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Most American: Notes from a Wounded Place
Most American: Notes from a Wounded Place Rilla Askew 9780806157177 Nonfiction University of Oklahoma Press University of Oklahoma Press 2018 PEN America Literary Award Finalist! In her first nonfict...
Joy Comes in the Morning
Joy Comes in the Morning Lucinda Askew 9780692336335 Fiction Independently Published Independently Published The book’s title is based on Psalms 30, and the main character, Tracey, overcomes some Davi...
Lucinda Askew
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Mz. Lady P and Lucinda John
Mz. Lady P and Lucinda John MULTIPLE Mz. Lady P and Lucinda John are accomplished authors, renowned for their captivating narratives and profound insights. Their work spans various genres, offering e...
Rilla Askew
Rilla Askew 0000000114522334 Rilla Askew is an award-winning author recognized by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Known for her essays, short fiction, and novels like “The Mercy Seat”, her ...
Harpsong
Harpsong Rilla Askew 9780806139289 Fiction University of Oklahoma Press University of Oklahoma Press Harlan Singer, a harmonica-playing troubadour, shows up in the Thompson family’s yard one morning. ...
Strange Business
Strange Business Rilla Askew 9780806140285 Fiction University of Oklahoma Press University of Oklahoma Press The strangeness of life and death play out in a fictional American small town Lyla Mae Munc...
The Mercy Seat
The Mercy Seat Rilla Askew 9780140265156 Fiction Penguin Books Penguin Random House Few first novels garner the kind of powerful praise awarded this epic story that takes place on the dusty, remorsele...
Joylynn M. Jossel
Joylynn M. Jossel NONE Check the “Act Like an Author, Think Like a Business” 2018 Conference presented by Joylynn’s Path To Publishing (September 20 – 22, 2018) Joylynn M. Joss...
Joy Comes In The Morning (Praise Him Anyhow)
Joy Comes In The Morning (Praise Him Anyhow) Vanessa Miller 9781493568406 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Love was a four-letter word, and trust was an even worse five-letter word that ...
Tuesday Morning Love: 52 Commentaries and Weekly Affirmations to Honor the Soul Within the Souldier (Volume 1)
Tuesday Morning Love: 52 Commentaries and Weekly Affirmations to Honor the Soul Within the Souldier (Volume 1) Rochelle Soetan 9780692411568 Nonfiction Tuesday Morning Love Tuesday Morning Love Tuesda...
E. N. Joy
E. N. Joy NONE BLESSEDselling Author E.N. Joy, previously known as Joylynn M. Jossel, is an Essence Magazine Bestselling Author known for her “Soap Operas in Print” Divas series. The author, who has ...
My Joy
My Joy Suzette D. Harrison 9781540787118 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC California Love, Volume 1 Joy Matthews isn t afraid of risks. She s quit her Fortune 500 job and enrolled in culi...
Black Joy Playbook: 30 Days of Intentionally Reclaiming Your Delight
Black Joy Playbook: 30 Days of Intentionally Reclaiming Your Delight Tracey Michae’l Lewis-Giggetts 9780593796795 Nonfiction Ink & Willow Penguin Random House Reclaim your joy with this beautifully de...
Early Sunday Morning
Early Sunday Morning Denene Millner 9781572842113 Fiction Denene Millner Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Early Sunday Morning, a picture book for young children ages 4 to 9, is the first offering from ...
Fallin’ For A Thug
Fallin’ For A Thug Mz. Lady P and Lucinda John 9781514342398 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC There’s something about a Thug that drives women crazy. Khalil "K’Money" Kain is no exception....
Fallin’ For A Thug 2
Fallin’ For A Thug 2 Mz. Lady P and Lucinda John 9781512339659 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC The couples you fell in love with are back and ready to take you on a rollercoaster ride of ...
Black Joy: Stories of Resistance, Resilience, and Restoration
Black Joy: Stories of Resistance, Resilience, and Restoration Tracey Michae’l Lewis-Giggetts 9781982176556 Nonfiction Gallery Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. A timely collection of deeply personal, uplif...
Joy! Joy! Joy! The Anthem for Black Girls
Joy! Joy! Joy! The Anthem for Black Girls Nzinga-Christina Reid 9781736036952 Fiction Black Diaries Black Diaries Joy! Joy! Joy! The Anthem for Black Girls, engages readers from its opening in a rhyth...
Joy! Joy! Joy! The Anthem for Black Boys
Joy! Joy! Joy! The Anthem for Black Boys Nzinga-Christina Reid 9781736036914 Fiction Black Diaries Black Diaries Joy! Joy! Joy! The Anthem for Black Boys, engages readers from its opening in a rhythmi...
Fire in Beulah
Fire in Beulah Rilla Askew 9780142000243 Fiction Penguin Books Penguin Random House "A haunting, engrossing portrait of two families - one white, one Black - whose lives are woven together and t...
Joy DeGruy
Joy DeGruy 000000004270340X Dr. Joy Angela DeGruy is a renowned researcher, educator, author, and presenter focused on social justice and self-healing. Known for her work on Post Traumatic Slave Synd...
Joy M. Copeland
Joy M. Copeland NONE Joy M. Copeland, a Harlem-born author with a diverse career in government and business, now focuses on her writing. Notably, she has written two novels and several horror and cri...
The Politics of Black Joy: Zora Neale Hurston and Neo-Abolitionism
The Politics of Black Joy: Zora Neale Hurston and Neo-Abolitionism Lindsey Stewart 9780810144132 Nonfiction Northwestern University Press Northwestern University Press During the antebellum period, sl...
Live Your Joy
Live Your Joy Bonnie St. John 9780446579254 Nonfiction FaithWords Hachette Book Group Joy is something that comes from the inside out. It feels like a flowing grace, a feeling of goodness all around,...
Good Morning Means I Love You
Good Morning Means I Love You Kendra Allen 9780063388413 Fiction Ecco Press HarperCollins The electrifying and intimate first novel from the author of The Collection Plate and Fruit Punch, a searing s...
Robin Roberts
Robin Roberts 0000000081478575 Robin Roberts, anchor of ABC's “Good Morning America,” is a three-time Emmy Award winner. A cum laude graduate in communications and standout basketball player from Sou...
Tuesday Morning Love
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Joy Elan
Joy Elan NONE Joy Elán, an award-winning author and spoken word artist from Oakland, CA, has penned six books. Despite being born with hearing loss, she overcame adversity to earn degrees from UC Be...
The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World Desmond Tutu and Dalai Lama 9780399185045 Nonfiction Avery Penguin Random House An instant New York Times bestseller Two spiritual giants. Fiv...
Mark Doty, Martin Espada, Joy Harjo, Marilyn Nelson, Ishmael Reed, Sonia Sanchez, Yusef Komunyakaa, Afaa Michael Weaver, and Rita Dove
Mark Doty, Martin Espada, Joy Harjo, Marilyn Nelson, Ishmael Reed, Sonia Sanchez, Yusef Komunyakaa, Afaa Michael Weaver, and Rita Dove MULTIPLE Prominent authors Mark Doty, Martin Espada, Joy Harjo, ...
Saturday Morning at the ’Shop
Saturday Morning at the ’Shop Keenan Jones 9781665940801 Fiction Beach Lane Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Spend Saturday morning at the barbershop in this upbeat picture book celebration of the spaces ...
amA–Zing: Black Joy from A–Z
amA–Zing: Black Joy from A–Z Carole Boston Weatherford 9781665971652 Fiction Atheneum Books for Young Readers Simon & Schuster, Inc. From New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Carole Bos...
Joy Deja King, Electa Rome Parks, Cheryl Robinson, and Meta Smith
Joy Deja King, Electa Rome Parks, Cheryl Robinson, and Meta Smith MULTIPLE Joy King, Electa Rome Parks, Cheryl Robinson, and Meta Smith are renowned authors known for their significant contributions ...
Good Morning, Superman
Good Morning, Superman Michael Dahl 9781684360048 Fiction Capstone Young Readers Capstone Press Look, up in the sky It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s the… SUN When morning comes, a young boy must prepar...
Daaimah S. Poole, Miasha, Joy Deja King, and T. Styles
Daaimah S. Poole, Miasha, Joy Deja King, and T. Styles MULTIPLE Daaimah S. Poole, Miasha, Joy Deja King, and T. Styles are renowned authors, each known for their unique storytelling style and contrib...
Arushi Raina
Arushi Raina NONE Arushi Raina, author of 'When Morning Comes' (2016), crafts narratives about resilience in both real and imagined worlds, featuring a diverse range of characters and settings. A glo...
When Morning Comes: A Family Affair Novel
When Morning Comes: A Family Affair Novel Francis Ray 9780312681623 Fiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers In her unforgettable new novel When Morning Comes, Francis Ray delivers an emotion...
The Black Joy Project
The Black Joy Project Kleaver Cruz 9780358588757 Nonfiction Mariner Books Houghton Mifflin Harcourt NAACP Image Award Finalist for Outstanding Literary Work Featuring 117 full-color photos and eigh...
Inciting Joy: Essays
Inciting Joy: Essays Ross Gay 9781643753041 Nonfiction Algonquin Books Workman Publishing Co., Inc. An intimate and electrifying collection of essays from the New York Times bestselling author of The ...
Angela Joy and Jen Reid
Angela Joy and Jen Reid MULTIPLE Angela Joy and Jen Reid are renowned authors, celebrated for their captivating storytelling. Their work spans various genres, including Mystery, Romance, and Fantasy,...
The Joy of Cruising: Passionate Cruisers, Fascinating Stories
The Joy of Cruising: Passionate Cruisers, Fascinating Stories Paul C. Thornton 9781543959239 Fiction BookBaby BookBaby The Joy of Cruising is about passion. Award-winning author Paul C. Thornton profi...
Don’t Let "It" Get You!: An Empowering Health And Fitness Guide For Women
Don’t Let "It" Get You!: An Empowering Health And Fitness Guide For Women Joy Ohayia 9780595467099 Nonfiction iUniverse Author Solutions As soon as your "me time" arrives your phone rings, the kids ar...
Joy Deja King
Joy Deja King NONE Joy Deja King, raised in various states across the US, is a modern author known for her young and edgy street-life novels. A journalism graduate from North Carolina Central Univers...
Praise Him Anyhow - Volume 1
Praise Him Anyhow - Volume 1 Vanessa Miller 9780615842073 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Tears Fall at Night: Life was good, God was blessing and the Marshall family was riding high, u...
I Curse You with Joy
I Curse You with Joy Tiffany Haddish 9781635769531 Nonfiction Diversion Books Diversion Books Tiffany Haddish is back with her highly anticipated new essay collection, I Curse You With Joy. It’s be...
Sunday Service
Sunday Service Janelle Harper 9780593694466 Fiction Viking Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House From the critically-acclaimed writer of My Block Looks Like and Salon Saturday comes another pic...
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...
Good Morning Amira
Good Morning Amira Melica Niccole 9780997687576 Nonfiction Hampton Publishing House Hampton Publishing House Start the day with Amira as she completes her morning routine with some help from her mothe...
Sunday Morning Stickup: What Your Pastor Doesn’t Want You to Know about Tithes
Sunday Morning Stickup: What Your Pastor Doesn’t Want You to Know about Tithes David Lee 9781432791643 Nonfiction Outskirts Press Outskirts Press Sunday Morning Stick Up What your Pastor doesn’t wan...
Irie Morning
Irie Morning Alison Moss-Solomon 9789769543607 Fiction Blue Moon Publishing Blue Moon Publishing Irie Morning is a children’s picture book featuring a delightful poem and engaging watercolour illustra...
Morning by Morning
Morning by Morning Ronald Bonner 9781583145975 Nonfiction Harlequin Kimani New Spirit Harlequin Enterprises Limited A daily devotional featuring page-a-day reflections and meditations presents a serie...
Tai Chi Morning: Snapshots of China
Tai Chi Morning: Snapshots of China Nikki Grimes 9780812627077 Nonfiction Cricket Books Cricket Media Tai Chi Morning is simply, as the title implies, snapshots of China seen through the lens of a poe...
Michelle Miller
Michelle Miller 0000000033785650 Michelle Miller, born in 1967, is a cohost on CBS Saturday Morning. She frequently contributes to CBS Mornings, CBS Sunday Morning, CBS Evening News, and 48 Hours. Mi...
Nikki Woods
Nikki Woods NONE Nikki Woods is a multi-media personality, personal branding coach, and CEO of Nikki Woods Media. As senior producer of the Tom Joyner Morning Show, she reaches over 8 million listen...
Michael Strahan
Michael Strahan 0000000045587838 Michael Strahan is a retired American football player who spent his career with the New York Giants. Post-retirement, he became a media personality, co-hosting “Live!...
The Juju Girl
The Juju Girl Robert Fleming Book Review Awarded by the 2022 Black Caucus of the American Library Association Self Published ebook in fiction by an African American author, Nikki Marsh’s The Ju...
Joy Is the Justice We Give Ourselves
Joy Is the Justice We Give Ourselves J. Drew Lanham 9798885740302 Poetry Hub City Press Hub City Press From J. Drew Lanham, MacArthur "Genius" Grant recipient and author of Sparrow Envy: A Field Guide...
Come, Joy!: Songs from the Soft of Night
Come, Joy!: Songs from the Soft of Night Bridgette Alyce Greathouse Wynn 9781413778038 Poetry PublishAmerica PublishAmerica The poetry of Come Joy! is the personal testimony of a spiritual journey in ...
What a Morning!: The Christmas Story in Black Spirituals (Aladdin Picture Books)
What a Morning!: The Christmas Story in Black Spirituals (Aladdin Picture Books) John Langstaff 9780689808074 Fiction Aladdin Simon & Schuster, Inc. In this unique and powerful collection, the story ...
The Lurking Place
The Lurking Place Clarence Major 9781945665288 Fiction Manic D Press Manic D Press “Clarence Major’s fiction has amazed me for years. And now The Lurking Place. This novel captures the late sixties in...
Jump and Find Joy: Embracing Change in Every Season of Life
Jump and Find Joy: Embracing Change in Every Season of Life Hoda Kotb 9798217043880 Nonfiction G.P. Putnam’s Sons Penguin Random House From #1 New York Times bestselling author and beloved former Toda...
Joy Thomas Moore
Joy Thomas Moore NONE Joy Thomas Moore is a Peabody Award-winning media consultant and CEO of JWS Media Consulting. She has an extensive background in media, philanthropy, and education, including a ...
Brian W. Smith
Brian W. Smith NONE Brian W. Smith, an award-winning author of 15 novels and former U.S. Army member, turned full-time author after being laid off. His personal trauma inspired his first novel, leadi...
Stephanie Outten
Stephanie Outten NONE Stephanie Outten is a transformation coach, author and speaker who overcame personal struggles to find joy. She uses her experiences to guide others in her roles as the founder ...
Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood
Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood Kwame Mbalia 9780593379936 Fiction Delacorte Press Penguin Random House Celebrate the joys of Black boyhood with stories from seventeen bestselling,...
Come By Here: My Mother’s Life
Come By Here: My Mother’s Life Clarence Major 9780471415183 Nonfiction Wiley Wiley Lavish praise for come by here""With elegant simplicity and uncommon wisdom, Clarence Major gives us not just the tru...
One World: A global anthology of short stories
One World: A global anthology of short stories Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Jhumpa Lahiri, and 21 Other Authors 9781906523138 Fiction New Internationalist New Internationalist This book is made up of twe...
Joy Is My Middle Name: Poems
Joy Is My Middle Name: Poems Sasha Debevec-McKenney 9781324110675 Poetry W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. In her best imitation of a historian, poet Sasha Debevec-McKenney combs thr...
Joy Goddess: A’Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance
Joy Goddess: A’Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance A’Lelia Bundles 9781416544425 Nonfiction Scribner Book Company Simon & Schuster, Inc. A vibrant, deeply researched biography of A’Lelia Walker—da...
Kem Joy Ukwu
Kem Joy Ukwu NONE Kem Joy Ukwu is a Bronx-born author, currently based in New Jersey. Her fiction has been featured in various magazines and her short story collection, Locked Gray / Linked Blue, was...
Karla Renee Floyd, Elona Washington, Shennetta Smith, Joy Blakeney, Annette Smiley, Cheryl Peavy, Sharon Blake, Sahsha Campbell-Garbutt, Kim Bjanes, and Stephanie L. Ghoston
Karla Renee Floyd, Elona Washington, Shennetta Smith, Joy Blakeney, Annette Smiley, Cheryl Peavy, Sharon Blake, Sahsha Campbell-Garbutt, Kim Bjanes, and Stephanie L. Ghoston MULTIPLE "Karla Renee Flo...
Ebony Joy Wilkins
Ebony Joy Wilkins NONE Ebony Joy Wilkins, Ph.D., is an English professor and author specializing in African American children's literature. Outside academia, she enjoys tennis, yoga, travel and socia...
Riot on Greenwood: The Total Destruction of Black Wall Street
Riot on Greenwood: The Total Destruction of Black Wall Street Eddie Faye Gates 9781571688187 Nonfiction Eakins Press Foundation Eakins Press Foundation Here is an in-depth account of the worst riot in...
Claud Anderson
Claud Anderson NONE Dr. Claud Anderson, president of PowerNomics Corporation and The Harvest Institute, is an author, educator, and political figure. PowerNomics publishes his works promoting self-su...
Witchful Thinking
Witchful Thinking Celestine Martin 9781538738078 Fiction Forever Grand Central Publishing Love is the trickiest spell of all. Lucinda Caraway loves living in Freya Grove, the mystic seaside town wher...
No Remaining Evidence: A Noel Patterson Novel
No Remaining Evidence: A Noel Patterson Novel Christina Benton 9781946962003 Fiction Janco Publishing Janco Publishing Noel learned how to get away with murder while in grad school. Little did she kno...
Slavery Time When I Was Chillun
Slavery Time When I Was Chillun Belinda Hurmence 9781435278004 Nonfiction G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House ”Now that it’s all over, I don’t find life so good in my old a...
Joy Degruy Publications
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Joy Degruy Publications
Joy Degruy Publications Joy Degruy Publications, Inc. Joy Degruy Publications
The Lightmaker’s Manifesto: How to Work for Change Without Losing Your Joy
The Lightmaker’s Manifesto: How to Work for Change Without Losing Your Joy Karen Walrond 9781506469942 Nonfiction Broadleaf Books 1517 Media Many of us have strong convictions. We want to advocate for...
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome, Revised Edition: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome, Revised Edition: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing Joy DeGruy 9780985217266 Nonfiction Joy Degruy Publications Joy Degruy Publications In the 16th century,...
A Christian Christmas: A novella
A Christian Christmas: A novella Pat Simmons 9781502859556 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Christmas will never be the same for Joy Knight if Christian Andersen has his way. Not to be con...
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing Joy DeGruy 9780985217204 Nonfiction Joy Degruy Publications Joy Degruy Publications From the beginning of American chatte...
Grandmama’s Joy
Grandmama’s Joy Eloise Greenfield 9780698117549 Fiction Puffin Books Penguin Random House When Rhondy can’t seem to cheer Grandmama up with a song, a dance, or a gift from the backyard, she tries the ...
Angela Joy
Angela Joy 0000000493306323 Angela Joy, a Minneapolis native, is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of the University of Minnesota. With a background in music and TV soundtracks, she now resides in Californi...
Joy Buolamwini
Joy Buolamwini NONE Dr. Joy Buolamwini, founder of the Algorithmic Justice League, is a celebrated researcher and speaker. She advises on AI impacts, has featured in Time, The New York Times, and mor...
Joy-Ann Reid
Joy-Ann Reid 0000000038365962 Joy-Ann M. Lomena-Reid, born in 1968, is a renowned TV host and political commentator on MSNBC. Hosting “The ReidOut” since 2011, she covers political issues, current ev...
Kleaver Cruz
Kleaver Cruz NONE Kleaver Cruz is a Dominican-American writer, educator, and creator of The Black Joy Project, a platform for Black Joy as resistance featured in numerous publications. They're part o...
Peekaboo Morning
Peekaboo Morning Rachel Isadora 9780399251535 Fiction G.P. Putnam’s Sons Penguin Random House A toddler plays a game of peekaboo, and you’re invited to play too. First there’s Mommy to find, with Dadd...
Southern Republic (The Downriver Trilogy Book 1)
Southern Republic (The Downriver Trilogy Book 1) Lex Ramsay 9781522005506 Fiction Independently Published Independently Published In a world where the South has won the Civil War… It’s 1982. A hundred...
Charcoal Joe: An Easy Rawlins Mystery
Charcoal Joe: An Easy Rawlins Mystery Walter Mosley 9780385539203 Fiction Doubleday Penguin Random House Walter Mosley’s indelible detective Easy Rawlins is back, with a new detective agency and a new...
Locked Gray / Linked Blue: Stories
Locked Gray / Linked Blue: Stories Kem Joy Ukwu 9781942083979 Fiction Kindred Books Kindred Books “This is an extraordinary collection of stories. Debut author Kem Joy Ukwu is already a master at conv...
Southern Comfort
Southern Comfort Naleighna Kai B07MT2BL5P Fiction Macro Publishing Group Macro Publishing Group National bestselling author, Naleighna Kai, brings another unconventional story about finding a deeper l...
Robin L. Smith
Robin L. Smith 0000000052540907 Dr. Robin L. Smith is a licensed psychologist, famed NY Times bestselling author, and media personality, known for appearances on Oprah and Good Morning America. She h...
All I Want For Christmas
All I Want For Christmas Joyce A. Brown, Princess F.L. Gooden, Terri Ann Johnson, Sonia Johnston, Patricia Woodside, Cryssy Dee, Candy Jackson, and others 9781944359379 Fiction Brown Girls Books Brown...
This Morning, This Evening, So Soon: James Baldwin and the Voices of Queer Resistance
This Morning, This Evening, So Soon: James Baldwin and the Voices of Queer Resistance James Baldwin 9781636811321 Nonfiction Delmonico Books Delmonico Books Portrayals of James Baldwin and others in h...