Race

Two Black writers - with stories to tell, and some they'd rather forget. One wins the big prize, gets the book tour, walks into the spotlight of global success. The...

Notes From the Women That White Feminists Forgot I'm a feminist. Mostly.I'm an asshole. Mostly. All too often the focus of mainstream feminism is not on basic survival for the...

Sharp and funny, brilliant and prescient: a new collection of short stories that offer a dazzling insight into the subjects of race, grief, apology, and American history. Danielle Evans is...

*A New York Times Bestseller* My goal is to teach you how to sell. And if I'm half the salesman every newspaper, blog, and hustler in New York City says...

An American Lyric The critically acclaimed exploration of mounting racial aggressions in 21st century daily life and in the mediaIn this moving, critical and fiercely intelligent collection of prose poems,...

An Asian Diasporic Manifesto for the Twenty-First Century A scholar and activist’s brilliant socio-political examination of Asian Americans who refuse to assimilate and instead build their own belonging on their...

The Art of Escape Escape from grind culture and dehumanizing systems with this visionary guide from the author of the New York Times bestseller Rest Is Resistance We don't believe we are worthy...

The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease Collide **LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 PEN/JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH AWARD FOR NONFICTION****LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDALS FOR EXCELLENCE****WINNER OF THE 2022 POZ...

Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to Do Better In the vein of So You Want to Talk About Race and Me and White Supremacy, a no-holds-barred guidebook aimed...

Navigating Mental Health, Identity, Love and Family Between Cultures A personal, paradigm-shifting book from therapist, writer, and founder of @browngirltherapy that offers a fresh approach to therapy and self-care with...

Understanding How Common Perceptions Uphold White Supremacy Everyone has an opinion on racism. The vast majority of people would vehemently deny that they or those close to them are “racist,”...

Asian Americans and Whites in Pursuit of the American Dream in Suburban Schools An illuminating, in-depth look at competition in suburban high schools with growing numbers of Asian Americans, where...

In Pursuit of Freedom for All A ground-breaking, personal exploration of America’s obsession with continuing human bondage from the editor of the New York Times–bestselling Barracoon. Freedom and equality are the...

A surprising new look at diversity, equity, and inclusion at contemporary workplaces and beyond. In Diversity Done Right: Navigating Cultural Difference to Create Positive Change In the Workplace the Senior...

The definitive account of Blaxploitation cinema—the freewheeling, often shameless, and wildly influential genre—from a distinctive voice in film history and criticism In 1971, two films grabbed the movie business, shook...

Race, Gender, Class, and Pessimism in 21st-Century Black Thought The concept of Afropessimism does not refer to Black people, but rather to the likelihood of white society overcoming its own...

Free yourself from grind culture and reclaim your life THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'This book has honestly left me changed and rearranged.' - Afua Hirsch, bestselling author of...

Realizing a New Possibility in One Generation One of Inc.com's 6 New Leadership Books You Need to Read This Fall “Daring . . . This visionary guide calls for a...

The Black Fives is a groundbreaking, timely history of the largely unknown early days of Black basketball, bringing to life the trailblazing players, teams, and impresarios who pioneered the sport....

How To Decolonize the Creative Classroom This easy-to-use guide explains how to recruit, nourish, and fortify writers of color through innovative reading, writing, workshop, critique, and assessment strategies. A captivating...

A guide and workbook centered on self-care, healing, and empowerment for Black, Indigenous, and people of color—from racial wellness visionary and designer Jacquelyn Ogorchukwu Iyamah. As a society, we rarely...

An eye-opening reckoning with the care economy, from its roots in racial capitalism to its exponential growth as a new site of profit and extraction. Since the earliest days of...

The first book in an action-packed, poignant duology inspired by Nigerian mythology Dèmi just wants to survive: to avoid the suspicion of the nonmagical Ajes who occupy her ancestral homeland...

This is the first book to define and explore Black fatigue, the intergenerational impact of systemic racism on the physical and psychological health of Black people — and explain why...

A conversation about design, filmmaking, Afrofuturism, world-building, and other topics with Hannah Beachler, Academy-Award-winning production designer of Black Panther. Hannah Beachler is known as an award-winning production designer, but she...

Understanding Our Racial Divide This young adult adaptation of the New York Times bestselling White Rage is essential antiracist reading for teens. An NAACP Image Award finalistA Kirkus Reviews Best...

'I am a woman's rights. I have plowed and reaped and husked and chopped and mowed, and can any man do more than that? I am as strong as any...

Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear From one of the world's foremost experts on the subject, a powerful argument that the greatest damage from drugs flows from their being...

'But to white readers in particular, I say: Pull up a chair, grab a pen, lay down your defenses, and listen very respectfully to Rachel Ricketts. She has offered up...

A New York Times Notable Book An emergency room physician explores how a life of service to others taught her how to heal herself. Michele Harper is a female, African...

The Montgomery Story The inspiring account of the march towards American Civil Rights, as told by Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr. described Stride Toward Freedom as "the...

A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route A profound and harrowing meditation by a descendant of slaves who journeyed to Africa to understand her past. The slave, Saidiya Hartman observes,...

A book aimed at the millions of middle-aged white men who are suddenly awakening to race and racism. White men are finally realizing that simply not being racist isn’t enough...

The Politics of a Darkening America A Cold Civil War has engulfed the nation. After a deadly pandemic, shocking incidents of police brutality, a racial justice crisis, and the fall...

A Story of Black Lives Matter and the Power to Change the World The powerful memoir of one of the co-founders of Black Lives Matter which explores how the movement...

What Street Addresses Reveal about Identity, Race, Wealth and Power An exuberant work of popular history: why something as seemingly mundane as an address can save lives or serve the...

Remembering the Tulsa Race Massacre and Black Wall Street Illustrated by Stacey Robinson One hundred years after the Tulsa Race Massacre, Across the Tracks is a celebration and memorial of...

A New Statesman essential non-fiction book of 2021Featured in Book Riot's 12 best nonfiction books about Black identity and historyA Times Higher Education Book of the Week Why are there...

*A New York Times Bestseller* My goal is to teach you how to sell. And if I'm half the salesman every newspaper, blog, and hustler in New York City says...

A Call to Your Ancestral and Indigenous WisdomApela Colorado shares her knowledge and experiences of indigenous wisdom and promotes a connection between the indigenous and modern world perspectives.A ceremonial journey...

Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness A REESE'S BOOK CLUB X HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK PICKTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER This book is my story about growing up in...

A genre-smashing collection of short stories, exploring larger themes of race, violence, and love – all told with sly humour. Welcome to Cross River, Maryland. Established by the leaders of...

‘I cannot help but see the bodies of my near ancestors in the current caravans of desperate souls fleeing from place to place, chased by famine, war and toxins. Ideas...

Our Unconditional Terms for Peace Surrender, white people! After 400 years of white supremacy in America, a reckoning is here. These are the terms of peace–and they are unconditional. Hope...

Of the Diaspora — North America Featuring a new original introduction by Edwidge Danticat Avey Johnson — a black, middle-aged, middle-class widow given to hats, gloves, and pearls-has long since...

Translated by Gila Walker One might say that the womb of death — the Middle Passage, slavery, and colonisation — gave birth to Black populations. Taking this observation as her...

An epic biography of Malcolm X finally emerges, drawing on hundreds of hours of the author's interviews, rewriting much of the known narrativeLes Payne, the renowned Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist,...

Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience Tarana Burke and Dr. Brené Brown bring together a dynamic group of Black writers, organisers, artists, academics and cultural figures to discuss the...

And Other Conversations About Race A perennial bestseller on the psychology of racism, published in the UK for the first time Walk into any racially mixed secondary school and you...

Right after the election of 2016, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio realized the story she'd tried to steer clear of was the only one she wanted to tell. So she wrote her...