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In his many novels, poetry, histories, editorials, plays, and letters, W. E. B.

Containing six stories and fifty poems, I Made My Boy Out of Poetry, by Savannah poet and author Aberjhani, was ini ...

"The Harlem Renaissance Way Down South" had its

For a world of devoted readers, a much-awaited new volume of absorbing stories and inspirational wisdom from one of our best-loved writers.

“BBWE 2…introduces the reader to a new coterie of black women authors who bear watching as passionate, erotic fire-starters.

Co-edited by Tony Medina, Samiya Bashir &

On April 4, 1968, Senator Robert F.

Adam’s Belle is a roller coaster ride through the life of the late Isabel Washington Powell.

When Asian American journalist Earvin Ilokano recurrently experiences the consternation of his newspaper's publisher despite the plaudits of his editor, he deals with the situaion constructively by pe

An eighteen-year-old boy lies dying of leukemia.

Anita Cooper was three times a victim. Her father's death crushed her dreams of college and a better life.

Ally and Jonathan have been married for ten years.

A failed engagement and a partnership in a new e-learning firm have led thirty-six-year-ol

1989. Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. An Italian mob murders a black teenager named Yusuf Hawkins. That same night, across the Hudson River in New Jersey, Lisa and Marc meet at a party. Lisa's black.

Black women have always been the backbone of their families and communities.

poetry influenced by the vagaries of living in Los angeles and mostly not liking it, of longing for home (Cornelia,Georgia) and of the "politics" of life in the '80's. Title

Jimi Hendrix's song inspired this title; my sister Audrey Davenport  did the  cover and inside desgns / art work (also for "eat thunder," and "madness like

A compilation music book highlighting the accomplishments of some of today's most popular women in music.

From the beginning, Jessica knows that David is different, but life with him seems perfect. With the birth of their daughter, life should be blissful.

In this hot and steamy mystery Publishers Weekly called "seamlessly entertaining," actor Tennyson Hardwick struggles to hang on to his acting career and redeem his sex-for-pay history, w

"One of our main problems as black people is that we don't really know who we are,"

"The greatest love that you can receive this side of heaven is a father's love, and most of us have never received it," says Dr. Edwards.

"Chosen - Not Cursed!", is a treatise on Biblical Black History. It dismisses the myth that blacks are a cursed race.

This book deals with the present effects of bondage that comes through systems that benefit by the categorization and enslavement of people, especially black people.

Every ethnic group has unique and varied talents that are innately given to us by God.  There comes an appointed time when God, who gave the gifts and talents, has need of them and gives opportuni

My essay "A Closing Circle: Musings on the Ioway Indians in Iowa" is in The Worlds Between Two Rivers: Perspectives on American Indians in Iowa (An Expanded Edition), Edited by Gretchen

The University of Alabama Press says about the book: "

THE STORY OF LOVE

The essays in this book weave together the varied strands of experience that contribute to a feminist activist life.

  How to Write a Suicide Note:  serial essays that saved a woman's life examines the life of a Chinese/Black woman who grew up passing for white, who grew up poor, who loves women but ha

Amina, a young West African woman stolen from her village, is on a slave ship when she discovers that she is pregnant.

Through the lives of Diane Nash, Stokely Carmichael, Bob Moses, Bob Zellner, Julian Bond, Marion Barry, John Lewis, and their contemporaries, The Shadows of Youth provides a carefully woven

The Hallelujah Love series begins with Sex In The Sanctuary, and the friendship between two women who just happen to be preacher's wives.

Filmmaker and Film critic Donald Richie has been observing and writing about Japan from the moment he arrived in Tokyo on New Year's Day, 1947.

Brown Glass Windows is the story of the Evermans, an African-American family in the Filmore District of San Francisco and the tragic history of their son, Ranger, who returns scarred from

Melodic and vibrant, this debut novel braids together three generations of an extended African-American family in which everyone is fiercely and uncompromisingly bound by love and loyalty.

Glorious is set against the backdrops of the Jim Crow South, the Harlem Renaissance, and the civil rights era. Blending the truth of American history with the fruits of Bernice L.

An inspiring memoir by Rosemary Bray, a former editor of The New York Times Book Review, in which she describes growing up poor in Chicago in the 1960s and becoming one of the first black wom

Samar--a.k.a.

Manifest Destiny, as a term for westward expansion, was not used until the 1840s.

After Senator Barack Obama delivered his celebrated speech, “A More Perfect Union,” on March 18

Home Girls Make Some Noise: Hip Hop Feminist Anthology seeks to complicate understandin

Situated in the free state of Ohio, Tawawa House offers respite from the summer heat.

A re-imagining of the remarkable, tragic, little-known life of Bert Williams (1874-1922), the first black entertainer in the United States to reach the highest levels of fame and fortune.

The Intersection of Peachtree Street, historically the residential and commercial street of Atlanta's white elite, and Sweet Auburn Avenue, the spiritual main st

Blossom Sterling knows she's different. She was born with a veil, a thin membrane that covered her face, and gave her a special gift. But for Blossom, the gift is so much more. ...

A story of cross-cultural love and redemption set in East Africa.

A beautiful broadside edition of one of my poems, "my life as china." The poem was previously published in the journal Talisman, in the Fall 2005/Winter 2006 issue. ...

Published in the "Weekly Telegraph" (Issue 947- 16/09/2009), the global edition of the "UK Daily Telegraph" and the "Sunday Telegraph"

In these personal, evocative, original essays, thirty contemporary black and white, young and older writers--from Pulitzer Prize and MacArthur Award winners to brand new voices--share their intima

An illustrated collection of noir superhero tales from award-winning mystery, suspense and horror authors such as Walter Mosley, Naomi Hirahara, Tannarive Due and Alexandra Sokoloff.

With a Foreword by Robert J. Thompson Her image is iconic: Oprah Winfrey has built an empire on her ability to connect with and inspire her audience.

With unapologetic honesty and characteristic lyric beauty, G.

Introducing poet G. Winston James and Lyric, the newest offering from GrapeVinePress.

Voices Rising: Celebrating 20 Years of Black Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Writing marks the twentieth anniversary of Other Countries--a small organization endeavoring to create a po

In Spirited: Affirming the Soul and Black Gay/Lesbian Identity, more than 40 writers address the question of how we, as same-gender-loving black people, affirm ourselves as sexual and spiritu

In this spellbinding lecture, delivered at Mt.

In this highly anticipated follow-up to White Like Me, activist and educator Tim Wise examines the ways in which institutional racism continues to shape the contours of daily life in the United States

A young Chinese woman named Fusang is kidnapped and sold into prostitution in San Francisco during the Gold Rush.

Wen Ho Lee, a patriotic American scientist born in Taiwan, had devoted almost his entire life to science and to helping improve U.S. defense capabilities.