Collection: Non-Fiction

Copublished with Gagosian, this is the first book devoted to the work of a major contemporary artist, with a focus on his painting. Houston-based artist Rick...

When Sharde M. Davis turned to social media during the summer of racial reckoning in 2020, she meant only to share how racism against Black...

The highly anticipated second volume to the widely acclaimed and celebrated self-portrait series, Somnyama Ngonyama, Hail the Dark Lioness In Somnyama Ngonyama, Hail the Dark Lioness, Volume...

The futures of reproductive justice and LGBTQIA+ liberation are intimately connected. Both movements were born out of the desire to love and build families of...

Tattoos on the Heart meets Ghettoside in this gripping true story about a botched gang murder set in the invisible economy of LA's immigrant street vendors Baby-faced teen...

Why is less than 1% of rural land in the U.S. owned by Black people? An acclaimed writer and activist explores the impact of land...

A brilliant and unsparing examination of America in the early twenty-first century, Claudia Rankine's Don't Let Me Be Lonely invents a new genre to confront the particular...

From the colonial through the antebellum era, enslaved women in the US used lethal force as the ultimate form of resistance. By amplifying their voices...

In the nineties, neoliberalism simultaneously provided the context for the Internet's rapid uptake in the United States and discouraged public conversations about racial politics. At...

This is a book only Questlove could have written: a perceptive and personal reflection on the first half-century of hip-hop. When hip-hop first emerged in...

The 1967 Arab-Israeli War rocketed the question of Israel and Palestine onto the front pages of American newspapers. Black Power activists saw Palestinians as a...

Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets | 2018 Arab American Book Award Winner, Poetry   In her dedication Safia Elhillo writes, "The January Children are...

The Western Museum is an ideological, political, and economic disunity battleground. Calls for its decolonization have washed like great breakers over the institution; almost everyone...

A film legend recalls his remarkable life of nearly eight decades--a heralded actor who's played the roles he wanted, from Brian's Song to Lando in the Star Wars universe--unchecked...

  Laundering of Black Rage: The Washing of Black Death, People, Property, and Profits examines the dilution and commodification of Black Rage--conceived as a constructive response...

A transformative memoir that reimagines the conventions of love and posits a radical vision for healing. In Another Word for Love, Carvell Wallace excavates layers of...

From the acclaimed author of Flygirl and the bestselling author of Code Name Verity comes the thrilling and inspiring true story of the desegregation of the skies.  In the...

Saving money for something? Then this is the book for you!    Danny Dollar, the "King of Cha-Ching," will teach you to make money, save...

A visual celebration of natural Black hair that highlights the powerful connection between mothers and their children during their wash day rituals.In this stunning book,...

Without credentials, connections or a college degree, a hip-hop journalist and community leader conquered her imposter syndrome while landing one of the most exclusive, sought-after...

Throughout her prolific writing career, Nell Painter has published works on such luminaries as Sojourner Truth, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Malcolm X. Her unique vantage...