Essays

Notes from a Frustrated Black Psychologist A clinical psychologist tells his story of navigating the field of psychology as a gay Black man. In How I Know White People Are...

Essays on Black Love, Black Power and Black Joy Providing critical context to some of the groundbreaking essays published across a range of digital platforms, Black thoughts matter honours the Black thinkers...

Fifty new books at e1 each, celebrating the pioneering spirit of the Penguin Modern Classics series, from inspiring essays to groundbreaking fiction and poetryI am Black and lesbian, and what...

The phenomenal New York Times bestselling account of mental illness that remakes the nature of memoir'I've inherited a love of a writing and a talent for the visual arts from my mother,...

Light in Gaza gathers a collective Palestinian vision of what a future Gaza could be. As global solidarity for Palestinian liberation grows, the desire for Gaza-centered texts makes this book...

Caste as Lived ExperienceCaste, as it is experienced in everyday life, is the pièce de résistance of this book. Thirty-two voices narrate how from childhood to adulthood, caste intruded upon...

Racism and Diversity in Institutional Life What does diversity do? What are we doing when we use the language of diversity? Sara Ahmed offers an account of the diversity world...

A breakthrough work of social and cultural criticism from one of the foremost intellectuals of his era Written during the 1940s and early 1950s, when Baldwin was only in his...

'This is the kind of book that make you different when you're done.' - Ashley C. Ford, New York Times bestselling author of Somebody's Daughter 'From the womb, we must repeat with regularity...

Muslim Women on Faith, Feminism, Sexuality and Race When was the last time you heard a Muslim woman speak for herself without a filter? It’s Not About the Burqa started...

In Complaint! Sara Ahmed examines what we can learn about power from those who complain about abuses of power. Drawing on oral and written testimonies from academics and students who...

Prophecies, Love Notes and Mourning Songs In The Future Is Disabled, Leah Laksmi Piepzna-Samarasinha asks some provocative questions: What if the majority of people will be disabled in the near...

The Female Search for Love Renowned visionary bell hooks explored the meaning of love in American culture with the critically acclaimed bestseller All About Love: New Visions. She continued her...

An exploration and manifesto investigating the power of reading — and our potential to become radically better readers in the world. How many times have we heard that reading builds...

A New York Times bestseller and enduring classic, All About Love is the acclaimed first volume in feminist icon bell hooks' "Love Song to the Nation" trilogy. All About Love...