Collection: Staff Picks

Shonda Buchanan weaves a prism of language, sound and light around and through the life of concert pianist, singer and Civil Rights activist, the incomprehensible...

Salamishah Tillet (Contribution by), Robin Coste Lewis (Contribution by), Sophie Cavoulacos (Contribution by), et al. The definitive early career survey of one of the most...

Invaders from outer space have descended on Nigeria. They have no idea whose home they're messing with.Ah, yes, the luxurious life of a well-loved cat....

Being successful is no laughing matter . . . unless the road there is littered with flops, fool’s errands, fizzles, and straight-up failures. Kevin Fredericks...

From the Thurber Prize-winning author of What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker comes a pioneering collection of Black humor from some of the most acclaimed writers...

A bold manifesto arguing that reparations is the answer to America’s original sin of slavery and offering a compelling legal strategy to achieve this goal,...

From New York Times bestselling author Ayana Gray comes a new kind of villain origin story, reimagining one of the most iconic monsters in Greek mythology as...

From New York Times-bestselling author George M. Johnson and USA Today-bestselling author Leah Johnson comes a revolutionary new holiday romcom for fans of Lynn Painter, Alice Oseman,...

Weaving together poetry, personal narrative, and never-before-seen documents from the Jefferson Lewis Edmonds' family archive, Arianne Edmonds provides a wide-ranging look at how the Black...

DELUXE LIMITED EDITION features stenciled edges, color endpapers, and a unique jacket that reveals an alternate case cover illustration when removed. Available for a limited...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of How Stella Got Her Groove Back and Waiting to Exhale comes a remarkable, career-spanning collection of short fiction and essays about love,...

*Includes exclusive Zine & Gift w/ Purchase (while supplies last)*   A life-affirming novel of family, mending, and how we learn to love, from the...

In this vibrant, gratifying novel, a pious, small-town teenager travels to Atlanta to get an abortion and finds herself smack in the middle of the...

A collection of bold, tender, and illuminating writings on June Jordan's multidimensional legacy and the "sacred continuance" of her work as poet, healer, and activist....

PEN / REGINALD LOCKETT LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN LITERATURE - PRIZE-WINNING NOVELIST, POET, AND PAINTER - GEORGIA WRITER'S HALL OF FAME Clarence Major's Four...

Spanning 45 years of Jamel Shabazz’s photography in Prospect Park, this gorgeous and meditative volume captures the heart and soul of Brooklyn through one of...

For fans of Fernanda Melchor and Tove Ditlevsen, a raw, propulsive novel by an award-winning Afro-Brazillian novelist about a Black mother and daughter who work...

With practical somatic exercises, reflection prompts and a relational toolkit—also includes a glossary of polyamory, non-monogamy, and alternative relationship terms. This book is for polyamorists...

From a rising star cartoonist and bestselling author comes a frenemies-to-friends graphic novel about the trials and tribulations of three preteen girls and cabinmates at...

From the Booker Prize finalist and bestselling author: a perceptive novel about a gay Black painter navigating the worlds of art, desire, and creativityA newcomer...

How can you trust your heart in a world that’s plastic? The story of a teen girl who longs to escape the spotlight, and the...

A vibrant photographic portrait of Los Angeles' dynamic population by one of the city's foremost stylists American photographer and costume designer Jasmine Benjamin is a...

Relish in the savory, tangy, and sometimes spicy dishes of Cecilia Chiang, a revolutionary who changed the way Americans viewed Chinese food. From an early...