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Wizard World Portland
Wizard World Portland Portland Oregon Offers exciting family- friendly attractions for sci-fi, horror, anime and gaming.
Portland’s Book Festival
Portland’s Book Festival Portland Art Museum and Neighboring Venues Portland Oregon Portland Book Festival (formerly Wordstock) includes author discussions and activities for readers of all ages, an e...
Grant Bywaters
Grant Bywaters NONE Grant Bywaters, a former private investigator and current security worker at Portland Airport, is finishing his psychology degree at Portland State University. Living in Beaverton...
The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz Carly Gledhill 9780593114759 Fiction Viking Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House Bedtime Classics: charmingly illustrated board book editions of perennial favorites, simplifie...
Black Girl Unlimited: The Remarkable Story of a Teenage Wizard
Black Girl Unlimited: The Remarkable Story of a Teenage Wizard Echo Brown 9781250309853 Fiction Henry Holt & Company Macmillan Publishers Recipient of a 2021 William C. Morris Honor for a debut book p...
Wizard Of The Crow
Wizard Of The Crow Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o 9781400033843 Fiction Anchor Penguin Random House In exile now for more than twenty years, Kenyan novelist, playwright, poet and critic Ngugi wa Thiong’o has becom...
Gregory Gourdet
Gregory Gourdet NONE Gregory Gourdet, born 1975 in New York, is a renowned chef and health enthusiast. A Culinary Institute of America graduate, he trained under Jean-Georges Vongerichten and ran the...
Third Eye Books Accessories and Gifts
Third Eye Books Accessories and Gifts Portland OR Third Eye Books Accessories & Gifts LLC was founded in 2019 in Portland Oregon by Michelle Lewis and Charles Hannah. Our vision is to be the number on...
Vip: Lewis Latimer: Engineering Wizard
Vip: Lewis Latimer: Engineering Wizard Denise Lewis Patrick 9780062978073 Nonfiction HarperCollins HarperCollins Get ready to light up the world with Lewis Latimer in this exciting middle grade nonfic...
Battle for Sky Kingdom (Future Hero #4)
Battle for Sky Kingdom (Future Hero #4) Remi Blackwood 9781338790450 Fiction Scholastic Press Scholastic Inc. Jarell’s adventures continue in this exciting fourth installment of Future Hero! Unlike...
The Faithful Friend
The Faithful Friend Robert D. San Souci 9780689824586 Fiction Aladdin Simon & Schuster, Inc. A friendship is tested by love and magic in this beautiful retelling of a traditional tale from the French ...
The Weight
The Weight Jeff Boyd 9781668007266 Fiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. A powerful coming-of-age novel about a twenty-something Black musician living in predominantly white Portland, Oregon...
Six Weeks (A C. J. Cavanaugh Mystery)
Six Weeks (A C. J. Cavanaugh Mystery) Michael R. Lane 9798989194803 Fiction Bare Bones Press Bare Bones Press The Cavanaugh Investigation Agency registered its most profitable year to date. Earnings g...
Survival Math: Notes on an All-American Family
Survival Math: Notes on an All-American Family Mitchell S. Jackson 9781501131707 Fiction Scribner Book Company Simon & Schuster, Inc. In a thrillingly alive, candid new work, award-winning author Mitc...
Baba Wagué Diakité
Baba Wagué Diakité 0000000121436557 Baba Wagué Diakité, a Mali-born artist, found his roots in drawing before discovering claywork when he moved to the US. He has had numerous solo and group exhibi...
Michael R. Lane
Michael R. Lane NONE Michael R. Lane is an accomplished author with four decades of creative writing experience, including published poetry and short fiction. His passion for literature was honed thr...
Phillip Hoose
Phillip Hoose 0000000082818754 Phillip Hoose is a celebrated author, known for his award-winning books including 'Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice', 'Moonbird', 'The Boys Who Challenged Hitler'...
Samara Cole Doyon
Samara Cole Doyon NONE Samara Cole Doyon is a second-generation Haitian American and Mainer, working as a freelance writer and teacher. She is a regular contributor at Black Girl In Maine Media and h...
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 ...
Chris Stuck
Chris Stuck NONE Chris Stuck is a Portland-based freelance writer with an MFA in Fiction from George Mason University. He's a fiction fellow at several workshops, a Pushcart Prize winner, and has bee...
Neely Daggett
Neely Daggett NONE Neely Daggett, an Iranian American artist, born in Missouri (1982) and raised in Chicago, now resides in Portland, Oregon. She possesses degrees in psychology and graphic design. A...
Dreams In A Time Of War: A Childhood Memoir
Dreams In A Time Of War: A Childhood Memoir Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o 9780307378835 Nonfiction Pantheon Books Penguin Random House By the world-renowned novelist, playwright, critic, and author of Wizard of t...
Wrestling with the Devil: A Prison Memoir
Wrestling with the Devil: A Prison Memoir Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o 9781620973332 Fiction The New Press The New Press A New York Times Editors’ Choice"A welcome addition to the vast literature produced by jai...
HBF Publishers
HBF Publishers Loading About HBF Publishers http://www.hbfpublishers.comHBF Publishers is a publishing house dedicated to providing a unique and simple opportunity for African American authors to shar...
something to food about: Exploring Creativity with Innovative Chefs
something to food about: Exploring Creativity with Innovative Chefs Questlove and Ben Greenman 9780553459425 Nonfiction Clarkson Potter Penguin Random House In somethingtofoodabout, drummer, producer,...
The Good Braider
The Good Braider Terry Farish 9781477816288 Fiction Skyscape Amazon Publishing In spare free verse laced with unforgettable images, Viola’s strikingly original voice sings out the story of her family’...
Escape from the Clay City (Future Hero #3)
Escape from the Clay City (Future Hero #3) Remi Blackwood 9781338790429 Fiction Scholastic Press Scholastic Inc. The third installment of the action-packed Future Hero series—perfect for younger fans ...
The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle
The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle T. L. Huchu 9781250883063 Fiction Tor Books Macmillan Publishers In T. L. Huchu’s USA Today bestselling Edinburgh Nights series, the third book, The Mystery at Dunvegan ...
David Mogo Godhunter
David Mogo Godhunter Suyi Davies Okungbowa 9781781086490 Fiction Abaddon Books Abaddon Books WINNER OF THE 2020 NOMMO ILUBE AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL LAGOS WILL NOT BE DESTROYED The gods have fallen ...
Sleepless Nights: The Drew Smith Series (Book 1)
Sleepless Nights: The Drew Smith Series (Book 1) Norwood Holland 9780983165620 Fiction Windmill Books Windmill Books Sleepless Nights abounds with despicable and loveable characters. Trial attorney Dr...
Black Klansman: A Memoir
Black Klansman: A Memoir Ron Stallworth 9781250299048 Nonfiction Flatiron Books Macmillan Publishers The New York Times Bestseller!The extraordinary true story and basis for the major motion picture...
Becoming Black: Personal Ramblings on Racial Identification, Racism, and Popular Culture
Becoming Black: Personal Ramblings on Racial Identification, Racism, and Popular Culture David F. Walker 9780983355793 Nonfiction Drapetomedia Drapetomedia Have you ever wondered why Black characters ...
The Red Queen Dies: A Mystery (Detective Hannah Mccabe)
The Red Queen Dies: A Mystery (Detective Hannah Mccabe) Frankie Y. Bailey 9780312641757 Nonfiction Minotaur Books Minotaur Books Frankie Bailey introduces readers to a fabulous new protagonist and an ...
Racial Innocence: Performing American Childhood From Slavery To Civil Rights (America And The Long 19Th Century)
Racial Innocence: Performing American Childhood From Slavery To Civil Rights (America And The Long 19Th Century) Robin Bernstein 9780814787083 Nonfiction New York University Press New York University ...
Belly of the Beast
Belly of the Beast Caleb Alexander 9780982649909 Fiction Golden Ink Media Golden Ink Media Caleb Alexander has woven his most explosive and provocative tale to date. Belly of the Beast takes the reade...
The New Fantastic Four
The New Fantastic Four Dwayne McDuffie 9780785124832 Fiction Marvel Comics Marvel Comics In the absence of Mr. Fantastic and the Invisible Woman, Black Panther and Storm take up the challenge as the n...
Macnolia: Poems
Macnolia: Poems A. Van Jordan 9780393327649 Poetry W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. "Jordan is a wizard at capturing vernacular in both conventional forms and his own invention." —B...
Why Should White Guys Have All The Fun?: How Reginald Lewis Created A Billion-Dollar Business Empire
Why Should White Guys Have All The Fun?: How Reginald Lewis Created A Billion-Dollar Business Empire Reginald F. Lewis and Blair S. Walker 9781574780369 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Pr...
Tales to Astonish: Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, and the American Comic Book Revolution
Tales to Astonish: Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, and the American Comic Book Revolution Ronin Ro 9781582343457 Nonfiction Bloomsbury USA Bloomsbury Publishing The spectacular life and times of Jack Kirby, the...
Understanding the Tin Man: Why So Many Men Avoid Intimacy
Understanding the Tin Man: Why So Many Men Avoid Intimacy William July II 9780767905664 Nonfiction Insomniac Press Insomniac Press Why are men so afraid of showing their feelings? What scares men abo...
Intimate Betrayal
Intimate Betrayal Donna Hill 9781583140604 Fiction Kimani Press Kimani Press Reese Delaware is an investigative reporter with a burning drive to seek out the truth. But one story eludes her — her own....
Chloe Dominique
Chloe Dominique NONE Chloe Dominique is a freelance illustrator and concept artist based in the UK, working across animation, video games, and children's publishing. Chloe Dominique is a freelance il...
Cynthia Harris Casteel
Cynthia Harris Casteel NONE Cynthia Harris Casteel, a retired teacher and Maryland native, is an aspiring writer, playwright, and founder of the happiness organization, Frankie's Angels. Known for he...
Echo Brown
Echo Brown NONE Echo Brown is a renowned storyteller, author, and performer known for her one-woman show, 'Black Virgins Are Not for Hipsters'. She's also the author of 'Black Girl Unlimited'. Echo f...
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Kam Williams harry_16.jpg Film Review Harry Finds Himself Ostracized During His Fifth Year at Hogwarts Harry Potter and the Order of the ...
Dr. No
Dr. No Robert Fleming Book Review “…a hilarious, fantastic satire of our times and culture.” —Robert Fleming Bestselling author Percival Everett is a literary alchemist wi...
Columbus Short - The "Cadillac Records" Interview
Columbus Short - The "Cadillac Records" Interview Kam Williams Interview Columbus Short The Cadillac Records Interview Columbus Keith Short Jr. was born on September ...
Keith David - The "Delta Farce" Interview
Keith David - The "Delta Farce" Interview Kam Williams Interview Keith David Williams was born in Harlem on June 4, 1956. His thirst for the stage was whetted at an early age when he played t...
Skin & Bones (paperback)
Skin & Bones (paperback) Renée Watson 9780316570893 Fiction Little, Brown and Company Hachette Book Group Best Book of May 2024 by New York Post. Finalist for the 2024 Westport Prize for Literature. ...
Piecing Me Together
Piecing Me Together Renée Watson 9781681191058 Fiction Bloomsbury USA Children's Books Bloomsbury Publishing “Watson, with rhythm and style, somehow gets at the toxicity of sympathy, the unquenchable ...
Invisible Son
Invisible Son Kim Johnson 9780593482100 Fiction Random House Penguin Random House From the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of This Is My America comes another thriller about a wrongly ac...
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...
This Side of Home
This Side of Home Renée Watson 9781619639300 Fiction Bloomsbury USA Children's Books Bloomsbury Publishing A captivating and poignant coming-of-age urban YA debut about sisters, friends, and what it m...
The Residue Years
The Residue Years Mitchell S. Jackson 9781620400296 Fiction Bloomsbury USA Bloomsbury Publishing Mitchell S. Jackson grew up black in a neglected neighborhood in America’s whitest city, Portland, Oreg...
Dieudonne Mayi
Dieudonne Mayi NONE DieudonnÑ Mayi, originally from Cameroon, is a Computer Engineering graduate who later earned a Master's in Political Sciences. He founded SARNA, a community-based organization f...
Michael B. Jordan The “Fruitvale Station” Interview with AALBC.com
Michael B. Jordan The “Fruitvale Station” Interview with AALBC.com Kam Williams Interview Emerging Actor Discusses His Breakout Role as the Late Oscar Grant Born in Santa Ana on February 9, 1987...
Everything New Again Deluxe Limited Edition
Everything New Again Deluxe Limited Edition Renée Watson 9781547605835 Fiction Bloomsbury YA Bloomsbury Publishing Deluxe limited edition will include stenciled edges and a designed case cover! #1 ...
ZsamΘ Morgan Founder of Babycake’s Book Stack Bookmobile, St. Paul, MN
ZsamΘ Morgan Founder of Babycake’s Book Stack Bookmobile, St. Paul, MN Book Spotlights Recorded during the American Booksellers Assoication’s Children’s Insititute June 12, 2025, Portland, Oregon. Lea...
Verlean Singletary and Courtney Woods Owners of Da Book Joint Bookstore Chicago, IL
Verlean Singletary and Courtney Woods Owners of Da Book Joint Bookstore Chicago, IL Book Spotlights Recorded during the American Booksellers Assoication's Children's Insititute, June 12, 2025, Portlan...
Dave Landry Co-Founder of CLASS Bookstore, Houston, TX
Dave Landry Co-Founder of CLASS Bookstore, Houston, TX Book Spotlights Recorded during the American Booksellers Assoication’s Children’s Insititute June 13, 2025, Portland, Oregon. Learn more about th...
Black Girl You Are Atlas
Black Girl You Are Atlas Renée Watson 9780593461709 Fiction Kokila Penguin Random House A thoughtful celebration of Black girlhood by award-winning author and poet Renée Watson. In t...
The Butcher (A C. J. Cavanaugh Mystery)
The Butcher (A C. J. Cavanaugh Mystery) Michael R. Lane 9780971645387 Fiction Bare Bones Press Bare Bones Press Kylie Preston is out for a night of fun with The Liberated Wives Club, a group of close ...
State of Emergency: How We Win in the Country We Built
State of Emergency: How We Win in the Country We Built Tamika D. Mallory 9781982173470 Nonfiction Atria / Black Privilege Publishing Simon & Schuster, Inc. Social justice leader Tamika D. Mallory stat...
A Song Below Water
A Song Below Water Bethany C. Morrow 9781250315328 Fiction Tor Teen Macmillan Publishers Bethany C. Morrow’s A Song Below Water is the story for today’s readers — a captivating modern fantasy about bl...
Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America
Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America Ibi Zoboi 9780062698728 Fiction Balzer + Bray HarperCollins Edited by National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi, and featuring some of the most acc...
The Gem Connection
The Gem Connection Robert Fleming Book Review This is the usual jewel heist, complicated by a ruthless murder. These are the facts: Wealthy jeweler Clinton Windell, a man who is used to getting his o...
Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins: Black Daughter of the Revolution (Gender and American Culture)
Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins: Black Daughter of the Revolution (Gender and American Culture) Lois Brown 9780807831663 Nonfiction University of North Carolina Press University of North Carolina Press Born...
Ashley June Reese
Ashley June Reese NONE Ashley June Reese is Creative Director of Black Interior Designers, Inc. (BID). Her Houston-based design firm, House of June Interiors, works with a roster of clients from Bos...
Grand Gesture Books
Grand Gesture Books Portland OR A queer Black woman-owned romance bookstore (store photo by @fourfotophotography).
Adam Henig
Adam Henig NONE Adam Henig, San Francisco native and author of “Alex Haley’s Roots: An Author’s Odyssey”, has been featured in numerous book reviews and publications. His upcoming book, “Under One Ro...
Charlotte Watson Sherman
Charlotte Watson Sherman 0000000067613072 Charlotte Watson Sherman, a Seattle-born author, is known for her novels, children's books, and short fiction collection. Formerly a librarian, her works inc...
Heidi R. Lewis
Heidi R. Lewis NONE Dr. Heidi R. Lewis is an Associate Professor and Director of the Feminist & Gender Studies Program at Colorado College. Specializing in Feminist Theory, Hip Hop Culture, and Criti...
Sharei Green and Beckah Selnick
Sharei Green and Beckah Selnick MULTIPLE Sharei Green, a Masters of Divinity student committed to community healing, contributes to various publications. Beckah Selnick, a digital storytelling writer...
Phillip Martin JR.
Phillip Martin JR. NONE Phillip Martin Jr. (Phil Martin) is a retired Navy veteran, African American novelist, and lifelong storyteller. Born and raised in Philadelphia, he has since lived in Japan,...
Justin Ellis
Justin Ellis NONE Justin Ellis is a writer and journalist whose first nonfiction book is The Cruelty of Nice Folks. He is a projects editor for Defector, an employee-owned media company, where he...
Such a Pretty Face
Such a Pretty Face Emanuel Carpenter Book Review Mia Sanchez has issues. Her waistline is increasing. Her co-worker is jealous of her success and may be out to get her. And to top it off, her live-i...
Juneteenth
Juneteenth Ralph Ellison Excerpt After Ellison’s death on April 16, 1994, speculation about the existence of the second novel reignited. In an article in the New York Times, William Grimes asse...
Africa World Press
Africa World Press Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press Kassahun Checole, PublisherAfrica World Press & Red Sea Press Africa World Press and The Red Sea ...
Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press
Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press Africa Research and Publications Africa World Press Nia Communications The Red Sea Press Kassahun Checole, PublisherAfr...
To Build a Better World: Choices to End the Cold War and Create a Global Commonwealth
To Build a Better World: Choices to End the Cold War and Create a Global Commonwealth Philip Zelikow and Condoleezza Rice 9781538764688 Nonfiction Twelve Hachette Book Group A deeply researched intern...
The Red Sea Press
The Red Sea Press Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press Kassahun Checole, PublisherAfrica World Press & Red Sea Press Africa World Press and The Red Sea...
Nia Communications
Nia Communications Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press Kassahun Checole, PublisherAfrica World Press & Red Sea Press Africa World Press and The Red Se...
Third World Press
Third World Press Third World Press Third World Press Third World Press Haki R. Madhubuti founded Third World Press Foundation, the oldest independent publi...
Third World Press
Third World Press Third World Press Third World Press Third World Press Haki R. Madhubuti founded Third World Press Foundation, the oldest independent publi...
A Short World History of Black People in Ancient Times
A Short World History of Black People in Ancient Times Clyde Winters 9781494336271 Nonfiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC A Short World History of Black People in Ancient Times, provides a hi...
Usain Bolt
Usain Bolt 0000000120374593 Usain Bolt, born August 21, 1986, is recognized as the fastest person ever timed. He holds world records in the 100m, 200m, and 4x100m relay, won six Olympic gold medals, ...
How Black Music Took Over the World
How Black Music Took Over the World Melvin Gibbs 9781541603240 Nonfiction Basic Books Perseus Books One of the world’s greatest bassists lays down the heart of Black music, revealing how its rhythmi...
Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War
Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War Howard W. French 9781631495823 Nonfiction Liveright Publishing Corporation W. W. Norton & Company ...
The World Is Awake: A Celebration of Everyday Blessings
The World Is Awake: A Celebration of Everyday Blessings Linsey Davis and Joseph Bottum 9780310762034 Fiction Zonderkidz HarperCollins Christian Publishing Inspire children to be thankful for all of Go...
Welcome to My World: A Novel
Welcome to My World: A Novel Curtis Bunn 9781593096885 Fiction Strebor Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. From Essence bestselling author Curtis Bunn comes a moving novel about a down and out corporate exec...
Solving the World’s Problems
Solving the World’s Problems Robert Lee Brewer 9781935708902 Poetry Press 53 Press 53 The "World" in Robert Lee Brewer’s Solving the World’s Problems is a slippery world … where chaos always hovers ne...
Freedom Struggles: African Americans and World War I
Freedom Struggles: African Americans and World War I Adriane Lentz-Smith 9780674062054 Nonfiction Harvard University Press Harvard University Press For many of the 200,000 black soldiers sent to Europ...
Over the Roofs of the World
Over the Roofs of the World Olive Senior 9781894663823 Poetry Insomniac Press Insomniac Press Using nature as both model and metaphor, Toronto resident Olive Senior delves into birds, flying, and Cari...
The Known World
The Known World Thumper Book Review As is becoming an unbreakable and pleasurable yearly excursion, I attended the 2003 Book Expo America (BEA) in Los Angeles. I love the BEA. The convention is all...
Harlem World
Harlem World Loading 2nd Issue, Spring 2003 Featuring Rita Moreno NO. 15 Winter/Spring 2007 Wedding Special About Harlem World You find articles on culture, style, cuisine, music, literature, a...
You’ve Got to Tell the World How to Treat You: And Other Essential Quotes
You’ve Got to Tell the World How to Treat You: And Other Essential Quotes James Baldwin 9780807026472 Nonfiction Beacon Press Beacon Press In these troubling times when readers are seeking hope and pu...
Above Ground (paperback)
Above Ground (paperback) Clint Smith 9780316702577 Poetry Little, Brown Paperbacks Hachette Book Group A New York Times bestselling poetry collection from Clint Smith, author of #1 bestseller and Nati...
A History of the World in Six Plagues: How Contagion, Class, and Captivity Shaped Us, from Cholera to Covid-19
A History of the World in Six Plagues: How Contagion, Class, and Captivity Shaped Us, from Cholera to Covid-19 Edna Bonhomme 9781982197834 Nonfiction Atria / One Signal Publishers Simon & Schuster, In...