Collection: Staff Picks

A haunting novel about a Black woman who returns to her hometown for a plantation wedding and the horror that ensues as she reconnects with...

Seen: A Journal of Film & Visual Culture Spring 2021 • Issue 002 Dessane Lopez Cassell — Guest Editor Caroline Washington — Art Director Nehad Khader — Managing Editor Leo...

Poems of migration, womanhood, trauma, and resilience from the celebrated collaborator on Beyoncé's Lemonade and Black Is King, award-winning Somali British poet Warsan Shire.Mama, I made it/out of...

From the powerhouse author of  The Memo, the essential self-help book for women of color to heal--and thrive--in the workplace In workplaces nationwide, women of color...

  Race, place, and identity in a changing urban America Over the last five decades, South Los Angeles has undergone a remarkable demographic transition. In South...

In this sweeping debut, Asha Bromfield takes readers to the heart of Jamaica, and into the soul of a girl coming to terms with her...

From National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker and edited by critic and writer Valerie Boyd, comes an unprecedented compilation of Walker's fifty...

A Black immortal in 1930s Los Angeles must recover the memory of her past in order to save the world in this extraordinarily affecting novel...

  A tale of what happens when we can no longer ignore what has been lost in this world. Grievers is the story of a city...

From Elizabeth Keckly's designs as a freewoman for Abraham Lincoln's wife to flamboyant clothing showcased by Patrick Kelly in Paris, black designers have made major...

Winner of the 2016 Man Booker PrizeWinner of the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award in FictionNamed one of the best books of 2015 by The New...

This cheerful love-your-body picture book for preschoolers is an exuberant read-aloud with bright and friendly illustrations to pore over. From the acclaimed creator of Dancing at the...

Exploring the intersections of Blackness, gender, fatness, health, and the violence of policing.To live in a body both fat and Black is to exist at...

One of the most dynamic and globally recognized entertainment forces of our time opens up fully about his life, in a brave and inspiring book...

Bestselling author and Sundance award-winning director Questlove offers a thrilling, music-driven ride through the last fifty years of American history​.   In Music Is History, bestselling author...

A seminal work by one of today’s most vital figurative artists explores the complexity of race, wealth, and class through storytelling and multimedia drawings. This extraordinary...

Spike Lee is a world-renowned, Academy Award–winning filmmaker, a cultural icon, and one of the most prominent voices on race and racism for more than...

From Children's Literature Legacy Award-winning author Nikki Grimes comes a feminist-forward new collection of poetry celebrating the little-known women poets of the Harlem Renaissance--paired with...

In Sisters of the Yam, bell hooks reflects on the ways in which the emotional health of black women has been and continues to be...

A beautiful, rich, and groundbreaking cookbook exploring Black foodways within America and around the world, curated by food activist and author of Vegetable Kingdom Bryant Terry. In...

A Note From Rep Club: Our sincerest condolences to Virgil Abloh's family, friends, and the entire design community. On November 28, 2021, we lost a...