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Roxane Gay
Roxane Gay 0000000434301581 Roxane Gay, renowned writer and editor, has contributed to numerous publications and anthologies. She's co-editor of PANK, essays editor for The Rumpus, and teaches writin...
Ta-Nehisi Coates and Roxane Gay
Ta-Nehisi Coates and Roxane Gay MULTIPLE Ta-Nehisi Coates and Roxane Gay are acclaimed authors known for their insightful works on contemporary social issues, with Coates focusing on racial issues an...
Audre Lorde and Roxane Gay
Audre Lorde and Roxane Gay MULTIPLE Audre Lorde and Roxane Gay are influential writers and social activists. Lorde's work confronts issues of race, gender, and sexuality, while Gay's essays and ficti...
Roxane Gay and Heidi Pitlor
Roxane Gay and Heidi Pitlor MULTIPLE Roxane Gay and Heidi Pitlor are acclaimed authors. Gay, a feminist writer, is known for her essays and novels, while Pitlor is recognized for her novels and role ...
Roxane Gay, Tracy Lynne Oliver, and Rebecca Kirby
Roxane Gay, Tracy Lynne Oliver, and Rebecca Kirby MULTIPLE Roxane Gay, Tracy Lynne Oliver, and Rebecca Kirby are distinguished authors known for their significant contributions in literature and visu...
Opinions
Opinions Roxane Gay 9780063341463 Nonfiction Harper HarperCollins From beloved and bestselling author Roxane Gay, “a strikingly fresh cultural critic” (Washington Post) comes an exhilarating collectio...
The Ditchdigger’s Daughters: A Black Family’s Astonishing Success Story
The Ditchdigger’s Daughters: A Black Family’s Astonishing Success Story Yvonne S. Thornton 9780758201164 Nonfiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. As leader, Edan Mirav must protect his people fro...
Ayiti
Ayiti Roxane Gay 9780802128263 Fiction Grove Press Grove Atlantic, Inc. Roxane Gay is an award-winning literary voice praised for her fearless and vivid prose, and her debut collection Ayiti exemplifi...
Roxane Gay Books
Roxane Gay Books Grove Atlantic, Inc. Grove Atlantic, Inc. Roxane Gay Books is an imprint that was launched by Grove Atlantic in collaboration with Roxane Gay, a renowned writer and cultural critic. ...
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body Roxane Gay 9780062362599 Nonfiction HarperCollins Publishers HarperCollins “I believe this book will do more for more people than a truckload of all those happy ending bo...
Bad Feminist: Essays
Bad Feminist: Essays Roxane Gay 9780062282712 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins A collection of essays spanning politics, criticism, and feminism from one of the most-watched young cultural observers o...
Roxane Orgill
Roxane Orgill NONE Roxane Orgill is a seasoned music critic and author with over 20 years of experience, having worked with The Wall Street Journal and The Milwaukee Journal. She is known for her bio...
Why Black Owned Websites Fail
Why Black Owned Websites Fail Troy Johnson Article A few days ago a friend came across an article in, WhereItzAt Magazine. In the magazine was an article, “In defense of Black Bookstores,” addressed ...
Do the Work: Unlearn Your Biases. Reclaim Your Personal Power.
Do the Work: Unlearn Your Biases. Reclaim Your Personal Power. Roxane Gay 9780711268968 Nonfiction Leaping Hare Press The Quarto Group Do the work to dismantle your own prejudices in this guided workb...
The Best American Short Stories 2018
The Best American Short Stories 2018 Roxane Gay and Heidi Pitlor 9780544582941 Nonfiction Mariner Books Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Best-selling, award-winning, pop culture powerhouse Roxane Gay guest e...
Grove Atlantic, Inc.
Grove Atlantic, Inc. Grove Atlantic, Inc. Atlantic Books Atlantic Books (UK) Atlantic Crime Atlantic Monthly Press Black Cat Grove Press Roxane Gay Books The Mysterious Press Roxane Gay Books is an i...
Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture
Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture Roxane Gay 9780063459779 Nonfiction Harper Perennial HarperCollins New York Times Bestseller “This is a devastating book, heartbreaking in how familiar an...
The Portable Feminist Reader
The Portable Feminist Reader Roxane Gay 9780143110392 Nonfiction Penguin Classics Penguin Random House A dynamic and strikingly relevant look at a feminist canon as expansive rather than definitive ...
Selected Works of Audre Lorde
Selected Works of Audre Lorde Audre Lorde and Roxane Gay 9781324004615 Poetry W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. A definitive selection of Audre Lorde’s "intelligent, fierce, pow...
Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture
Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture Roxane Gay 9780062413512 Nonfiction Harper Perennial HarperCollins New York Times Bestseller Edited and with an introduction by Roxane Gay, the New York Time...
An Untamed State
An Untamed State Roxane Gay 9780802122513 Fiction Grove Press Grove Atlantic, Inc. Roxane Gay is a powerful new literary voice whose short stories and essays have already earned her an enthusiastic au...
Ayiti (2011)
Ayiti (2011) Roxane Gay 9781450776714 Fiction Artistically Declined Press Artistically Declined Press The debut collection from the vibrant voice of Roxane Gay is a unique blend of fiction, nonfiction...
Top Ten Reasons Why African American Bookstores Are Closing
Top Ten Reasons Why African American Bookstores Are Closing Gwen Richardson Article Editor’s Note: On March 25, 2012 we published our new bookstore database. At the same time we also publ...
How to be Heard (Ted 2 Series)
How to be Heard (Ted 2 Series) Roxane Gay 9781471159350 Nonfiction TED Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Roxane Gay is one of the most-listened to young cultural observers. She has become an important voic...
Difficult Women
Difficult Women Roxane Gay 9780802125392 Nonfiction HarperCollins Publishers HarperCollins Award-winning author and powerhouse talent Roxane Gay burst onto the scene with An Untamed State and the New ...
The Sacrifice of Darkness
The Sacrifice of Darkness Roxane Gay, Tracy Lynne Oliver, and Rebecca Kirby 9781684156245 Fiction Archaia BOOM! Studios Roxane Gay, Tracy Lynne Oliver, and Rebecca Kirby adapt Gay’s New York Times bes...
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...
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...
Straight From Your Gay Best Friend: The Straight-Up Truth About Relationships, Work, And Having A Fabulous Life
Straight From Your Gay Best Friend: The Straight-Up Truth About Relationships, Work, And Having A Fabulous Life Terrance Dean 9781932841565 Nonfiction Agate Bolden Agate Publishing, Inc In today’s soc...
The Book of Delights
The Book of Delights Ross Gay 9781643753287 Nonfiction Algonquin Books Workman Publishing Co., Inc. The New York Times bestselling book of essays celebrating ordinary delights in the world around us b...
The Book of Delights: Essays
The Book of Delights: Essays Ross Gay 9781616207922 Nonfiction Algonquin Books Workman Publishing Co., Inc. The New York Times bestselling book of essays celebrating ordinary delights in the world aro...
Amen Corner: How The National Media Shaped Public Opinion On Gay Marriage
Amen Corner: How The National Media Shaped Public Opinion On Gay Marriage Gwen Richardson 9780980025002 Nonfiction Cushcity Communications Cushcity Communications In 2004, Gallup polls showed that 42 ...
Black Gay Man: Essays
Black Gay Man: Essays Robert F. Reid-Pharr 9780814775035 Nonfiction New York University Press New York University Press The landmark book that established Robert Reid-Pharr as one of America’s most ex...
And Then He Sang a Lullaby
And Then He Sang a Lullaby Ani Kayode 9780802160751 Fiction Roxane Gay Books Grove Atlantic, Inc. The inaugural title from Roxane Gay Books, And Then He Sang a Lullaby is a searingly honest and resona...
Ross Gay and Noah Davis
Ross Gay and Noah Davis MULTIPLE Ross Gay and Noah Davis are acclaimed authors known for their influential works. Gay, a poet and professor, excels in exploring human emotions. Davis, an artist and w...
One More River to Cross: Black & Gay in America
One More River to Cross: Black & Gay in America Keith Boykin 9780385479837 Fiction Anchor Penguin Random House In the aftermath of the historic 1993 March on Washington for gay and lesbian rights, Kei...
Ross Gay
Ross Gay 0000000040706017 Born in 1974, Ross Gay is a renowned author and editor, known for his books 'Against Which', 'Bringing the Shovel Down', and 'Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude'. He co-authored...
Favorite 50 African American Authors and Favorite 100 Titles of the 20th Century
Favorite 50 African American Authors and Favorite 100 Titles of the 20th Century Troy Johnson Article AALBC.com’s Favorite 50 African American Authorsand Favorite 100 Titles...
Wash Day: Passing on the Legacy, Rituals, and Love of Natural Hair
Wash Day: Passing on the Legacy, Rituals, and Love of Natural Hair Tomesha Faxio 9780593579718 Nonfiction Clarkson Potter Penguin Random House A visual celebration of natural Black hair that highlight...
8 Ways Bookstores Can Engage the eReading Community
8 Ways Bookstores Can Engage the eReading Community Shawneda Marks Article Here are 8 ways brick and mortar stores can welcome indie and eBook authors. Introduce readers to indie authors...
Ross Gay and Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Ross Gay and Aimee Nezhukumatathil MULTIPLE Ross Gay and Aimee Nezhukumatathil are acclaimed authors known for their powerful poetry and essays, exploring themes of nature, love, and cultural identit...
New Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African Descent
New Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African Descent Margaret Busby 9780062912985 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins The companion to the classic anthology Daughters o...
Black Panther: World of Wakanda
Black Panther: World of Wakanda Ta-Nehisi Coates and Roxane Gay 9781302906504 Fiction Marvel Press Marvel Comics The world building of Wakanda continues in a love story where tenderness is matched onl...
Like One of The Family
Like One of The Family Alice Childress 9780807050743 Fiction Beacon Press Beacon Press A new edition of Alice Childress’s classic novel about African American domestic workers, featuring a foreword ...
Light Skin Gone to Waste
Light Skin Gone to Waste Toni Ann Johnson 9780820363066 Fiction University of Georgia Press University of Georgia Press Toni Ann Johnson has been named this year’s winner of the Flannery O’Connor Awar...
Author: The Portraits of Beowulf Sheehan
Author: The Portraits of Beowulf Sheehan Beowulf Sheehan 9780316515153 Nonfiction Black Dog & Leventhal Hachette Book Group A beautiful and moving collection of photographs by Beowulf Sheehan, whose w...
The Meaning of Michelle: 16 Writers on the Iconic First Lady and How Her Journey Inspires Our Own
The Meaning of Michelle: 16 Writers on the Iconic First Lady and How Her Journey Inspires Our Own Veronica Chambers 9781250160232 Fiction Picador Macmillan Publishers “Whenever I think about Michelle ...
I Almost Forgot about You
I Almost Forgot about You Terry McMillan 9781101902592 Fiction Crown Publishing Group Penguin Random House Original Hardcover Published June 7, 2016 #1 AALBC.com bestselling author, Terry McMillan is...
If I Only Had a Horn: Young Louis Armstrong
If I Only Had a Horn: Young Louis Armstrong Roxane Orgill 9780618250769 Nonfiction HMH Books for Young Readers Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Roxane Orgill’s vivid words and Leonard Jenkins’s dramatic pict...
Don’t Shoot! I’m Coming Out
Don’t Shoot! I’m Coming Out Kam Williams Book Review ’This book is dedicated to young men who are battling with their sexual orientation and to those men who embrace their homosexua...
Evidence of Being: The Black Gay Cultural Renaissance and the Politics of Violence
Evidence of Being: The Black Gay Cultural Renaissance and the Politics of Violence Darius Bost 9780226589824 Nonfiction University of Chicago Press University of Chicago Press Evidence of Being opens ...
The Book of (More) Delights: Essays
The Book of (More) Delights: Essays Ross Gay 9781643756356 Nonfiction Algonquin Books Workman Publishing Co., Inc. From the bestselling author of The Book of Delights and award-winning poet comes a bo...
Delights: Book 2: Essays
Delights: Book 2: Essays Ross Gay 9781643753096 Nonfiction Algonquin Books Workman Publishing Co., Inc. From bestselling author of The Book of Delights and award-winning poet Ross Gay, a fresh new vol...
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 ...
Best Black Gay Erotica
Best Black Gay Erotica Darieck Scott 9781573442046 Fiction Cleis Press Cleis Press A powerful collection celebrating sex between black men, Best Black Gay Erotica raises the standard for literary porn...
Rasool Berry, Maliek Blade, and Jermone Gay Jr.
Rasool Berry, Maliek Blade, and Jermone Gay Jr. MULTIPLE Rasool Berry is a teaching pastor at The Bridge Church, podcast host, and director at Our Daily Bread Ministries. Dr. Maliek Blade is the CEO ...
Jerome Gay Jr.
Jerome Gay Jr. NONE Jerome Gay Jr., founding pastor of Vision Church, Raleigh, is dedicated to promoting gospel-centered churches in urban areas. He authored “The Whitewashing of Christianity” and “R...
Gay Rebel of the Harlem Ren…
Gay Rebel of the Harlem Ren… Thumper Book Review Richard Bruce Nugent is the best well-kept secret of the Harlem Renaissance. Nugent isn’t unheard of in the annals of the Renaissance; ...
Three Famous Authors Describe a Few of Their Favorite Bookstores
Three Famous Authors Describe a Few of Their Favorite Bookstores Book Spotlights
Marcus Books of San Francisco Evicted—Should We Care?
Marcus Books of San Francisco Evicted—Should We Care? Troy Johnson Article Back in the the summer of 2013, I joined the fight to help save Marcus Books. My motivation was not solely limited to savin...
Only 54 Black Owned Bookstores Remain in America
Only 54 Black Owned Bookstores Remain in America Troy Johnson Article This is a follow up to an article, “Death of the Black Owned, Independent, Book...
Death of the Black Owned, Independent, Bookstore
Death of the Black Owned, Independent, Bookstore Troy Johnson Article Editor's Note: We published an update of our bookstores in March of 2014. One of the very first things I put on AA...
Blanche Richardson
Blanche Richardson NONE Blanche Richardson, a seasoned book editor and manager of Marcus Books, one of the oldest African American owned bookstores in the US, has contributed significantly to literat...
Nicole, Tiphanie, and Glory's Favorite Bookstores
Nicole, Tiphanie, and Glory's Favorite Bookstores Book Spotlights
Juliet Takes a Breath
Juliet Takes a Breath Gabby Rivera 9780593108178 Fiction Dial Penguin Random House A People magazine Best Book of Fall 2019An Amazon Best Young Adult Book of 2019"F***ing outstanding."—Roxane Gay, New...
Our Caribbean: A Gathering Of Lesbian And Gay Writing From The Antilles
Our Caribbean: A Gathering Of Lesbian And Gay Writing From The Antilles Thomas Glave 9780822342267 Nonfiction Duke University Press Books Duke University Press Books The first book of its kind, Our Ca...
How Could My Husband Be Gay?
How Could My Husband Be Gay? Kam Williams Book Review Have you ever ignored any red flags regarding your mate? "How Could My Husband Be Gay?" may cause you to never make that mistake agai...
How to Tell If Your Man Is Gay or Bisexual
How to Tell If Your Man Is Gay or Bisexual Shahrazad Ali 9780933405103 Nonfiction Civilized Publications Civilized Publications How to Tell If Your Man Is Gay or Bisexual offers guidance aimed at help...
Lace & Pyrite: Letters from Two Gardens
Lace & Pyrite: Letters from Two Gardens Ross Gay and Aimee Nezhukumatathil 9781734580273 Poetry Get Fresh Books Publishing Get Fresh Books Publishing Originally published by Organic Weapon Arts in 201...
Be Holding: A Poem
Be Holding: A Poem Ross Gay 9780822966234 Poetry University of Pittsburgh Press University of Pittsburgh Press Winner, 2021 PEN/Jean Stein AwardWinner, 2022 Indiana Author Award in Poetry Be Holding i...
Black Like Us: A Century of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual African American Fiction
Black Like Us: A Century of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual African American Fiction Andrew Helfer 9781573447140 Nonfiction Cleis Press Cleis Press Winner of the 2003 Lambda Literary Award for Fiction Anth...
Brother To Brother: New Writing By Black Gay Men
Brother To Brother: New Writing By Black Gay Men Essex Hemphill 9780978625115 Nonfiction RedBone Press RedBone Press Literary Nonfiction. African American Studies. LGBT Studies. BROTHER TO BROTHER, be...
James Baldwin (G& Lw) (Gay and Lesbian Writers)
James Baldwin (G& Lw) (Gay and Lesbian Writers) Randall Kenan 9780791082218 Nonfiction Chelsea House Publications Chelsea House Publications Author of Go Tell it on the Mountain, Baldwin was a minorit...
Why I Hate Abercrombie & Fitch: Essays On Race and Sexuality (Sexual Cultures)
Why I Hate Abercrombie & Fitch: Essays On Race and Sexuality (Sexual Cultures) Dwight McBride 9780814756850 Fiction New York University Press New York University Press Why hate Abercrombie? In a world...
Richard Bruce Nugent
Richard Bruce Nugent 0000000108136373 Richard Bruce Nugent, a notable figure in the Harlem Renaissance, was a pioneering openly gay writer and painter. Celebrated for his contributions to gay and bla...
Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was, and Who God Has Always Been
Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was, and Who God Has Always Been Amanda Robinson Book Review In the midst of arguably a time of the greatest push for the advocacy of LGBT acceptance, Jackie Hi...
James Baldwin 3-Book Box Set: Giovanni’s Room, If Beale Street Could Talk, and Go Tell It on the Mountain
James Baldwin 3-Book Box Set: Giovanni’s Room, If Beale Street Could Talk, and Go Tell It on the Mountain James Baldwin 9780593689714 Fiction Vintage Penguin Random House Celebrating the Centenary of ...
Mr. Loverman
Mr. Loverman Bernardine Evaristo 9781617752728 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books Winner of the Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBT Fiction"Evaristo’s confident control of the language, her vibrant use of h...
My Favorite Readings from the 2013 National Book Award Finalists
My Favorite Readings from the 2013 National Book Award Finalists Troy Johnson Article I covered this year's National Book Foundation's National Book Awards Finalists Reading for AALBC.com. The readin...
Manifesto: On Never Giving Up
Manifesto: On Never Giving Up Bernardine Evaristo 9780802158901 Nonfiction Grove Press Grove Atlantic, Inc. From the bestselling and Booker Prize-winning author of Girl, Woman, Other, Bernardine Evari...
Bedrock Faith
Bedrock Faith Eric Charles May 9781617751967 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books One of Roxane Gay’s Top 10 Books of 2014One of Booklist’s Top 10 First Novels of 2014One of the Chicago Reader’s Favori...
Honey, Honey, Miss Thang: Being Black, Gay, and on the Streets
Honey, Honey, Miss Thang: Being Black, Gay, and on the Streets Leon E. Pettiway 9781566394987 Nonfiction Temple University Press Temple University Press Many straight Americans would never embrace hom...
How Google Uses Their Search Engine to Hijack Traffic from Web-based Bookstores
How Google Uses Their Search Engine to Hijack Traffic from Web-based Bookstores Book Spotlights
Debra Owsley
Debra Owsley NONE Debra Owsley, avid reader and hairstylist, transformed her passion into a business, Simply Said Reading Accessories and LitVersation. She collaborates with bestselling authors, book...
Wandering in Strange Lands: A Daughter of the Great Migration Reclaims Her Roots
Wandering in Strange Lands: A Daughter of the Great Migration Reclaims Her Roots Morgan Jerkins 9780062873040 Nonfiction Harper HarperCollins Named one of the most anticipated books of the year by ELL...
DON’T SHOOT! I’m Coming Out ~ How to "Man-Up" and Set Heterosexuals "Straight"
DON’T SHOOT! I’m Coming Out ~ How to "Man-Up" and Set Heterosexuals "Straight" Benn Setfrey 9780977428205 Nonfiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing Benn Setfrey turns the tables and pu...
Thomas Glave
Thomas Glave NONE Bronx-born author Thomas Glave, educated at Bowdoin College and Brown University, is recognized for his contribution to LGBT literature. A Fulbright Scholar, he co-founded Jamaica's...
Host a Listening Party for SHUT UP AND READ!
Host a Listening Party for SHUT UP AND READ! Jeannine A. Cook Article .image:hover { transform: translateY(-5px); box-shadow: 0 12px 24px rgba(255, 126, 3, 0.4); } Host a Listening Pa...
Hannah Oliver Depp Describes Loyalty Bookstores
Hannah Oliver Depp Describes Loyalty Bookstores Book Spotlights
October Bestsellers, Award Winning Books, New Bookstores and More
October Bestsellers, Award Winning Books, New Bookstores and More Troy Johnson Article Bestselling Books September/October 2017 The fiction category was dominated by Sadeqa Johnson’s novel Second ...
Plan It!: The Complete Resource Guide for Authors, Book Clubs & Literary Event Planners
Plan It!: The Complete Resource Guide for Authors, Book Clubs & Literary Event Planners Sharon Lucas 9781625179661 Nonfiction Brown Girls Books Brown Girls Books Read a Free Preview of the “The Perf...
Only 54 Black Owned Indie Bookstores Left in America
Only 54 Black Owned Indie Bookstores Left in America Book Spotlights
The Importance of Independent Black Owned Bookstores
The Importance of Independent Black Owned Bookstores Book Spotlights
Seina Wedlick
Seina Wedlick NONE Seina Wedlick is an avid reader and writer, often found exploring or at the beach with her family. She loves pairing books with snacks, visiting bookstores, and collecting postcard...
Black-Owned Bookstores Directory
The most comprehensive global directory of Black-owned physical and online bookstores. Find local independent Black booksellers.
Word of Life Christian Bookstores
Word of Life Christian Bookstores Los Angeles CA Word of Life Christian Bookstore was started in 1961, by Joe & Evelyn Curtiss. Today, Word of Life is a leading Christian Retailer in the Los Angeles c...
Stacey Lyn Evans
Stacey Lyn Evans NONE Stacey Lyn Evans, a renowned author and poet, has written for stage and TV, and performed her poetry nationwide. Her book REAL SOUL FOOD has made its way into major bookstores a...
Christine Pauls
Christine Pauls NONE Christine Pauls, from Wilmington, DE, is an accomplished author of novels including her latest release “One Good Thing” (2017). Besides being a writer, she's an accountant in the...