing the Myth
Death of the Willie Lynch Speech: Exposing the Myth Manu Ampim 9781574780574 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Finally, proof that the Willie Lynch Speech is a hoax! Supposedly giv...
The Speech: The Story behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream
The Speech: The Story behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream Kam Williams Book Review “A great speech is both timely and timeless. First and foremost, it must touch and move its immediate ...
Where the Line Bleeds
Where the Line Bleeds Jesmyn Ward 9781932841381 Fiction Agate Bolden Agate Publishing, Inc Joshua and Christophe are twins, raised by a blind grandmother and a large extended family in a rural town on...
Davina Ward
Davina Ward NONE Davina Ward, a Certified Christian Life Coach and author, empowers women to overcome challenges, shatter limiting beliefs, and embrace their true purpose. As the P.U.S.H. Coach, she ...
Praise Song for the Butterflies
Praise Song for the Butterflies Bernice L. McFadden 9781617755750 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books Praise Song for the Butterflies addresses “Trokosi,” the practice of sending girls to shrines as s...
Bone
Bone Yrsa Daley-Ward 9780143132615 Poetry Penguin Books Penguin Random House “yrsa daley-ward’s bone is a symphony of breaking and mending… . she lays her hands on the pulse of the thing… . an expert ...
America’s Racial Karma: An Invitation to Heal
America’s Racial Karma: An Invitation to Heal Larry Ward 9781946764744 Nonfiction Parallax Press Parallax Press Immediate, illuminating, and hopeful: this is the key set of talks given by leading Zen ...
Love’s Garden: A Guide to Mindful Relationships
Love’s Garden: A Guide to Mindful Relationships Peggy Rowe Ward and Larry Ward 9781888375732 Nonfiction Parallax Press Parallax Press A collection of real-life Buddhist love stories, with commentary a...
John Oliver Killens and Jerry W. Ward
John Oliver Killens and Jerry W. Ward MULTIPLE John O. Killens and Jerry W. Ward are renowned authors recognized for their significant contributions to literature. Their work has greatly influenced t...
Andre Ward with Nick Chiles
Andre Ward with Nick Chiles MULTIPLE Andre Ward and Nick Chiles are renowned authors, known for their profound works. Their unique writing style and insightful perspectives have significantly impacte...
Maryemma Graham and Jerry W. Ward
Maryemma Graham and Jerry W. Ward MULTIPLE Dr. Maryemma Graham is a Distinguished Professor at the University of Kansas, while Dr. Jerry W. Ward, Jr. is a renowned professor of English and African Am...
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...
Fifteen Steps To Corporate Feudalism: How The Rich Convinced America’s Middle Class Eliminate Themselves
Fifteen Steps To Corporate Feudalism: How The Rich Convinced America’s Middle Class Eliminate Themselves Dennis Marker 9780983711209 Nonfiction One Standard Press One Standard Press A merica s middle ...
A Black Woman Did That
A Black Woman Did That Malaika Adero 9781941367513 Nonfiction Downtown Bookworks Downtown Bookworks Download: A Black Woman Did That: A Playlist and Reader’s Guide A Black Woman Did That! spotlight...
Pomegranate
Pomegranate Helen Elaine Lee 9781982171896 Fiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. The acclaimed author of The Serpent’s Gift returns with this gripping and powerful novel of healing, redemption, a...
Let Us Descend (paperback)
Let Us Descend (paperback) Jesmyn Ward 9781982104504 Fiction Scribner Book Company Simon & Schuster, Inc. Oprah’s Book Club Pick - Instant New York Times Bestseller - Named one of the best books of 20...
Salvage the Bones
Salvage the Bones Jesmyn Ward 9781608196265 Fiction Bloomsbury USA Bloomsbury Publishing A hurricane is building over the Gulf of Mexico, threatening the coastal town of Bois Sauvage, Mississippi, and...
Don’t Cry for Me (paperback)
Don’t Cry for Me (paperback) Daniel Black 9781335449351 Fiction Hanover Square Press Hanover Square Press NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK IN ESSENCE MAGAZINE, THE MILLIONS AND BOOKISH “Don’t Cry for...
The Honor Code: How Moral Revolutions Happen
The Honor Code: How Moral Revolutions Happen Kwame Anthony Appiah 9780393071627 Nonfiction W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. In this landmark work, a leading philosopher demonstrates...
W. Paul Coates Literarian Award Acceptance Speech from the 2024 National Book Awards
W. Paul Coates Literarian Award Acceptance Speech from the 2024 National Book Awards W. Paul Coates Article Watch a Video of Walter Mosleys’s Introduction and Paul Coates Acceptance Speech. ...
The Short Life and Curious Death of Free Speech in America
The Short Life and Curious Death of Free Speech in America Ellis Cose 9780062999726 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins Named one of Newsweek’s 25 Must-Read Fall Fiction and Nonfiction Books to Escape th...
The Speech: The Story Behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’S Dream
The Speech: The Story Behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’S Dream Gary Younge 9781608463220 Nonfiction Haymarket Books Haymarket Books MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DELIVERED his powerful I Have a Dream” spe...
Let Us Descend
Let Us Descend Donna Hill Book Review Acclaimed writer Jesmyn Ward, two-time National Book Award winner for Sing, Unburied, Sing and Salvage the Bones, returns with her latest, Let Us Descend, a haun...
Davina L. Ward
Davina L. Ward Davina L. Ward Davina L. Ward, LLC
Davina L. Ward
Davina L. Ward Davina L. Ward, LLC Davina L. Ward
Theodore Ward
Theodore Ward 0000000052399608 Theodore Ward is an accomplished author known for his compelling narratives and unique storytelling style. His works largely explore human experiences, emotions, and co...
The March on Washington: Jobs, Freedom, and the Forgotten History of Civil Rights
The March on Washington: Jobs, Freedom, and the Forgotten History of Civil Rights William P. Jones 9780393082852 Fiction W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. A brilliant history that go...
David Anthony Geary
David Anthony Geary NONE David Anthony Geary, a versatile artist with a 25-year career in mediums such as painting, sculpture, and photography. Trained at Xavier University, his work is showcased in ...
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...
Professor Chazelle Advocates Christian Social Activism in Keynote Speech Delivered at Medieval Studies Conference
Professor Chazelle Advocates Christian Social Activism in Keynote Speech Delivered at Medieval Studies Conference Kam Williams Interview Professor Chazelle Advocates Christian Social Activism...
Kwame Nkrumah’s Midnight Speech for Independence
Kwame Nkrumah’s Midnight Speech for Independence Useni Eugene Perkins 9780940975866 Nonfiction Just Us Books Just Us Books, Inc. On a humid March night in 1957, Kwame Nkrumah made history. While thous...
Freedom of Speech: Mightier Than the Sword
Freedom of Speech: Mightier Than the Sword David K. Shipler 9780307947611 Nonfiction Vintage Penguin Random House A provocative, timely assessment of the state of free speech in America With his be...
Mdw Dtr: Divine Speech: A Historiographical Reflection of African Deep Thought from the Time of the Pharaohs to the Present Paperback
Mdw Dtr: Divine Speech: A Historiographical Reflection of African Deep Thought from the Time of the Pharaohs to the Present Paperback Jacob Carruthers 9780907015949 Nonfiction Karnak House Karnak Hous...
Yrsa Daley-Ward
Yrsa Daley-Ward NONE Hailing from the northwest of England, Yrsa Daley-Ward is a poet, writer and speaker of mixed Jamaican and Nigerian heritage. She is the author of The Catch, The How, bone, and ...
Jerome Pumphrey and Jarrett Pumphrey
Jerome Pumphrey and Jarrett Pumphrey MULTIPLE Jerome and Jarrett Pumphrey are award-winning authors and illustrators known for works like 'The Old Truck' and 'There Was a Party for Langston'. Jerome ...
Jamaica’s Blue Marker
Jamaica’s Blue Marker Juanita Havill 9780395720363 Fiction Harcourt Brace and Company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Jamaica was friends with everyone in school—except for Russell. No wonder—Russell was a ...
A Quiet Girls’ Freedom: A Guide To Developing Your Voice, Confidence, and Peace
A Quiet Girls’ Freedom: A Guide To Developing Your Voice, Confidence, and Peace Davina Ward 9798218387471 Nonfiction Davina L. Ward Davina L. Ward Have you decided that silence is better than your sta...
Killing the Image: A Champion’s Journey of Faith, Fighting, and Forgiveness
Killing the Image: A Champion’s Journey of Faith, Fighting, and Forgiveness Andre Ward with Nick Chiles 9780785298304 Nonfiction Harper Horizon HarperCollins In this inspiring memoir, undefeated five-...
Big White Fog
Big White Fog James Ward 9781854595959 Fiction Nick Hern Books Nick Hern Books Never seen outside America until 2007, Theodore Ward’s landmark family drama, Big White Fog, remains as poignant today as...
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson Geoffrey C. Ward 9780375415326 Nonfiction Knopf Penguin Random House He was the first black heavyweight champion in history, the most celebrat...
Men We Reaped: A Memoir
Men We Reaped: A Memoir Robert Fleming Book Review National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward, author of two previous acclaimed novels, Where The Line Bleeds and Salvage The Bones, closely examines...
Jamaica’s Blue Marker
Jamaica’s Blue Marker Juanita Havill 9780618369171 Fiction Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Jamaica is friends with everyone in school except for Russell, who’s mean to other kids. ...
The Colored Garden
The Colored Garden O.H. Bennett 9780965970198 Fiction Laughing Owl Pub Inc Laughing Owl Pub Inc The Colored Garden is a story about storytellers: a boy called Sarge and his grandmother, Ruth, whose fa...
Fear Of A Black Marker: Another K Chronicles Compendium
Fear Of A Black Marker: Another K Chronicles Compendium Keith Knight 9780916397630 Fiction Manic D Press Manic D Press Keith Knight’s comics are simultaneously lighthearted, wild, and clever, and his ...
A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation
A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation Barry Wittenstein 9780823443314 Nonfiction Neal Porter Books Holiday House "Barry Wittenstein’s poetic text provides the c...
Reimagining the Middle Passage: Black Resistance in Literature, Television, and Song
Reimagining the Middle Passage: Black Resistance in Literature, Television, and Song Tara T. Green 9780814254714 Fiction The Ohio State University Press The Ohio State University Press In Reimagining ...
Jane Addams Book Award Winner Jewell Parker Rhodes
Jane Addams Book Award Winner Jewell Parker Rhodes Troy Johnson Article ABOUT JEWELL PARKER RHODES Jewell Parker Rhodes is the Piper Endowed Chair and founding artistic director of the Virginia G. P...
Fannie Lou Hamer: America’s Freedom Fighting Woman
Fannie Lou Hamer: America’s Freedom Fighting Woman Maegan Parker Brooks 9781538115947 Nonfiction Rowman & Littlefield Rowman & Littlefield “[T]his is a testimonial to a courageous woman and her deep c...
I’ve Been to the Mountaintop
I’ve Been to the Mountaintop Martin Luther King, Jr. 9780063351042 Nonfiction HarperOne HarperCollins A beautiful commemorative edition of Dr. Martin Luther King’s last speech “I’ve Been to the Mounta...
Behind the Dream: The Making of the Speech That Transformed a Nation
Behind the Dream: The Making of the Speech That Transformed a Nation Clarence B. Jones and Stuart Connelly 9780230337558 Nonfiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers "I have a dream." When tho...
The Hiptionary: A Survey Of African American Speech Patterns With A Digest Of Key Words And Phrases
The Hiptionary: A Survey Of African American Speech Patterns With A Digest Of Key Words And Phrases Mahmoud El-Kati 9780967558172 Nonfiction Papyrus Publishing Inc. Papyrus Publishing Inc. Hiptionary?...
The Katrina Papers: A Journal of Trauma and Recovery
The Katrina Papers: A Journal of Trauma and Recovery Jerry W. Ward 9780972814331 Nonfiction University of New Orleans Press University of New Orleans Press The Katrina Papers is not your average memoi...
Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves Glory Edim 9780525619772 Nonfiction Ballantine Books Penguin Random House An inspiring collection of essays by black women writers, cur...
Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America
Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America W. Caleb McDaniel 9780190846992 Nonfiction Oxford University Press Oxford University Press The unforgettable saga of one ensl...
Jupiter Hammon
Jupiter Hammon 000000038947276X Jupiter Hammon (1711-1806), a born slave, became the first African-American writer to be published in the US in 1761. Encouraged to learn reading and writing, he serve...
How: Notes on the Great Work of Meeting Yourself
How: Notes on the Great Work of Meeting Yourself Yrsa Daley-Ward 9780143135609 Nonfiction Penguin Books Penguin Random House From the acclaimed poet behind bone, an exploration of how we can meet our ...
Between the River and the Railroad Tracks: A Memoir
Between the River and the Railroad Tracks: A Memoir Nicole R. Fleetwood 9780316564304 Nonfiction Little, Brown and Company Hachette Book Group Meticulously crafted and unflinchingly vulnerable, Nicole...
Terrible: A Storyteller’s Memoir
Terrible: A Storyteller’s Memoir Yrsa Daley-Ward 9780143132622 Poetry Penguin Publishing Group Penguin Random House Winner of the PEN Ackerley Prize • Longlisted for the 2019 PEN Open Book Award ...
What the Fireflies Knew
What the Fireflies Knew Kai Harris 9780593185346 Fiction Tiny Reparations Books Penguin Random House In the vein of Jesmyn Ward’s Salvage the Bones and Sue Monk Kidd’s The Secret Life of Bees, a comin...
I Have a Dream (Picture Book)
I Have a Dream (Picture Book) Martin Luther King, Jr. 9780375858871 Nonfiction Random House Children’s Books Penguin Random House From Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s daughter, Dr. Bernice A. King: “My ...
My Steps Are Ordered
My Steps Are Ordered Michelle Lindo-Rice 9781601626677 Fiction Urban Books Kensington Publishing Corp. What happens when your husband finds out you’re in love with his brother? Team Keith? Team Michae...
The Fall Of The Prodigal
The Fall Of The Prodigal Michelle Lindo-Rice 9781601626981 Fiction Urban Christian Kensington Publishing Corp. A condemned man, his two brides, and one untimely death.The third installment of the "On ...
The Woman God Created You to Be: Finding Success Through Faith—Spiritually, Personally, and Professionally
The Woman God Created You to Be: Finding Success Through Faith—Spiritually, Personally, and Professionally Kimberla Lawson Roby 9780965347075 Nonfiction Lenox Press Lenox Press ARE YOU THE REAL WOMAN ...
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...
The Cointelpro Papers: Documents from the Fbi’s Secret Wars Against Dissent in the United States
The Cointelpro Papers: Documents from the Fbi’s Secret Wars Against Dissent in the United States Ward Leroy Churchill and Jim Vander Wall 9781574782158 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Pre...
The Man I Need
The Man I Need Shanora Williams 9781070195445 Fiction Independently Published Independently Published There are things that women want, and things that women need. I know deep down, with every fiber i...
The Man I Can’t Have
The Man I Can’t Have Shanora Williams 9781093605846 Fiction Independently Published Independently Published It started as a simple search for a landscape designer… I wanted a beautiful backyard for my...
Dark Midnight When I Rise: The Story of the Jubilee Singers, Who Introduced the World to the Music of Black America
Dark Midnight When I Rise: The Story of the Jubilee Singers, Who Introduced the World to the Music of Black America Andrew Ward 9780374187712 Nonfiction Farrar, Straus and Giroux Macmillan Publishers ...
Ward Leroy Churchill and Jim Vander Wall
Ward Leroy Churchill and Jim Vander Wall MULTIPLE Sure, I'd be happy to help, but it seems you've forgotten to provide the author bio. Could you please provide the information?
I Am New Orleans
I Am New Orleans Robert Fleming Book Review American poet, author, filmmaker, and teacher Kalamu ya Salaam, a leading citizen of New Orleans’s 9th Ward, has always been a booster for the Cresce...
We Are a Haunting
We Are a Haunting Tyriek White 9781662601712 Fiction Astra House Astra Publishing House “An absolute triumph.” —Michael Schaub, NPR “Astonishing.” —Kiese Laymon, MacArthur Fellow and author of ...
Written in the Waters: A Memoir of History, Home, and Belonging
Written in the Waters: A Memoir of History, Home, and Belonging Tara Roberts 9781426223754 Nonfiction National Geographic Society National Geographic Books This searing memoir by a National Geographic...
Love, Rita: An American Story of Sisterhood, Joy, Loss, and Legacy
Love, Rita: An American Story of Sisterhood, Joy, Loss, and Legacy Bridgett M. Davis 9780063322080 Nonfiction Harper HarperCollins A searing tribute of sisterhood and family, love and profound loss fr...
The Speech of Angels
The Speech of Angels Sharon Maas 9780007123865 Fiction Bookouture Bookouture Jyothi is a child of the slums and the streets, with a faint memory of past happiness: green hills at dawn, a boy’s clear a...
Burn Down Master’s House
Burn Down Master’s House Clay Cane 9781496759146 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. Inspired by long-buried true stories of enslaved people who dared to fight back, this powerful novel offers ...