Amistad Press
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Own the Arena: Getting Ahead, Making a Difference, and Succeeding as the Only One
$17.99 Add to cartFrom the former President and CEO of the United States Tennis Association–the first black woman and youngest person ever to hold the position–comes a behind-the-scenes look at the leadership skills
- Author: Adams, Katrina M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 08 2022
- ISBN10: 0062936840
- Language: English
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The Known World
$26.99 Add to cartFrom National Book Award-nominated author Edward P. Jones comes a debut novel of stunning emotional depth and unequaled literary power
Henry Townsend, a farmer, boot maker, and former slave, through t
- Author: Jones, Edward P.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: August 14 2003
- ISBN10: 0060557540
- Language: English
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The Essential Dick Gregory
$27.99 Read moreA soulful, generation-defining collection of thought-provoking, agitating, and liberating works from Dick Gregory, the activist and author of sixteen books, including the classic bestseller Nigger: An
- Author: Gregory, Dick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 11 2022
- ISBN10: 0062879200
- Language: English
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The Third Life of Grange Copeland
$19.99 Add to cartFrom the New York Times best-selling author of The Color Purple: a “moving, tender” novel of a Deep South tenant farmer’s quest for a new life (Publishers Weekly).
- Series: Harvest Book
- Author: Walker, Alice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 29 2023
- ISBN10: 0156028360
- Language: English
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Jonah’s Gourd Vine
$15.99 Add to cartA story of love and community, written by the hand of Zora Neale Hurston, one of the 20th century’s greatest authors, and a woman who truly understands her characters’ motivations. This modern classic
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Hurston, Zora Neale
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 08 2008
- ISBN10: 0061350192
- Language: English
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Things Past Telling
$17.99 Add to cart“This is a truly character-driven novel that explores how people define themselves, the creation of family and home, and the importance of memory and language. . . . Fans of historical epics won’t be
- Author: Williams, Sheila
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 21 2023
- ISBN10: 0063097087
- Language: English
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Our Gen
$26.99 Read more“Our Gen is warm and smart, accessible yet meaningful, a beach read with strong writing and emotional heft.”–BookPage
Residents of an active-living retirement community revert to lives of youthful ind
- Author: McKinney-Whetstone, Diane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 05, 2022
- ISBN10: 006314011X
- Language: English
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Someone Birthed Them Broken: Stories
$26.99 Read more“Delightfully assertive, subversive and vibrant… an original voice.” –Imbolo Mbue, author of the New York Times bestseller and PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction winner Behold the Dreamers – “A compel
- Author: Diaka, Ama Asantewa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 02, 2024
- ISBN10: 0063259559
- Language: English
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Wade in the Water
$17.99 Add to cart“An impressive debut. Emotionally honest with lyricism and charm to spare, Nyani Nkrumah’s Wade in the Water depicts in riveting detail a racially charged Mississippi town, the secrets it holds, and t
- Author: Nkrumah, Nyani
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 30 2024
- ISBN10: 0063226626
- Language: English
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Lakewood
$17.99 Add to cartNPR Book of the Year 2020
Electric Literature: One of 55 Books by Women and Nonbinary Writers of Color to Read in 2020 Lit Hub & The Millions: Most Anticipated Books of 2020 Ms. Magazine: Anticipated
- Author: Giddings, Megan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 16 2021
- ISBN10: 62913204
- Language: English
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The Cutting Season
$17.99 Add to cartFrom Attica Locke, a writer and producer of FOX s Empire:
The Cutting Seasonis a rare murder mystery with heft, a historical novel that thrills, a page-turner that makes you think. Attica Locke is a
- Author: Locke, Attica
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 17 2013
- ISBN10: 0061802069
- Language: English
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The Last Suspicious Holdout: Stories
$17.99 Add to cart“Fiercely intelligent, warm in their own way, and absolutely absorbing. . . . Excellent excellent excellent.”–Roxane Gay
“Ladee Hubbard is a true original, and this book is a unique beauty.”–Mary Gai
- Author: Hubbard, Ladee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0062979108
- Language: English
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Wench
$18.99 Add to cartWench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez is startling and original fiction that raises provocative questions of power and freedom, love and dependence. An enchanting and unforgettable novel based on little-known
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Perkins-Valdez, Dolen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 01 2011
- ISBN10: 0061706566
- Language: English
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The Temple of My Familiar
$19.99 Add to cartIn this “brilliant” (Essence) sequel to The Color Purple, Alice Walker weaves an intricate, rich tapestry of interrelated lives.
This edition includes a new Letter to the Reader by Alice Walker.
Celie
- Author: Walker, Alice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: March 24 2023
- ISBN10: 0547480008
- Language: English
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In Love & Trouble: Stories of Black Women
$18.99 Add to cartShort fiction about the female experience from the New York Times best-selling author of The Color Purple, “one of the best American writers of today” (Washington Post).
Here are stories of women trave… [more below]- Author: Walker, Alice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 138
- Publish Date: September 25 2023
- ISBN10: 0156028638
- Language: English
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Seraph on the Suwanee
$15.99 Add to cartThis novel of turn-of-the-century white “Florida Crackers” marks a daring departure for Zora Neale Hurston, the author famous for her complex accounts of Black culture and heritage.
Full of insights in
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Hurston, Zora Neale
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: December 02 2008
- ISBN10: 0061651117
- Language: English
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Here in the (Middle) of Nowhere
$17.99 Add to cartIn this bold hybrid collection of poetry, flash fiction, and Afrofuturism sci-fi, the award-winning interdisciplinary writer and author of Side Notes from the Archivist explores what happens when god
- Author: Anastacia-Renee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: March 12 2024
- ISBN10: 0063221675
- Language: English
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Greenland
$26.99 Add to cartShortlisted for the 2023 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction
A dazzling, debut novel-within-a-novel in the vein of The Prophets and Memorial, about a young author writing about the secret
- Author: Donaldson, David Santos
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 07 2022
- ISBN10: 0063159554
- Language: English
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You Can’t Keep a Good Woman Down
$13.95 Add to cartAnatural evolution from the earlier, much-acclaimed collection In Love
& Trouble, these fourteen provocative and often humorous stories show
women oppressed but not defeated.These are hopeful stories ab… [more below]- Author: Walker, Alice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 167
- Publish Date: May 17 2004
- ISBN10: 015602862X
- Language: English
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Black Bottom Saints
$19.99 Add to cartAn enthralling literary tour-de-force that pays tribute to Detroit’s legendary neighborhood, a mecca for jazz, sports, and politics, Black Bottom Saints is a powerful blend of fact and imagination rem
- Author: Randall, Alice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: July 06 2021
- ISBN10: 0062970860
- Language: English
