American literature - African American
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Knowing Him by Heart: African Americans on Abraham Lincoln
$39.95 Read moreWinner of the 2024 Abraham Lincoln Institute Book Award
An unprecedented collection of African American writings on Lincoln
Though not blind to Abraham Lincoln’s imperfections, Black Americans long ag
- Author: Hord, Fred Lee
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: December 20 2022
- ISBN10: 0252044681
- Language: English
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The Echoing Ida Collection
$24.95 Read moreRooted in reproductive justice, Echoing Ida harnesses the power of media for social justice–amplifying the struggles and successes of contemporary freedom movements in the US.
Founded in 2012, Echoin
- Author: Greenlee, Cynthia R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: January 12 2021
- ISBN10: 1558612831
- Language: English
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Reading Black Books: How African American Literature Can Make Our Faith More Whole and Just
$19.99 Add to cartChristianity Today 2023 Book Award Finalist (Culture & the Arts)
Midwest Book Review 2023 Gold Book Award Winner (Nonfiction – Religion/Philosophy)
Learning from Black voices means listening to more tha… [more below]- Author: Atcho, Claude
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: May 17 2022
- ISBN10: 1587435292
- Language: English
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The New Negro Aesthetic: Selected Writings
$20.00 Add to cartPulitzer Prize-winning biographer edits a collection of Alain Locke’s influential essays on the importance of the Black artist and the Black imagination
A Penguin Classic For months, the philosopher A- Author: Locke, Alain
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: January 18 2022
- ISBN10: 014313521X
- Language: English
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Black Voices
$11.99 Add to cart“If you don’t know my name, you don’t know your own.”–James Baldwin
An anthology of African-American literature featuring contributions from some of the most prominent Black and African-American auth- Series: Signet Classics
- Author: Various
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 816
- Publish Date: April 10 2001
- ISBN10: 0451527828
- Language: English
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A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance
$27.00 Add to cartNATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST – A sweeping, genre-bending “masterpiece” (Minneapolis Star Tribune) exploring Black art, music, and culture in all their glory and complexity–from Soul Train, Aretha Fr… [more below]
- Author: Abdurraqib, Hanif
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 30 2021
- ISBN10: 1984801198
- Language: English
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Remembered Rapture: The Writer at Work
$20.00 Add to cart“Even though writing is a solitary act, when I sit with words that I trust will be read by someone, I know that I can never be truly alone.” –bell hooks, “women who write too much”
In this timeless es- Author: Hooks, Bell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 15 1999
- ISBN10: 0805059105
- Language: English
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The Harlem Renaissance: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe Harlem Renaissance was a cultural awakening among African Americans between the two world wars. It was the cultural phase of the “New Negro” movement, a social and political phenomenon that promot… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Wall, Cheryl A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: July 05 2016
- ISBN10: 0199335559
- Language: English
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Mouths of Rain: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Thought
$22.99 Add to cartWinner, Lambda Literary Award in LGBTQ Anthology
Winner, Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction, Publishing Triangle Awards
A Ms. magazine, Refinery29, and Lambda Literary Most Anticipated Read of 2021- Author: Jones, Briona Simone
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 23 2021
- ISBN10: 1620975769
- Language: English
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The Collected Essays of Ralph Ellison
$30.00 Read moreFrom the renowned author of Invisible Man, a classic, “elegant” (The New York Times) collection of essays that captures the breadth and complexity of his insights into racial identity, jazz and folkl… [more below]
- Series: Modern Library Classics
- Author: Ellison, Ralph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 816
- Publish Date: February 27 2024
- ISBN10: 0593730062
- Language: English
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A Little Devil in America: In Praise of Black Performance
$20.00 Add to cartNATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST – A sweeping, genre-bending “masterpiece” (Minneapolis Star Tribune) exploring Black art, music, and culture in all their glory and complexity–from Soul Train, Aretha Fr… [more below]
- Author: Abdurraqib, Hanif
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1984801201
- Language: English
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A Darker Wilderness: Black Nature Writing from Soil to Stars
$20.00 Add to cartA Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of 2023
A Library Journal Recommended Read for 2023A Ms. Magazine Most Anticipated Book of 2023
A vibrant collection of personal and lyric essays in conversation wi
- Author: Sharkey, Erin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: February 14, 2023
- ISBN10: 1571313907
- Language: English
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The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race
$19.00 Add to cartA surprise New York Times bestseller, these groundbreaking essays and poems about race–collected by National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward and written by the most important voices of her generation–… [more below]
- Author: Ward, Jesmyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 20 2017
- ISBN10: 1501126350
- Language: English
