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Never Stop: A Memoir
Never Stop: A Memoir Simba Sana 9781572841925 Nonfiction Agate Bolden Agate Publishing, Inc Never Stop is the wrenching memoir of Simba Sana, the co-founder and CEO of Karibu Books, a major indie book...
Simba Sana
Simba Sana NONE Simba Sana overcame hardships in Washington, D.C. to graduate with degrees in Accounting, Business and Finance, and African Studies. He left his auditing job to join Karibu Books, gro...
A-Dziko Simba Gegele
A-Dziko Simba Gegele NONE A-Dziko Simba Gegele is a prize-winning author, known for her debut novel, “All Over Again” which won the 2014 Burt Award for Caribbean Literature. Born in England of Nigeri...
Sana Butler
Sana Butler NONE Sana Butler, renowned author of 'Children of the Crop', is the daughter of Peter Vertrees, born 1845 in Kentucky. She has been pictured with Lillie Odom in Lebanon, TN. Sana Butler i...
Sugar Of The Crop: My Journey To Find The Children Of Slaves
Sugar Of The Crop: My Journey To Find The Children Of Slaves Sana Butler 9781599213750 Nonfiction Lyons Press Lyons Press Sugar of the Crop is the story of an unprecedented quest to find the last surv...
All Over Again
All Over Again A-Dziko Simba Gegele 9789769543614 Fiction Blouse and Skirt Books Blue Moon Publishing Conjuring the precise emotional mire that is an adolescent boy’s daily life, A-dZiko Simba Gegele’...
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...
Sana Butler talks about her book Sugar of the Crop: My Journey to Find the Children of Slaves
Sana Butler talks about her book Sugar of the Crop: My Journey to Find the Children of Slaves Book Spotlights
Caribbean Reads Publishing
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Caribbean Reads Publishing
Caribbean Reads Publishing Caribbean Reads Publishing Caribbean Reads Publishing
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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...
Memoir: Delaware County Prison
Memoir: Delaware County Prison Thumper Book Review Memoir: Delaware County Prison by Reginald L. Hall is a non-fiction account of the eight months Hall, an openly gay man, spent in prison for credit...
Can’t Stop Won’t Stop : A History of the Hip Hop Generation
Can’t Stop Won’t Stop : A History of the Hip Hop Generation Jeff Chang 9780312425791 Nonfiction Sutton Place Publishers, Incorporated Sutton Place Publishers, Incorporated Featuring an introduction by...
Stop the Music
Stop the Music Cynthia Eileen Johnson 9780966299700 Fiction Black Butterfly Publishing & Marketing Black Butterfly Publishing & Marketing Stop the Music is a bold but sensitive novel that explores the...
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 ...
A Golden Legacy: Faith, Family, and a Life of Purpose—A Memoir
A Golden Legacy: Faith, Family, and a Life of Purpose—A Memoir Samuel P. Golden with Angie Ransome-Jones 9798999778406 Nonfiction AALBC Legacy Press African American Literature Book Club Also Availabl...
A Golden Legacy (paperback): Faith, Family, and a Life of Purpose—A Memoir
A Golden Legacy (paperback): Faith, Family, and a Life of Purpose—A Memoir Samuel P. Golden with Angie Ransome-Jones 9798999778413 Nonfiction AALBC Legacy Press African American Literature Book Club A...
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...
Iron Balloons: Fiction from Jamaica’s Calabash Writer’s Workshop
Iron Balloons: Fiction from Jamaica’s Calabash Writer’s Workshop Colin Channer 9781933354057 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books Reggae’s rebel spirit blazes in this hot selection of short fiction fro...
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...
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...
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 ...
Olivia Aserr
Olivia Aserr NONE Olivia Aserr is a half-Egyptian, half-Irish American illustrator of A Mermaid Girl by Sana Rafi and Mama in Congress: Rashida Tlaib's Journey to Washington by Rashida Tlaib and Mir...
Super Model Pat Cleveland Reads from her Memoir
Super Model Pat Cleveland Reads from her Memoir Book Spotlights
Stop Being Niggardly: And Nine Other Things Black People Need to Stop Doing
Stop Being Niggardly: And Nine Other Things Black People Need to Stop Doing Karen Hunter 9781476791418 Nonfiction Karen Hunter Publishing Simon & Schuster, Inc. nig·gard·ly (adj.) [nig’erd-le]1. sting...
Stop Being Niggardly: And Nine Other Things Black People Need To Stop Doing
Stop Being Niggardly: And Nine Other Things Black People Need To Stop Doing Karen Hunter 9781416563747 Nonfiction Gallery Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. nig·gard·ly (adj.) [nig’erd-le]1. stingy, miserly...
Invisible Boy: A Memoir of Self-Discovery
Invisible Boy: A Memoir of Self-Discovery Harrison Mooney 9781586423469 Nonfiction Truth to Power Steerforth Press An unforgettable coming-of-age memoir awaits in Harrison Mooney’s powerful debut, a s...
Memoir Maven
Memoir Maven Memoir Maven Publishing Memoir Maven Publishing Memoir Maven Publishing is a contemporary self publishing company. Established in 2016, their mission is to release true, impactful storie...
Memoir Maven Publishing
Memoir Maven Publishing Memoir Maven Publishing Memoir Maven Memoir Maven Publishing is a contemporary self publishing company. Established in 2016, their mission is to release true, impactful storie...
If I Stop I’ll Die: The Comedy and Tragedy of Richard Pryor
If I Stop I’ll Die: The Comedy and Tragedy of Richard Pryor John A. Williams and Dennis A. Williams 9781560250623 Fiction Da Capo Press Perseus Books Group Though it would be hard to imagine an Americ...
Being Somebody and Black Besides: An Untold Memoir of Midcentury Black Life
Being Somebody and Black Besides: An Untold Memoir of Midcentury Black Life George Nesbitt 9780226783123 Nonfiction University of Chicago Press University of Chicago Press An immersive multigeneration...
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...
Pulling the Chariot of the Sun: A Memoir of a Kidnapping
Pulling the Chariot of the Sun: A Memoir of a Kidnapping Shane McCrae 9781668021743 Nonfiction Scribner Book Company Simon & Schuster, Inc. Vulture’s #1 Memoir of 2023 An unforgettable, “lyrical an...
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...
At Home with Muhammad Ali: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Forgiveness
At Home with Muhammad Ali: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Forgiveness Hana Ali 9780062917393 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins Muhammad Ali’s daughter captures the legendary heavyweight boxing champion, O...
Growing Up King: An Intimate Memoir
Growing Up King: An Intimate Memoir Dexter Scott King 9780446692373 Nonfiction Warner Books Hachette Book Group Growing Up King: An Intimate Memoir by Dexter Scott King is a deeply personal account fr...
Where Tomorrows Aren’t Promised: A Memoir of Survival and Hope
Where Tomorrows Aren’t Promised: A Memoir of Survival and Hope Carmelo Anthony with D. Watkins 9781982160593 Nonfiction Gallery Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Read an excusive interview with Carmelo Ant...
How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir
How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir Saeed Jones 9781501132742 Nonfiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. >From award-winning poet Saeed Jones, How We Fight for Our Lives is a stunning coming-...
The Book of Jose: A Memoir
The Book of Jose: A Memoir Fat Joe and Shaheem Reid 9780593230640 Nonfiction Roc Lit 101 Penguin Random House Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum–selling artist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Fat Joe ...
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...
Never Wear Red Lipstick: 8 Lies That Stop Black Women from Succeeding in Life and Business
Never Wear Red Lipstick: 8 Lies That Stop Black Women from Succeeding in Life and Business Shaundale Rénā Book Review I was surprised by Never Wear Red Lipstick: 8 Lies That Stop Black Women from Suc...
Jeff Chang
Jeff Chang 0000000367675451 Jeff Chang, renowned cultural critic and author of award-winning books such as 'Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation' and 'Who We Be: The Colorizatio...
Seventh Child: A Family Memoir of Malcolm X
Seventh Child: A Family Memoir of Malcolm X Rodnell P. Collins and A. Peter Bailey 9780758201171 Nonfiction Kensington Kensington Publishing Corp. SINCE MALCOLM X EXPLOSIVE AUTOBIOGRAAPHY THIS IS THE ...
19 Years Old & 19 Men Later: A Memoir
19 Years Old & 19 Men Later: A Memoir Kam Williams Book Review “I wrote this book as a guide for young women so that they won’t make the same mistakes I’ve made… I really...
Clarence Thomas’ Ex Expounds on Steamy Memoir Vindicating Anita Hill
Clarence Thomas’ Ex Expounds on Steamy Memoir Vindicating Anita Hill Kam Williams Interview Retired Justice Lillian McEwen was born, raised and educated in Washington, D.C. Her stellar legal care...
Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America
Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America Michael Eric Dyson 9781250776679 Nonfiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers “Elegantly written, Tears We Cannot Stop is powerful in several ar...
Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud, A Memoir
Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud, A Memoir Cornel West 9781401921903 Nonfiction SmileyBooks Penguin Random House New York Times best-selling author Cornel West is one of America’s most provoc...
Brother West: Living And Loving Out Loud, A Memoir
Brother West: Living And Loving Out Loud, A Memoir Cornel West 9781401921897 Nonfiction SmileyBooks Penguin Random House New York Times best-selling author Cornel West is one of America’s most provoc...
Tenderheaded: A Memoir
Tenderheaded: A Memoir Michaela angela Davis 9781668036310 Nonfiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. The compelling memoir that explores race, cultural representation, Black media’s legacy, p...
Fearless and Free: A Memoir
Fearless and Free: A Memoir Josephine Baker 9780593853696 Nonfiction Tiny Reparations Books Penguin Random House “A gorgeous, captivating gem of a memoir…Josephine Baker’s as enthralling on the page a...
Maybe an Artist, a Graphic Memoir
Maybe an Artist, a Graphic Memoir Liz Montague 9780593307816 Nonfiction Random House Studio Penguin Random House A heartfelt and funny graphic novel memoir from one of the first Black female cartoonis...
The Graphomaniac’s Primer: A Semi-Surrealist Memoir
The Graphomaniac’s Primer: A Semi-Surrealist Memoir Walter Mosley 9781574781366 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press “A memoir about the beginnings of my journey on the page. My half-ba...
You Should Really Write A Book: How To Write, Sell, And Market Your Memoir
You Should Really Write A Book: How To Write, Sell, And Market Your Memoir Regina Brooks and Brenda Lane Richardson 9780312609344 Nonfiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers Even if you don’t...
Condoleezza Rice: A Memoir of My Extraordinary, Ordinary Family and Me
Condoleezza Rice: A Memoir of My Extraordinary, Ordinary Family and Me Condoleezza Rice 9780385738804 Nonfiction Ember Ember In this captivating memoir for young people, looking back with candor and...
Let Go of the Guilt: Stop Beating Yourself Up and Take Back Your Joy
Let Go of the Guilt: Stop Beating Yourself Up and Take Back Your Joy Valorie Burton 9780785220213 Nonfiction Thomas Nelson HarperCollins Christian Publishing Break Your Guilt Habit! In Let Go of the G...
Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America
Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America Michael Eric Dyson Article Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White AmericaBeloved, the deed has been done. We have—since that ’we’ mu...
Please Stop Helping Us: How Liberals Make It Harder for Blacks to Succeed
Please Stop Helping Us: How Liberals Make It Harder for Blacks to Succeed Jason L. Riley 9781594037252 Nonfiction Encounter Books Encounter Books Why is it that so many efforts by liberals to lift the...
Charlie’s Boy: A Memoir
Charlie’s Boy: A Memoir D.L. Hughley 9780063435438 Nonfiction William Morrow & Company HarperCollins The long-awaited memoir from comedy legend and author of multiple New York Times bestsellers, Charl...
The House of Hidden Meanings: A Memoir
The House of Hidden Meanings: A Memoir RuPaul 9780063263901 Nonfiction Dey Street Books HarperCollins From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and person...
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...
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...
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 ...
Pushing Hope: An Illustrated Memoir of Survival
Pushing Hope: An Illustrated Memoir of Survival Raymond Santana 9781662681400 Nonfiction Calkins Creek Boyds Mills Press A School Library Journal Best Book ☆ School Library Journal, starred revi...
Pulling the Chariot of the Sun: A Memoir of a Kidnapping
Pulling the Chariot of the Sun: A Memoir of a Kidnapping Shane McCrae 9781668021750 Nonfiction Scribner Book Company Simon & Schuster, Inc. An unforgettable, “lyrical and poignant” (The Washington Pos...
Neglected but Undefeated: The Life Of A Boy Who Never Knew A Mother’s Love
Neglected but Undefeated: The Life Of A Boy Who Never Knew A Mother’s Love Carol Taylor Book Review Born in 1987, Jonathan Anthony Burkett has lived a young life that reads like fiction: vicious be...
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...
Nephew: A Memoir in 4-Part Harmony
Nephew: A Memoir in 4-Part Harmony MK Asante 9780063275294 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins As urgent, resonant, and essential as The Fire Next Time and Between the World and Me, a poetic, raw, and in...
Nephew: A Memoir in 4-Part Harmony
Nephew: A Memoir in 4-Part Harmony MK Asante 9780063275287 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins As urgent, resonant, and essential as The Fire Next Time and Between the World and Me, a poetic, raw, and in...
Flavor Flav: The Icon The Memoir
Flavor Flav: The Icon The Memoir Flava Flav 9780982702772 Nonfiction Farrah Gray Publishing, Inc. Farrah Gray Publishing, Inc. From his twenty-five years as a member of one of the most influential hip...
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 Deeper the Roots: A Memoir of Hope and Home
The Deeper the Roots: A Memoir of Hope and Home Michael Tubbs 9781250173447 Nonfiction Flatiron Books: An Oprah Book Macmillan Publishers The making of a visionary political leader—and a blueprint for...
The Sixth Man: A Memoir
The Sixth Man: A Memoir Andre Iguodala with Carvell Wallace 9780525533986 Nonfiction Blue Rider Press Penguin Random House The standout memoir from NBA powerhouse Andre Iguodala, the indomitable sixth...
Never Wear Red Lipstick: 8 Lies That Stop Black Women from Succeeding in Life and Business
Never Wear Red Lipstick: 8 Lies That Stop Black Women from Succeeding in Life and Business Karmetria Burton 9798889833000 Nonfiction Broadleaf Books 1517 Media A guide for Black women to unlock th...
Mainline Mama: A Memoir
Mainline Mama: A Memoir Keeonna Harris 9780063205697 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins A powerful and wrenchingly intimate memoir about the formidable challenge of raising a family separated by prison ...
Around the Way Girl: A Memoir
Around the Way Girl: A Memoir Taraji P. Henson and Denene Millner 9781501126000 Nonfiction Atria / 37 Ink Simon & Schuster, Inc. Taraji’s memoir is smart, funny as hell and full of that good truth—the...
I Lived to Tell the Story: A Memoir of Love, Legacy, and Resilience
I Lived to Tell the Story: A Memoir of Love, Legacy, and Resilience Tamika D. Mallory 9781982173494 Nonfiction Atria / Black Privilege Publishing Simon & Schuster, Inc. A powerful and heartfelt memoir...
Bad Boy: A Graphic Memoir
Bad Boy: A Graphic Memoir Walter Dean Myers 9780063099920 Nonfiction Quill Tree Books HarperCollins A gripping graphic memoir adaptation of legendary, multi-award-winning author Walter Dean Myers’s au...
Air Traffic: A Memoir of Ambition and Manhood in America
Air Traffic: A Memoir of Ambition and Manhood in America Gregory Pardlo 9781524731762 Nonfiction Knopf Penguin Random House From the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning poet: an extraordinary memoir and bl...
My Song: A Memoir by Harry Belafonte
My Song: A Memoir by Harry Belafonte Robert Fleming Book Review My Song: A Memoir is the story of a blessed life, that of Harry Belafonte, the mythic musician, actor, humanitarian, and social activ...
The Millionaire Makeover
The Millionaire Makeover Naima Simone 9781682810989 Fiction Entangled Publishing Entangled Publishing He promised to stay away…but some promises are made to be broken. Plain-Jane computer programmer K...
If I Stop, I’ll Die: The Comedy and Tragedy of Richard Pryor
If I Stop, I’ll Die: The Comedy and Tragedy of Richard Pryor John A. Williams and Dennis A. Williams 9781560259183 Fiction Da Capo Press Perseus Books Group Though it is hard to imagine what America w...
The Marathon Don’t Stop: The Life and Times of Nipsey Hussle
The Marathon Don’t Stop: The Life and Times of Nipsey Hussle Rob Kenner 9781982140298 Nonfiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. The first in-depth biography of Nipsey Hussle, the hip hop mogul, ar...
Kwame Alexander Reads His Children’s Book THE UNDEFEATED
Kwame Alexander Reads His Children’s Book THE UNDEFEATED Book Spotlights
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
Rowan Ricardo Phillips Reads from His Collection of Poetry, HEAVEN
Rowan Ricardo Phillips Reads from His Collection of Poetry, HEAVEN Poetry & Spoken Word
Shahid Reads His Own Palm
Shahid Reads His Own Palm Reginald Dwayne Betts 9781882295814 Poetry Alice James Books Alice James Books Reginald Dwayne Betts sings mournfully, bearing witness within prisoners’ cells, pulling reader...
Victor LaValle reads from his novel Big Machine
Victor LaValle reads from his novel Big Machine Book Spotlights
Things Never Said
Things Never Said Kam Williams things-never-said.jpg Film Review Battered Wife Finds Strength in Poetry in Female Empowerment Flick Things Never Said In Theaters: Sep 6, 2013 Limited Rated R for s...
Truly: An Inspirational Journey Through the Life of a Musical Legend
Truly: An Inspirational Journey Through the Life of a Musical Legend Lionel Richie 9780063253643 Nonfiction HarperOne HarperCollins The Long-Awaited Memoir of the Legendary Lionel Richie As a story...
In The House Of The Interpreter: A Memoir
In The House Of The Interpreter: A Memoir Robert Fleming Book Review This stunning second memoir by noted Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, In The House Of The Interpreter, cover...
Panorama: The Missing Chapter: From the Memoir Views from the Cockpit
Panorama: The Missing Chapter: From the Memoir Views from the Cockpit Robert Fleming Book Review With Panorama – The Missing Chapter From The Memoir Views From The Cockpit: The Journey Of A Son...
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 ...
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...
Scenes from My Life: A Memoir
Scenes from My Life: A Memoir Michael K. Williams 9780593240373 Nonfiction Crown Publishing Group Penguin Random House ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: NPR When Michael K. Williams died on Septem...
The Last Holiday: A Memoir
The Last Holiday: A Memoir Gil Scott-Heron 9780802120571 Nonfiction Grove Press Grove Atlantic, Inc. The stunning memoir of Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner Gil Scott-Heron, The Last Holiday h...
Black Prisoner of War: A Conscientious Objector’s Vietnam Memoir
Black Prisoner of War: A Conscientious Objector’s Vietnam Memoir James A. Daly and Lee Bergman 9780700610600 Nonfiction University Press of Kansas University Press of Kansas Black Prisoner of War chro...
How We Fight for Our Lives
How We Fight for Our Lives Brianna-Christine Alicea Book Review As a recipient of the Pushcart Prize, and fellowships from Cave Canem and Queer/Art/Mentorship, Saeed Jones is a poet and the author of...