Collection: Staff Picks

Conceived and first composed on her laptop at home, with some vocals recorded in her bathroom, Erykah Badu's New Amerykah Part Two is lo-fi and...

Featuring more than 100 artists, this landmark book charts the intricate connections between photography and the Black Arts Movement The Black Arts Movement brought together...

Originally published in 2000, Reflections in Black was the first single-volume work to collect the images of leading African American photographers--from the daguerreotype to the digital age....

Langston Hughes's debut novel, a moving portrait of African American family life in 1930s Kansas, newly reissued for Union Square & Co.'s Herald Classics line....

'To explore a history of Black communities across centuries of art is a love letter to the practice, a gift of knowledge and an ode...

A LAMBDA Award winner and breakout fiction sensation returns with a darkly funny slice of friendship strife   We arrive to wreckage—a restaurant smashed to...

Award-winning sexuality educator Ericka Hart examines society's conservative views on sex and pleasure throughout history and offers an accessible, candid, and intersectional guide on how...

In over a dozen interviews, Conversations with Kiese Laymon provides an in-depth look at author Kiese Laymon as an educator, creative writer, activist, family member, and Mississippian....

Hip-hop legend “Da Brat” DuPart and her wife Judy DuPart, stars of WEtv’s highly rated reality series Brat Loves Judy, share their journey to the altar and...

A fresh, charming, socially conscious tour of the mysteries of space-time, from the award-winning author of The Disordered CosmosIn her highly acclaimed debut, distinguished cosmologist and...

A reissue of Greg Tate's classic, out-of-print collection of essays, with a new introduction by Hanif Abdurraqib and a new foreword by Questlove. From one...

A beautiful and moving testament to the enduring life of Kobe Bryant and the Mamba Mentality.When Kobe and Gianna Bryant died, tragically and unexpectedly, in...

From the buzzy, viral sensation Only For The Week, comes the next book in Natasha Bishop's The Forever Falling series, featuring an intimate bucket list road...

Sweet Solitude - Helps you step away from the noise and into a world of soft symbols and serene creatures — a mindful way to...

Ctrl + Alt + Complete - a 500 Piece Puzzle that lets you take a break from your screen but not from the keyboard. Step...

For readers of His Name Is George Floyd and Under the SkinA landmark investigation into forensic medicine that exposes the systematic concealment of state-sanctioned violence through death investigationsEach...

Edición en español de la artista y compositora Victoria Monét, ganadora de varios premios Grammy, llega un poético audiolibro ideal para los niños que sufren...

Everything Grows in Jiddo’s Garden is the story of a young Palestinian girl and her Jiddo—her Grandpa!Jiddo’s garden is a wonder. In it grows so...

Opposites attract in this contemporary, sweet, sapphic romance about two girls who reluctantly come together for a summer challenge.THIS PAPERBACK EDITION FEATURES GORGEOUS THREE COLOR...

A pioneering manifesto from Brazil about the centrality of sex workers to feminist struggle. As long as feminism has existed as a movement in Brazil,...

Introducing ‘Pocket Decision Book’, a tiny but unique tool which aims to make your decision-making process simple yet effective.  With just a flip of its...

An incisive, intimate diary of the life of a travesti sex worker in Brazil, with a foreward by Charlotte Shane So What If I'm a...

In this vulnerable and enlightening book of life lessons, globally renowned performer Cynthia Erivo draws from her singular experience to show us how to embrace...

Lauren Halsey documents Halsey's debut exhibition with the David Kordansky gallery and features texts by Elleza Kelley and Lynell George, with a photo essay by...