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NoViolet Bulawayo Reads from her Novel We Need New Names
NoViolet Bulawayo Reads from her Novel We Need New Names Book Spotlights
NoViolet Bulawayo
NoViolet Bulawayo 0000000393964134 NoViolet Bulawayo, a Zimbabwean-born author, is known for her award-winning story “Hitting Budapest.” Her works have been featured in various publications and short...
Glory
Glory NoViolet Bulawayo 9780525561132 Fiction Viking Penguin Random House 2022 BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST “Manifoldly clever…brilliant… Glory is its own vivid world, drawn from its own folkl...
We Need New Names: A Novel
We Need New Names: A Novel NoViolet Bulawayo 9780316230810 Fiction Reagan Arthur Books Reagan Arthur Books A remarkable literary debut — shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize! The unflinching and power...
The African Book Of Names: 5,000+ Common And Uncommon Names From The African Continent
The African Book Of Names: 5,000+ Common And Uncommon Names From The African Continent Askhari Johnson Hodari 9780757307799 Nonfiction HCI HCI From an author who adopted an African name as an adult,...
Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun
Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun Sarah Ladipo Manyika 9781911115045 Fiction Cassava Republic Press Cassava Republic Press “If aging be a lamp, then Morayo, the protagonist in Like a Mule Brin...
The Wedding Date
The Wedding Date Jasmine Guillory 9780399587665 Fiction Berkley Books Penguin Random House One of… • Entertainment Weekly’s “12 Romances for V-Day” • Cosmopolitan’s “2018 Anticipated Read...
True Names: Four Generations of My Afro Appalachian Family
True Names: Four Generations of My Afro Appalachian Family Malaika Adero 9781478974314 Nonfiction Center Street Hachette Book Group African Americans in Southern Appalachia faced a particularly rural ...
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 ...
Yewande Omotoso
Yewande Omotoso 0000000369299533 Yewande Omotoso, born in Barbados and raised in Nigeria, is an award-winning author and architect based in Johannesburg. She moved to South Africa in 1992 and has sin...
NEW Reads Publications
NEW Reads Publications NEW Reads Publications NEW Reads Publications
NEW Reads Publications
NEW Reads Publications NEW Reads Publications NEW Reads Publications
Happiness, Like Water
Happiness, Like Water Chinelo Okparanta 9780544003453 Fiction Mariner Books Houghton Mifflin Harcourt "Astonishing. Okparanta’s narrators render their stories with such strength and intimacy, such luc...
African Roar 2011
African Roar 2011 Emmanuel Sigauke and Ivor Hartmann 9780987008947 Fiction StoryTime StoryTime African Roar 2011, is the second in a series of annual anthologies dedicated to publishing new short fict...
E. C. Osondu
E. C. Osondu NONE E.C. Osondu is a renowned Nigerian author and English professor at Providence College. Known for his short stories, he won the 2009 Caine Prize for African Writing. His debut collec...
Caribbean Reads Publishing
Caribbean Reads Publishing Caribbean Reads Publishing Caribbean Reads Publishing
Caribbean Reads Publishing
Caribbean Reads Publishing Caribbean Reads Publishing Caribbean Reads Publishing
Your Name Is a Song
Your Name Is a Song Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow 9781943147724 Fiction The Innovation Press The Innovation Press Frustrated by a day full of teachers and classmates mispronouncing her beautiful name, a l...
We Speak Your Names: A Celebration
We Speak Your Names: A Celebration Pearl Cleage 9780345490278 Poetry Random House Penguin Random House For centuries, African American women have been remaking the world, giving testament to the power...
All the Names Given: Poems
All the Names Given: Poems Raymond Antrobus 9781951142926 Poetry Tin House Books Tin House Books On the heels of his much-lauded debut collection, Raymond Antrobus continues his essential investigatio...
Avidly Reads Passages
Avidly Reads Passages Michelle D. Commander 9781479806171 Nonfiction New York University Press New York University Press “What is the value of Black life in America?” In Avidly Reads Pa...
All Our Names
All Our Names Dinaw Mengestu 9780385349987 Fiction Knopf Penguin Random House From acclaimed author Dinaw Mengestu, a recipient of the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 award, The New Yorker’s 20 ...
A Book of the Beginnings
A Book of the Beginnings Gerald Massey 9780933121935 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Other volumes in this set include ISBN number(s): 0766126536. Volume one of a two volume set. (T...
Golden Names for an African People
Golden Names for an African People Nia Damali 9780945708018 Nonfiction Blackwood Press Blackwood Press Robbing peoples and countries of their rightful names was one of the cruel games that colonizers ...
Shayla Sweet and Her Magical Pen
Shayla Sweet and Her Magical Pen Denolyn Carroll Book Review “…And a little child shall lead them…” (Isaiah 11:6 NKJV). While spending summer break at her grandmother Nani&...
What Do You Need?: How Women of Color Can Take Ownership of Their Careers to Accelerate Their Path to Success
What Do You Need?: How Women of Color Can Take Ownership of Their Careers to Accelerate Their Path to Success Lauren Wesley Wilson 9781401979904 Nonfiction Hay House Business Penguin Random House Laur...
September Newsletter: Recommended Reads, the MS Book Festival, and More
September Newsletter: Recommended Reads, the MS Book Festival, and More Troy Johnson Article Recommended Reads N. K. Jemisin the Only Writer to Win the Best Novel Hugo Award in three Consecutive Yea...
If I Survive You
If I Survive You Jonathan Escoffery 9780374605988 Fiction MCD Macmillan Publishers "If I Survive You is a collection of connected short stories that reads like a novel, that reads like real life, that...
justin a. reynolds
justin a. reynolds NONE Justin A. Reynolds is an acclaimed author renowned for his debut YA novel, “Opposite of Always,” and second novel “Early Departures.” His work includes a Marvel graphic novel ...
JaNay Brown-Wood
JaNay Brown-Wood NONE JaNay Brown-Wood is a celebrated children's author and educator, known for her award-winning book, “Imani's Moon.” She teaches as an ECE professor at American River College and ...
St. Pete Reads! Literacy Festival
St. Pete Reads! Literacy Festival Woodson African American Museum of Florida St. Petersburg Florida The St. Pete Reads! Literacy Festival is dedicated to entertaining, engaging, and educating children...
The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal about Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power
The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal about Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power Deirdre Mask 9781250134769 Nonfiction St. Martin’s Press Macmillan Publishers Finalist for the 2020 Kirkus Prize ...
Jamel’s Deep Sea Adventure
Jamel’s Deep Sea Adventure Jamel K. Thomas-Joyce and Teresa Kemp 9781505328271 Nonfiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Need a more challenging activity? Have you considered a deep sea adventur...
There Are No Names for Red
There Are No Names for Red Chris Abani and Percival Everett 9781597094573 Poetry Red Hen Press Red Hen Press There Are No Names for Red is a collaborative work featuring the poetry of Chris Abani and ...
All I Need to Get By
All I Need to Get By Thumper Book Review I have just finished reading All I Need to Get By, the debut novel by Sophfronia Scott. I am taking a moment to pause and collect my thoughts in order to ...
Unathi Slasha
Unathi Slasha 0000000500092539 Unathi Slasha is a South African writer and literary scholar from Despatch, Port Elizabeth, known for reimagining and subverting Nguni folklore. He describes his work ...
The Hollow Sound of Lightweight Bodies
The Hollow Sound of Lightweight Bodies Unathi Slasha 9781957810485 Fiction Iskanchi Press Iskanchi Press A darkly comic and surreal literary novel set in a South African township, where a young cremat...
The Rib King
The Rib King Ladee Hubbard 9780062979070 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins Thrillist - 30 Books We Can’t Wait to Read in 2021Book Riot - Our Most Anticipated Releases of 2021Real Simple - The Best New Boo...
Lisa Watson
Lisa Watson NONE Lisa Watson is a national bestselling author based in Washington D.C., known for her work in diverse romance genres. Her debut novel was nominated for Best Contemporary Fiction, and ...
Sue Nyathi
Sue Nyathi 0000000382489964 Sukoluhle “Sue” Nyathi was born, bred, and buttered in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, and now resides in South Africa. She describes herself as an analyst by profession and a writer...
The GoldDiggers
The GoldDiggers Sue Nyathi 9781770105942 Fiction Pan MacMillan Macmillan Publishers We all know our final destination, but we have no idea what will cross our path as we journey there. It is 2008, ...
Finding Peace Isn’t Peaceful: Overcoming the Struggle Within to Heal My Soul
Finding Peace Isn’t Peaceful: Overcoming the Struggle Within to Heal My Soul Ma’Ronda X 9781943409563 Nonfiction Pure Thoughts Publishing Pure Thoughts Publishing, LLC Finding Peace Isn’t Peaceful is ...
Introducing Delaney Diamond, USA Today Bestselling Author
Introducing Delaney Diamond, USA Today Bestselling Author Troy Johnson Article Delaney Diamond is the USA Today Bestselling Author of sweet, sensual, passionate romance novels and is the manager ...
Little Troublemaker Defends Her Name
Little Troublemaker Defends Her Name Luvvie Ajayi Jones 9780593694251 Fiction Philomel Books Penguin Random House A story about a little troublemaker with a big heart who must defend her name from a...
Lola Jaye
Lola Jaye NONE Lola Jaye, a London-born author, published her first U.S. novel in 2009. Her journey from foster child to author was shared in her 2009 essay, part of the U.K.'s Quick Reads program. L...
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...
Lessons We Were Never Taught
Lessons We Were Never Taught Nikesha Elise Williams 9781733584852 Poetry NEW Reads Publications NEW Reads Publications Lessons We Were Never Taught is author Nikesha Elise Williams’s first collection ...
Reality Way
Reality Way NONE Reality Way, a Queens-born author, faced several life obstacles leading him to prison. It was there he developed a passion for writing, leading to his first published work, “Young Go...
The Hero Next Door: A We Need Diverse Books Anthology
The Hero Next Door: A We Need Diverse Books Anthology Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich 9780525646334 Fiction Yearling Penguin Random House From We Need Diverse Books comes a middle-grade short-story coll...
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...
A Family Affair
A Family Affair Sue Nyathi 9781770107519 Fiction Pan MacMillan Macmillan Publishers Shortlisted for the University of Johannesburg Prize for South African Writing in English (2021 Main Prize) Longl...
Love Never Fails
Love Never Fails Nikesha Elise Williams 9781733584807 Fiction NEW Reads Publications NEW Reads Publications “If I were honest, I’d be divorced right now.” When it comes to marriage, nothing is guar...
Adulting
Adulting Nikesha Elise Williams 9781733584821 Fiction NEW Reads Publications NEW Reads Publications Can she have it all? Naomi Grace is determined to lay hold of the life she’s always wanted. In her v...
Monda Raquel Webb reads from her novel: 7:33 am
Monda Raquel Webb reads from her novel: 7:33 am Book Spotlights
Maaza Mengiste reads from her novel Beneath the Lion's Gaze
Maaza Mengiste reads from her novel Beneath the Lion's Gaze Book Spotlights
Dolen Perkins-Valdez reads from her novel Wench
Dolen Perkins-Valdez reads from her novel Wench Book Spotlights
Shadows
Shadows Novuyo Rosa Tshuma 9780795704802 Fiction Kwela Books Kwela Books A gripping novella by one of Southern Africa’s rising stars of literature, Novuyo Rosa Tshuma’s Shadows is set in the ghettos o...
Snapshot
Snapshot Tony Lindsay Book Review In Snapshot, Camryn King demonstrates the power of a page turning thriller. Through King’s beautifully descriptive screens, narrative pace, believable dialog, ...
Robyn Williams
Robyn Williams 0000000495543330 Robyn Williams is a bestselling author known for her romantic suspense novels. Her works, celebrated by actresses Angela Bassett and Vanessa Williams, have been featur...
Edward Kelsey Moore Reads From His Novel, The Supremes Sing the Happy Heartache Blues
Edward Kelsey Moore Reads From His Novel, The Supremes Sing the Happy Heartache Blues Book Spotlights
Victor LaValle reads from his novel Big Machine
Victor LaValle reads from his novel Big Machine Book Spotlights
Musical Youth
Musical Youth Joanne C. Hillhouse 9781733829960 Fiction Caribbean Reads Publishing Caribbean Reads Publishing 2nd place in the 2014 Burt Award for Caribbean Literature. #12 in Amazon Hot New Releases ...
The Appeal of Ebony Jones
The Appeal of Ebony Jones Nikesha Elise Williams 9780692123942 Fiction NEW Reads Publications NEW Reads Publications Guilty. Not Guilty. Those are the only options facing Ebony Jones. She is standing ...
Malou Beauvoir
Malou Beauvoir NONE “The spirits that carried us across oceans still walk beside us today — and it’s time our children knew their names.” Malou Beauvoir is a Haitian-American, award-winning singe...
Alma and How She Got Her Name
Alma and How She Got Her Name Juana Martinez-Neal 9780763693558 Fiction Candlewick Press Candlewick Press ★ 2019 Caldecott Honor ★ 2019 Ezra Jack Keats Award Writer Honor ★ 2019 NC...
We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations That Matter
We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations That Matter Celeste Headlee 9780062669018 Nonfiction Harper HarperCollins How to Have Conversations That Matter They are, perhaps, the most dreaded four w...
Patricia C. Mckissack
Patricia C. Mckissack 0000000108593937 Patricia L'Ann Carwell McKissack (1944-2017) was a renowned children's author who wrote over 100 books highlighting African American history and Southern folklo...
Beyond Bourbon Street
Beyond Bourbon Street Nikesha Elise Williams 9781733584869 Fiction NEW Reads Publications NEW Reads Publications How does a couple survive when the one thing that brought them together threatens to te...
Victor S. Navasky
Victor S. Navasky 0000000110768695 Victor Saul Navasky, a former editor of The Nation and The New York Times Magazine, founded Monocle and authored award-winning books including Naming Names and A Ma...
Nina Revoyr
Nina Revoyr 0000000004707741 Nina Revoyr, a Japanese-American author of five novels, is known for her remarkable storytelling. Born in Japan and raised in Tokyo, Wisconsin, and Los Angeles, she's co-...
Addie Boswell
Addie Boswell NONE Addie Boswell, a Portland-based author and muralist, is known for her award-winning book, The Rain Stomper. Her works include Go, Bikes, Go!, Go, Planes, Go!, The Snow Dancer, and ...
Four Women
Four Women Nikesha Elise Williams 9780692962916 Fiction NEW Reads Publications NEW Reads Publications What happens to four strangers when the present meets the past and the whole world is watching? Th...
Phina Oruche Reads from Her Book: Jacopo Jacopo Football Star
Phina Oruche Reads from Her Book: Jacopo Jacopo Football Star Book Spotlights
Sumiko Saulson Sci-Fi, Horror, and Fantasy Writer Reads from Her Work
Sumiko Saulson Sci-Fi, Horror, and Fantasy Writer Reads from Her Work Author Interviews
Jennifer Searles Reads Her Moving Poem: U Know Me
Jennifer Searles Reads Her Moving Poem: U Know Me Author Interviews
Super Model Pat Cleveland Reads from her Memoir
Super Model Pat Cleveland Reads from her Memoir Book Spotlights
Terry reads from her next book August 1st 2008 (Getting To Happy)
Terry reads from her next book August 1st 2008 (Getting To Happy) Book Spotlights
Volunteer Slavery: My Authentic Negro Experience
Volunteer Slavery: My Authentic Negro Experience Jill Nelson 9780140237160 Nonfiction Penguin Books Penguin Random House When Jill Nelson became the first black woman to write for The Washington Post’...
The Dead Don’t Need Reminding: In Search of Fugitives, Mississippi, and Black TV Nerd Shit
The Dead Don’t Need Reminding: In Search of Fugitives, Mississippi, and Black TV Nerd Shit Julian Randall 9781645030263 Nonfiction Bold Type Books Hachette Book Group The Dead Don’t Need Reminding is ...
People Buy Brands
People Buy Brands Kam Williams Book Review "Once I was like a lot of people who think that marketing is just a way of convincing people to buy a whole bunch of things they don’t need&hellip...
Carter Reads the Newspaper
Carter Reads the Newspaper Deborah Hopkinson 9781561459346 Nonfiction Peachtree Publishers Peachtree Publishers Essential Black History Reading The first-ever picture book biography of Carter G. Wo...
August 2018 eNewsletter Recommended Reads, Videos, and More
August 2018 eNewsletter Recommended Reads, Videos, and More Troy Johnson Article Videos from the National Book Club Conference I attended the 2018 National Book Club Conference August 3rd and 4th....
Lost! A Caribbean Sea Adventure
Lost! A Caribbean Sea Adventure Joanne C. Hillhouse 9780999237212 Fiction Caribbean Reads Publishing Caribbean Reads Publishing Beautifully illustrated by Trinidadian artist Danielle Boodoo-Fortun&eac...
The Missing Cupcake Mystery (Tony and Lauren Dungy Ready-to-Reads)
The Missing Cupcake Mystery (Tony and Lauren Dungy Ready-to-Reads) Tony Dungy 9781442454637 Fiction Simon Spotlight Simon & Schuster, Inc. The Dungy kids learn that honesty is the best policy—even whe...
Nia Damali
Nia Damali NONE Nia Damali, owner of Medu Bookstore and a prominent figure in the Black Book Ecosystem, is dedicated to promoting literacy and knowledge within the Black community. Editor of historic...
Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Simon & Schuster, Inc. KKR & Co. Inc.
St. Pete Reads! Literacy Festival
St. Pete Reads! Literacy Festival Literary Events
Quick Reads Penguin Readers: Boys Don’t Cry
Quick Reads Penguin Readers: Boys Don’t Cry Malorie Blackman 9780241688106 Fiction Penguin Group USA Penguin Random House A gripping Quick Read about family and growing up from bestselling author, Mal...
Kwame Alexander Reads His Children’s Book THE UNDEFEATED
Kwame Alexander Reads His Children’s Book THE UNDEFEATED Book Spotlights
Simba Sana Reads from his Memoir, Never Stop
Simba Sana Reads from his Memoir, Never Stop Book Spotlights
Javaka Steptoe Reads from Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
Javaka Steptoe Reads from Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat Author Interviews
Lauren Lord Reads from Black Girl Magic Illustrated by Lailah Lord
Lauren Lord Reads from Black Girl Magic Illustrated by Lailah Lord Author Interviews
Sandra L. Richards reads from Children’s Book RICE AND ROCKS
Sandra L. Richards reads from Children’s Book RICE AND ROCKS Book Spotlights
Olive Senior Reads from THE PAIN TREE
Olive Senior Reads from THE PAIN TREE Author Interviews
Nicole Dennis-Benn reads from, Here Comes The Sun
Nicole Dennis-Benn reads from, Here Comes The Sun Author Interviews
Tiphanie Yanique reads from, Land of Love and Drowning
Tiphanie Yanique reads from, Land of Love and Drowning Author Interviews
Rowan Ricardo Phillips Reads from His Collection of Poetry, HEAVEN
Rowan Ricardo Phillips Reads from His Collection of Poetry, HEAVEN Poetry & Spoken Word
LLoyd Strayhorn Astro-Numerologist Reads Troy Johnson 4-8
LLoyd Strayhorn Astro-Numerologist Reads Troy Johnson 4-8 Author Interviews
Letter to Jimmy
Letter to Jimmy Alain Mabanckou 9781593766016 Fiction Soft Skull Press Soft Skull Press Written on the twentieth anniversary of James Baldwin’s death, Letter to Jimmy is African writer Alain Mabanckou...