Collection: Staff Picks

From New York Times bestselling author Alexandra Elle comes a vulnerable exploration of the friendships that shape us, stretch us, and sometimes wound usThe Company We Keep is...

From the three-time Coretta Scott King Honor winning author of The Skin I'm In comes a poignant story about a southern girl far from home at an...

Fall 2025 | Print | Issue 009Featuring: André Holland, Murtada Elfadl, Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Yance Ford, Sanford Biggers, Maya S. Cade, Darol Olu Kae, Bedatri D. Choudhury, Eman Mohammed, Kambole Campbell,...

A necessary and exciting addition to both the Sri Lankan-American and LGBTQ canons, SJ Sindu's debut novel offers a moving and sharply rendered exploration of friendship,...

From award-winning author Candice Iloh and New York Times illustrator Bea Jackson comes a warmhearted picture book celebration of traditional Nigerian home cooking and the surprising joys...

The first book from artist Danielle Mckinney, featuring 50 prompts for self-reflection written by her mother and a 44-page journal for the reader to respond...

A rediscovered classic from the Harlem Renaissance about a young Black woman’s journey passing as white in 1920s New York City and her quest for...

Now a major motion picture starring Max Pelayo, Reese Gonzales, and Eva Longoria!A Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021)This Printz Honor Book is a “tender,...

Mutual aid is the radical act of caring for each other while working to change the world. Around the globe, people are faced with a spiralling...

Discover how to create memorable meals using affordable, good-for-you ingredients with 85 delectable recipes that celebrate the comfort of eating at home, from the founder...

"A warm, smart, hilarious, delicious, riveting" (Curtis Sittenfeld) debut about the uncomfortable, unbreakable ties of family as four adult siblings come home to confront the...

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....

A steamy, forbidden enemies to lovers romance about love after loss. It is the first book in the New Haven series, interconnected standalones featuring second...

The author of the critically acclaimed The Viral Underclass (one of Kirkus Reviews best books of 2022) is back with The Overseer Class, which explores what happens when members of...