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A collection of essays about language and its constructive role in national culture, history, and identity, that advocates for linguistic decolonization. 'The language of literature',...

Edited and with a Preface by Toni Morrison, this posthumous collection of short stories, essays, and interviews offers lasting evidence of Bambara's passion, lyricism, and...

From the creator of the highly popular Kardashian Kolloquium comes a New Media manifesto for the TikTok age, blending theory and cultural analysis to explain...

A beautifully illustrated book-length publication on the contemporary artist and Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Garrett Bradley, whose quietly devastating work blurs the space between fact and...

A candid exploration of the genius, shame, and celebrity of Whitney Houston a decade after her passingOn February 11, 2012, Whitney Houston was found submerged...

DJ Screw, a.k.a. Robert Earl Davis Jr., changed rap and hip-hop forever. In the 1990s, in a spare room of his Houston home, he developed...

An electric essay collection about Blackness, art, and dreaming of new possibilities in a time of constrictionThis collection of innovative, penetrating, and lively essays features...

Conceived and first composed on her laptop at home, with some vocals recorded in her bathroom, Erykah Badu's New Amerykah Part Two is lo-fi and...

The convergence of the politics of representation and Black fan cultures.   Boldly going where few fandom scholars have gone before, Fandom for Us, by Us breaks...

A celebration of (and how to find your own) queer intersectional identity through the lens of media In Black. Fat. Femme: Revealing the Power of Visibly...

In Feenin, Alexander Ghedi Weheliye traces R&B music's continuing centrality in Black life since the late 1970s. Focusing on various musical production and reproduction technologies such...

FIRST THINGS FIRST reframes the history of hip-hop but, this time, women are given credit for their trailblazing achievements that have left an undeniable impact...

Since launching his career at the Village Voice in the early 1980s Greg Tate has been one of the premiere critical voices on contemporary Black music, art,...

A reissue of Greg Tate's classic, out-of-print collection of essays, with a new introduction by Hanif Abdurraqib and a new foreword by Questlove. From one...

THE CURATORS OF CULTURE: Celebrate Black digital art in this essay collection revealing how Black artists have shaped everything from TikTok dances to viral memes...

A gripping set of stories about the forces that shape girls and the adults they become. A wise and brilliant guide to transforming the self...

An expansive volume featuring over two decades of incisive reflections on race, art and pop culture by one of the greatest artists working today. This...

How does one pay homage to A Tribe Called Quest? The seminal rap group brought jazz into the genre, resurrecting timeless rhythms to create masterpieces...

GREATNESS: Diverse Designers of Architecture is a compelling exploration of the contributions of diverse architects to the field of architecture. This book delves into the...