Collection: Non-Fiction

“Part autobiography, part stand-up routine, part contemporary political analysis, and astute all over.... Reading this book made me both laugh and weep with poignant recognition.......

A poetical list of essential knowledge for designers that both politicizes and inspires In 2018, the architect and activist Michael Sorkin published the now beloved...

Substantial and comprehensive book is a unique exploration of a major collection of art by Black American and African American artists, comprising some 1,000 works...

A hilarious trivia game about Black language and its impact on culture, from the NAACP award-winning authors of Historically Black PhrasesIn Watch Ya' Mouth jarrett hill and Tre’vell...

Considers the meaning of gender in an African context. The “woman question,” this book asserts, is a Western one, and not a proper lens for...

"Cheryl Clarke's ongoing gumption continues to ask us how loudly and proudly will we do what we do." --Alexis Pauline Gumbs These times need urgently...

Now including a new afterword!An instant New York Times bestseller from award-winning journalist Kara Swisher, Burn Book is a “highly readable…bawdy, brash, and compulsively thought-provoking” (Booklist, starred review) account...

A USA TODAY BESTSELLER Former Thunderbird Lead Solo Michelle "MACE" Curran provides a blueprint for converting your fear into a strength based on the hard-earned...

As seen in The Wall Street Journal, WSJ. Magazine, The Guardian, and The Times UK 'A perfect introduction to art for parents and children to enjoy together'. - The Guardian...

What if the life you dream of isn’t just possible—it’s one smart trade away?The Risk Worth Taking: A Story of Breaking Free and Trading for...

A profound and poetic memoir, tracing the wounds that racism and colonialism have left on Black people across borders. With astute insight and immersive prose,...

"[Pusey] was a builder and a breaker, a composer of surfaces that vibrate. Her abstractions are alive with feeling, frequency, and vision." --Chenoa Baker, the Brooklyn...

Spanish Language Translation “When truth teller and careful writer bell hooks offers a book, I like to be standing at the bookshop when it opens.”...

Multitalented Grammy Award winner Rhiannon Giddens paints women of color up-front and center-stage in this vibrant homage to some of country music’s first and finest....

In this classic account of the new black music of the 1960s and 70s, celebrated photographer and jazz historian Val Wilmer tells the story of...

A forensic history of the missing and murdered Indigenous women and Two-Spirit people crisis that unmasks the Americas’ oldest and most relentless crime: Native genocide“A...

2005 COVR Award Winner Hoodoo is an eclectic blend of African traditions, Native American herbalism, Judeo-Christian ritual, and magical healing. Tracing Hoodoo's magical roots back...

Integration and black power collide and force a black man who has walked comfortably in the black and white communities to realize he is not...

Award-winning poet and performer Saul Williams explores how artists today must respond to systemic violence and injustice--in the words of Paul Robeson, by choosing sides.Songs...

This thirtieth-anniversary edition of June Jordan’s foundational poetry program guidebook features a foreword by Hanif Abdurraqib and a new preface from Samiya Bashir.If you want...

This zine situates study itself as an act of defiance, remembrance and freedom work by tracing the enduring legacy of David Walker's An Appeal to the...

"My clothes are different, my face is different, my hair is different, but I am somebody. I am black, brown, white. I speak a different language....

A beautifully edition of Frederick Douglass’s groundbreaking autobiography, one of the most powerful and enduring works in American literature. Elegantly designed for collectors, students, and...

The true story of how Laila Ali went from being the daughter of the beloved boxing champion Muhammad Ali to being an undefeated boxer herself,...