Collection: Non-Fiction

Growing interest in reparations for African Americans has prompted a range of responses, from lawsuits against major corporations and a march in Washington to an...

Renewed attention today to a demand for reparations for Black people in this country invites us to turn our attention to the historical context from...

From injuries caused by lead poisoning to the devastating effects of atmospheric pollution, infectious disease, and industrial waste, Americans of color are harmed by environmental...

  The first 40 days after the birth of a child offer an essential and fleeting period of rest and recovery for the new mother....

Written with lighthearted humor and cultural context, Oh Sis, You're Pregnant! discusses the stages of pregnancy, labor, and motherhood as they pertain to pregnant Black women today....

  The ultimate skincare guide for Black women Dija Ayodele takes you through the lifetime of skin, sharing transformative essentials from how to work out...

How black electronic dance music makes it possible to reorganize life within the contemporary city.   Teklife, Ghettoville, Eski argues that Black electronic dance music produces...

An incisive, intersectional essay anthology that celebrates and examines romance and romantic media through the lens of Black readers, writers, and cultural commentators, edited by...

More than 50 elders share their remarkable experiences of being Black in America in a collection of powerful photographs and interviews   For so long,...

A gorgeous guide to the simple pleasures of cottage living--antique hunting, gardening, and enjoying the seasons--from a beloved British design and fashion influencer.   A...

Featuring stunning full-color photographs by Gabriela Hasbun, The New Black West celebrates the modern Black cowboys of the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo and the community that comes...

The first major Gullah Geechee cookbook from "the matriarch of Edisto Island," who provides delicious recipes and the history of an overlooked American community The...

Bone. Visceral. Close to. Stark. The poems in Yrsa Daley-Ward's collection bone are exactly that: reflections on a particular life honed to their essence--so clear and...

A road map for dismantling the fear and shame that keep you from living a free and authentic life. In the aftermath of stress, disappointment,...

  This singular history of a prison, and the queer women and trans people held there, is a window into the policing of queerness and...

Freed Black women organizing for protection in the Reconstruction-era South. Jewish immigrant garment workers braving deadly conditions for a sliver of independence. Asian American fieldworkers...

This witty memoir traces a touching and often hilarious spiralic path to embracing a gay, Latinx identity against a culture of machismo--from a cockfighting ring...

"Before there was such a thing as "California," there were the People and the Land. Manifest Destiny, the Gold Rush, and settler colonial society drew...

An Indigenous environmental scientist breaks down why western conservationism isn't working--and offers Indigenous models informed by case studies, personal stories, and family histories that center...

Inspired by the life and quotations of former first lady Michelle Obama, Opening My Eyes Underwater is a collection of essays penned by bestselling author Ashley Woodfolk.Essays...

    This large-format book features 30 removable posters by 30 inspiring Black creatives from around the world. Artists and designers such as the London-based...

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,...

In Black Trans Feminism Marquis Bey offers a meditation on blackness and gender nonnormativity in ways that recalibrate traditional understandings of each. Theorizing black trans...

Amid the social turmoil of the 1960s and '70s, Flores Forbes was drawn to the Black Panther Party's mission of organizing resistance to police brutality....