Collection: Non-Fiction

Help your little one dream big with a Little Golden Book biography all about Misty Copeland, the American Ballet Theatre's first Black principal dancer! The...

Meet Black Madonna—Mother of Abundance, Holy Insurrectionist, Our Lady of F Around and Find OutThis bold reclamation of the divine feminine offers a new vision...

The first publication to examine the visual, political and spiritual histories of dancehall, reggae en español, and reggaeton through the lens of contemporary art Published...

Critical works by legendary Black radical and political prisoner Martin Sostre I Cannot Submit to Injustices is a collection of works by Black Puerto Rican revolutionary...

Tiny Idols biographies feature BIG stars for the littlest of hands! Introduce your little ones to Rihanna with this read-aloud board book biography that’s perfect...

A profound exploration of the art and magic of writing by New York Times bestselling author Isabel Allende.In this deeply personal and insightful book, Isabel Allende delves...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Platonic, a groundbreaking guide exploring the promise (and limits) of secure attachment to help us feel better and boost our...

A dazzlingly inventive account of kinship and dispossession by a two-time Minnesota Book Award–winning authorIn his first work of nonfiction, poet chaun webster blends memoir,...

The first book to examine the visual art legacy of the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. On April 29, 1992, a jury's acquittal of four white...

With clear, conversational prose, this is the first book dedicated entirely to Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o's writings on translation. Through his many critically acclaimed novels, stories,...

The first comprehensive collection of Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o's nonfiction, spanning lectures and texts on colonialism, labor and political struggles, and the legacies of...

In this biography, literary giant Maryse Condé recounts her early adult years in Guinea, Ghana, and Sénégal, set against the backdrop of their struggles for...

An updated and revised biography of Patrice Lumumba, former Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Patrice Lumumba (1926-61) is perhaps the most...

Seen is a journal of film and visual culture focused on Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities globally, published in print and online by BlackStar Projects....

A debut collection that examines US-Cuba tensions, transnational Black identity, and revolutionary gatheringsKyle Carrero Lopez’s electrifying debut collection centers three interconnected forces: social life, US-Cuba...

When in Menopause is a bold, brilliant, and much needed guide that blends science, storytelling, and powerful advocacy. -Dr. Mary Claire Haver, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of The...

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Burden’s searing, probing memoir explores . . . what she learned about intimacy and her own spirit.”—People“A beautifully written instant...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • ONE OF TIME’S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE • ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES’S 100...

The definitive sampling of a writer whose poems were “at the forefront of the Harlem Renaissance and of modernism itself, and today are fundamentals of...

Residual textures, patterns and structures of the abandoned Ebony and Jet offices represent both the spirit of a Black publishing empire and the sense of its loss Home to...

The inspiring memoir of a brilliant young man who, sentenced to life in prison, refused to surrender his future--a story so powerful that it transformed...

Beginning in the colonial era and growing through the American Revolution and the Southern plantation system, slaveholders' violent police regime continued after Emancipation, through Reconstruction,...

In this deeply personal book, Elizabeth Alexander gives us profound and galvanizing lessons from culture and life to move through challenging times. In close readings...