Collection: Classics

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...

From an award-winning poet praised for his “rhapsodic, rigorous” work (The New Yorker) comes an immersive meditation on kindship, collectivity, and environmental thoughtWe is a formally...

  Here are Lorraine Hansberry's last three plays--Les Blancs, The Drinking Gourd, and What Use Are Flowers?--representing the capstone of her achievement. Includes a new...

This pioneering and pathbreaking book brings together the rich spirituality of Black literary giants with the profound spirituality of the Buddhist tradition. Never before have...

Ousmane Sembène was one of the greatest, most groundbreaking filmmakers in the history of cinema, an acclaimed novelist, and the most renowned African director of...

Throughout hooks' powerful life she envisioned, described, and enacted a radical, engaged pedagogy and praxis rooted in love, rather than power, while simultaneously modeling transgressive...

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....

Una obra maestra de la ganadora del Premio Nobel de Literatura 1993.Esta es la historia de Sula y Nel, dos niñas que crecen juntas en...

A reissue of Greg Tate's classic, out-of-print collection of essays, with a new introduction by Hanif Abdurraqib and a new foreword by Questlove. From one...

The bestselling conclusion to the groundbreaking, Hugo Award-winning series from China's most beloved science fiction author, Cixin Liu. Half a century after the Doomsday Battle, the...

How Stella Got Her Groove Back is full of Terry McMillan's signature humor, heart, and insight. More than a love story, it is ultimately a novel...

In Foremother Love, Dana Murphy examines the importance of eighteenth-century poet Phillis Wheatley as a foundational figure for Black feminist criticism.   Murphy establishes Phillis (as...

In The Aesthetic Character of Blackness, Jemma DeCristo theorizes the means by which black art liberates the free world but does not and cannot liberate black...

A rediscovered classic of Black American literature first published in 1950, about an unlikely friendship in a West Virginia town After several years of silence...

By turns gritty and heartbreaking, this bold novel from legendary author Donald Goines, the OG Master of Urban Lit, tells the story of a young...

A major hardcover compendium of poetry and fiction by the legendary Black American poet of the Harlem Renaissance.   One of the most important writers...

We have to-morrowBright before usLike a flame The New Negro: An Interpretation is a multidisciplinary anthology of poetry, fiction, essays, criticism, art, and philosophy woven together...

The Baby-Sitters Club tote bag - from the 1986 first edition book cover for Kristy's Great Idea by Ann M. Martin. Product Details - 100%...

Maya Angelou's classic autobiography and coming of age story showing the power of books to help heal wounds. From the first edition book cover by...

The award-winning first novel by the legendary Black American poet When his award-winning first novel Not Without Laughter was first published in 1930, Langston Hughes...

Canvas book bags with your favorite classic book art. An Out of Print adaptation of classic Alice in Wonderland illustrations by Sir John Tenniel. Product Details...

In this groundbreaking classic essay collection, Alice Walker speaks out as a Black woman, writer, mother, and feminist on topics ranging from the personal to...

1972 album by soul legend.   Let's Stay Together La-La for You So You're Leaving What Is This Feeling? Old Time Lovin' I've Never Found...