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Seraph on the Suwanee
$15.99PaperbackAdd 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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By: Anastacia-Renee
Here in the (Middle) of Nowhere
$17.99PaperbackAdd 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
$26.99HardcoverAdd 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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By: Walker, Alice
You Can’t Keep a Good Woman Down
$13.95PaperbackAdd 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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By: Randall, Alice
Black Bottom Saints
$19.99PaperbackAdd 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
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By: Busby, Margaret
New Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African Descent
$32.99HardcoverAdd to cartThe companion to the classic anthology Daughters of Africa–a major international collection that brings together the work of more than 200 women writers of African descent, celebrating their artistry
- Author: Busby, Margaret
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 1056
- Publish Date: May 07 2019
- ISBN10: 0062912984
- Language: English
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Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions: A Novel in Interlocking Stories
$27.99HardcoverRead more“I couldn’t put this book down and I loved spending time in the lives of Nonso, Remi, Aisha, and Solape. Truly this book will grab hold of your heart and mind and everything in between.”–Roxane Gay,
- Author: Ogunyemi, Omolola Ijeoma
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 13, 2022
- ISBN10: 0063117045
- Language: English
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By: Richards, Diane
Ella
$28.00HardcoverAdd to cartIn the vein of The Paris Wife and The Personal Librarian comes this debut novel, a magnificent work of “biographical fiction” that reimagines the turbulent and triumphant early years of Ella Fitzgeral
- Author: Richards, Diane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 07 2024
- ISBN10: 0063338653
- Language: English
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Mule Bone: A Comedy of Negro Life
$15.99PaperbackAdd to cartThe only collaboration between the two brightest lights of the Harlem Renaissance–Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes
In 1930, two giants of African American literature joined forces to create a li
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Hurston, Zora Neale
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: December 02 2008
- ISBN10: 0061651125
- Language: English
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By: Walker, Alice
Meridian
$19.99PaperbackAdd to cartFrom Alice Walker, author of the Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winner The Color Purple, comes Meridian, “a classic novel of both feminism and the Civil Rights movement” (Ms.).
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- Series: Harvest Book
- Author: Walker, Alice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 26 2003
- ISBN10: 0156028344
- Language: English
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Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance
$25.99HardcoverRead moreFrom “one of the greatest writers of our time” (Toni Morrison)–the author of Barracoon and Their Eyes Were Watching God–a collection of remarkable stories, including eight “lost” Harlem Renaissance
- Author: Hurston, Zora Neale
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 14 2020
- ISBN10: 0062915797
- Language: English
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A Woman of Endurance
$18.99PaperbackAdd to cart- Author: Llanos-Figueroa, Dahlma
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 25 2023
- ISBN10: 0063062232
- Language: English
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By: Shell, Ray
Iced
$19.99PaperbackAdd to cart“Iced is a powerhouse. . . . Ray Shell writes beautifully. The story is heartbreaking. I kept putting it down and picking it up again–it won’t let me go.”–Maya Angelou
A timeless tale of one man’s de
- Author: Shell, Ray
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 0063335182
- Language: English
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Unbought and Unbossed
$17.99PaperbackAdd to cartIn this classic work–a blend of memoir, social criticism, and political analysis that remains relevant today–the first Black Congresswoman to serve in American history, New York’s dynamic representa
- Author: Chisholm, Shirley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 08 2022
- ISBN10: 0063160870
- Language: English
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By: Walker, Alice
Possessing the Secret of Joy
$30.00HardcoverAdd to cartA provocative novel about an African tribal woman’s battle with madness after the trauma of a childhood genital mutilation.
- Author: Walker, Alice
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 30 1992
- ISBN10: 0151731527
- Language: English
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The Great Mrs. Elias
$17.99PaperbackRead moreThe author of the award-winning Sally Hemings now brings to life Hannah Elias, one of the richest black women in America in the early 1900s, in this mesmerizing novel swirling with atmosphere and stee
- Author: Chase-Riboud, Barbara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: January 24 2023
- ISBN10: 0063020017
- Language: English
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My Remarkable Journey: A Memoir
$0.00HardcoverRead moreThe remarkable woman at heart of the smash New York Times bestseller and Oscar-winning film Hidden Figures tells the full story of her life, including what it took to work at NASA, help land the first
- Author: Johnson, Katherine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 25, 2021
- ISBN10: 0062897667
- Language: English
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The Complete Stories
$15.99PaperbackAdd to cartThis collection of Zora Neale Hurston’s complete stories provides a window into the evolution of one of the most important African American writers. This edition has been repackaged as a modern classi
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Hurston, Zora Neale
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: January 08 2008
- ISBN10: 0061350184
- Language: English
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By: Walker, Alice
Meridian
$19.99PaperbackAdd to cart.A poignant and powerful story of the American South in the 1960s and of one woman who risks her life for the people she loves from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Color Purple, now available
- Author: Walker, Alice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 28 2023
- ISBN10: 0063346826
- Language: English
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By: Baszile, Natalie
We Are Each Other’s Harvest: Celebrating African American Farmers, Land, and Legacy
$39.99HardcoverAdd to cartA WALL STREET JOURNAL FAVORITE FOOD BOOK OF THE EAR
From the author of Queen Sugar–now a critically acclaimed series on OWN directed by Ava Duvernay–comes a beautiful exploration and celebration of b
- Author: Baszile, Natalie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 06 2021
- ISBN10: 006293256X
- Language: English
















