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to uplift & validate anyone going through a tough time
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Poems
In the powerful follow up to her critically acclaimed debut collection, poet and activist Fariha Róisín is writing, praying, clawing, and scratching her way...
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Sweet People Are Everywhere
"The poetic stylings of Alice Walker will convince children across the world that Sweet People Are Everywhere... Children of all ages will be able to enjoy...
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A long poem detailing the long process of a young narrator getting her hair braided. A limited-edition zine by Imani Love. Treat with love, share...
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What elevates 'teaching my mother how to give birth,' what gives the poems their disturbing brilliance, is Warsan Shire's ability to give simple, beautiful eloquence...
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Regular price $17.00Regular priceUnit price perSale price $17.00Ten Bridges I've Burnt
A Memoir in Verse
Ten Bridges I've Burnt
A Memoir in Verse
From the beloved author of 100 Boyfriends, a wrenching, sexy, and exhilaratingly energetic memoir in verse.In Ten Bridges I've Burnt, Brontez Purnell--the bard of the underloved...
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Tesoro
Tesoro is a story of family, survival, and the formative power of the women in Salgado’s life. It is a telling of the balance between...
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The Age of Phillis
A collection of original poems imagining the life and times of Phillis Wheatley, a Colonial America-era poet brought to Boston as a slave.In 1773, a young,...
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Regular price $24.95Regular priceUnit price perSale price $24.95The Autobiography of LeRoi Jones
Poet, dramatist, novelist, critic, teacher, and political activist Amiri Baraka, born LeRoi Jones, vividly recounts his crusading role in African American literature. A driving...
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Poems (Revised)
The Black Unicorn
Poems (Revised)
Rich continues: "Refusing to be circumscribed by any simple identity, Audre Lorde writes as a Black woman, a mother, a daughter, a Lesbian, a feminist,...
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The Black Woman
An Anthology
A collection of early, emerging works from some of the most celebrated African American female writers who remain strong when the weight of a world filled with racism...
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The Blacker the Berry
Black is dazzling and distinctive, like toasted wheat berry bread; snowberries in the fall; rich, red cranberries; and the bronzed last leaves of summer. In...
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for black joy & delight
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Essays
The Book of (More) Delights
Essays
The New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Delights and Inciting Joy shares this new chronicle of small, daily wonders--and it is exactly the book we need in these...
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Poems (Pre-order, Jan 20 2026)
The Book of Alice
Poems (Pre-order, Jan 20 2026)
WINNER OF THE 2025 JAMES LAUGHLIN AWARD FROM THE ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETSA stunning new collection exploring lineage and the legacy of survival as seen...
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Essays
The Book of Delights
Essays
In The Book of Delights, one of today’s most original literary voices offers up a genre-defying volume of lyric essays written over one tumultuous year....
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Regular price $19.99Regular priceUnit price perSale price $19.99The Book of Juju
Africana Spirituality for Healing, Liberation, and Self-Discovery
The Book of Juju
Africana Spirituality for Healing, Liberation, and Self-Discovery
To make the right decisions for your future, you must maintain a connection to your past. In her debut book, podcaster, priestess, and all-around badass...
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Anniversary Edition
The Book of Light
Anniversary Edition
With a powerful introduction by Ross Gay and a moving afterword by Sidney Clifton, this special anniversary edition of The Book of Light offers new meditations and insights...
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The Cancer Journals
Moving between journal entry, memoir, and exposition, Audre Lorde fuses the personal and political as she reflects on her experience coping with breast cancer...
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a thicc collection for lorde lovers
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A complete collection―over 300 poems―from one of this country's most influential poets. "These are poems which blaze and pulse on the page." ― Adrienne...
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1968-1998
The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni
1968-1998
From one of America's most cherished and celebrated poets, a landmark collection of Nikki Giovanni's early work! “Nikki Giovanni is one of our national...
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Regular price $22.95Regular priceUnit price perSale price $22.95The Complete Works of Pat Parker
"Parker stayed woke to black suffering, violence against Black bodies—especially those of black women—to the suffering engendered by multiple, egregious oppressions. With THE COMPLETE...
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The Crown Ain't Worth Much
The Crown Ain't Worth Much, Hanif Abdurraqib's first full-length collection, is a sharp and vulnerable portrayal of city life in the United States. A regular...
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The Lost Teachings of Hip-Hop
The Dead Emcee Scrolls
The Lost Teachings of Hip-Hop
In the underground labyrinths of New York City's subway system, beneath the third rail of a long forgotten line, Saul Williams discovered scrolls of aged...
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Regular price $17.95Regular priceUnit price perSale price $17.95The Delicacy of Embracing Spirals
Incendiary, lyrical poems of liberation from the phantasm of Black womanhood. Wedding fierce, jagged lines to an uncompromisingly lyrical flow honed over years of performance,...
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The Depths of Anima
Poems & Art
The Depths of Anima is an introspective look at Black girlhood and the transition into womanhood. It challenges Carl Jung's concept of "anima" by introducing an interpretation...
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