MUST-READS 2024
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Against Erasure
A Photographic Memory of Palestine Before the Nakba
Against Erasure
A Photographic Memory of Palestine Before the Nakba
A unique, stunning collection of images of Palestine in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and a testament to the vibrancy of Palestinian society...
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The Trinity of Fundamentals
The Trinity of Fundamentals follows the story of 22-year-old Kan’an during his nine years of hiding from the occupation between 1982 and 1991. Driven by...
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Ghostroots
'Pemi Aguda opens her collection of twelve stories with the chilling tale of a woman who uncannily resembles her sinister, deceased grandmother. When the woman...
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Abolition and Social Work
Possibilities, Paradoxes, and the Practice of Community Care
Abolition and Social Work
Possibilities, Paradoxes, and the Practice of Community Care
A critical anthology exploring the debates, conundrums, and promising practices around abolition and social work in academia and within impacted communities. Within social work--a profession...
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Black Shield Maiden
From Willow Smith and Jess Hendel comes a powerful and groundbreaking historical epic about an African warrior in the world of the Vikings. Lore, legend,...
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Disability Intimacy
Essays on Love, Care, and Desire
Disability Intimacy
Essays on Love, Care, and Desire
The much-anticipated follow up to the groundbreaking anthology Disability Visibility another revolutionary collection of first-person writing on the joys and challenges of the modern disability experience, and...
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Timid
A semiautobiographical middle-grade graphic novel about frenemies, fitting in, and finding your voice. Cecil Hall and his family have just moved from Florida to Massachusetts,...
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Eight Seconds
Black Rodeo Culture
Eight Seconds
Black Rodeo Culture
Glorious tributes to contemporary Black rodeo culture across AmericaIn 2015, photographer Ivan McClellan attended the Roy LeBlanc Invitational in Oklahoma, the country’s longest-running Black rodeo,...
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Blessings
(Pre-Order June 4 2024)
Blessings
(Pre-Order June 4 2024)
"Chukwuebuka Ibeh's writing has a certain delicacy to it, so wonderfully observant, and so beautiful." --Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author of Americanah Moonlight meets Purple Hibiscus in this searing debut of...
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The Propagation Handbook
A Guide to Propagating Houseplants
The Propagation Handbook
A Guide to Propagating Houseplants
In The Propagation Handbook, plant stylist Hilton Carter reveals how to grow and increase your own plant family by propagating existing plants. Not only a plant...
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May You Love and Be Loved
Wishes for Your Life
May You Love and Be Loved
Wishes for Your Life
May you know fear but not be driven by itMay you know joy and follow it everywhereMay you know light and shine it every chance...
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Devour:
A Graphic Novel
In this horror graphic novel from award-winning writer Jazmine Joyner and illustrator Anthony Pugh, American Gods meets Get Out in a dark retelling of the West African legend of...
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May 8th EVENT: Tender
Carla Williams + Dr. Mireille Miller-Young
May 8th EVENT: Tender
Carla Williams + Dr. Mireille Miller-Young
WHO & WHAT: An IRL EVENT with photographer, archivist, editor, and writer Carla Williams. Carla will be discussing her first monograph, Tender, with author, sex scholar, and feminist...
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May 15th EVENT: The Dead Don't Need Reminding
Julian Randall, Nick Brooks, + Morgan Parker
May 15th EVENT: The Dead Don't Need Reminding
Julian Randall, Nick Brooks, + Morgan Parker
WHO & WHAT: Join us for an IRL EVENT with author, Julian Randall as we celebrate his adult non-fiction debut, The Dead Don't Need Reminding....
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May 18th EVENT: Fighting for Our Friendships
Danielle Bayard Jackson + Sequoia Holmes
May 18th EVENT: Fighting for Our Friendships
Danielle Bayard Jackson + Sequoia Holmes
WHO & WHAT: Join us for an IRL EVENT with friendship coach and educator, Danielle Bayard Jackson, as we unpack the latest research about women's...
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All Boys Aren't Blue
A Memoir-Manifesto
All Boys Aren't Blue
A Memoir-Manifesto
In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson explores his childhood, adolescence, and college years in New Jersey and...
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for kiddos with a big heart
Big
From a New York Times bestselling and award-winning creator, this deeply moving story shares valuable lessons about fitting in, standing out, and the beauty of joyful acceptance....
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for laughing through the pain
I Finally Bought Some Jordans
New York Times bestselling author Michael Arceneaux makes his long-awaited return with a hilarious collection of essays about making your voice heard in an increasingly noisy...
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SINK
A Memoir
"A brilliant and brilliantly different" (Kiese Laymon), wrenching and redemptive coming-of-age memoir about the difficulty of growing up in a hazardous home and the glory...
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Dead in Long Beach, California
"This book rewired my brain; it's a bonafide knockout." --Kristen Arnett, author of With Teeth"You can try bracing yourself for the ride this story takes...
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for the friend with comedic timing
Survival of the Thickest
*Now a comedy series on Netflix!* From the stand-up comedian, actress, and host beloved for her cheeky swagger, unique voice, and unapologetic frankness comes a...
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Worthy
*SIGNED + Gift w/ Purchase*
Worthy
*SIGNED + Gift w/ Purchase*
**Includes an exclusive WORTHY affirmation Mirror Decal with each purchase while supplies last** A gripping, painfully honest, and ultimately inspirational memoir from global superstar and...
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Punished for Dreaming
How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal
Punished for Dreaming
How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal
In the tradition of Michelle Alexander, an unflinching reckoning with the impact of 40 years of racist public school policy on generations of Black lives ...
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$27.00Sale price $20.25We Over Me
The Counterintuitive Approach to Getting Everything You Want from Your Relationship
SaleWe Over Me
The Counterintuitive Approach to Getting Everything You Want from Your Relationship
The stars of the social media show The Ellises and hosts of the Webby Award-winning podcast Dead Ass with K&D share the core pillars of their relationship as millennial...
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The Survivalists
A single Black lawyer puts her career and personal moral code at risk when she moves in with her coffee entrepreneur boyfriend and his doomsday-prepping...
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