Collection: Non-Fiction

Palestine 1492 is a report back of what I see from 500 years of the struggle for life in words, maps, and images in the...

Charged with sensuality and passion, Pablo Neruda's love poems caused a scandal when published anonymously in 1952. In later editions, these verses became the most...

“Transfixing…[Wayne’s] prison diary is, above all, a testament to the irrepressibility of his charisma—his is a force that can never go dormant, even when it’s...

Visionary works exploring legendary science-fiction writer Octavia Butler's enduring influence on literature and culture The richly illustrated Shaper of God is a compelling exploration of the legacy...

In this sweeping, foundational work, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David Hackett Fischer draws on extensive research to show how enslaved Africans and their descendants enlarged American...

A discipline-crossing introduction to civic media via accounts from grassroots practitioners "Civic media" is the use of contemporary technologies to connect communities, inspire action, build...

For gentle reminders on self-love, inner growth, and seeing yourself with kindness, this empowering calendar offers daily encouragement and comfort. Each colorful page of the We...

A collective portrait of the Black Power movement by radical journalist and former Black Panther JoNina Abron-Ervin Driven by the Movement collects the stories of twenty...

WINNER OF THE PEN OPEN BOOK AWARDFrom an award-winning historian, an alternative model of feminism driven by the legacy of Black women who took justice...

We've never done anything big in this country without little banks. Yet the number of community banks in the US has been steadily declining for...

How a largely Latino/a workforce of immigration agents reconciles the moral ambiguities of its work Immigration agents have a frontline view of the racial, economic,...

Contemporary artists and writers reflect on the Great Migration and the ways that it continues to inform the Black experience in America The Great Migration...

Elizabeth Leiba is a professor, author, business consultant, and social advocate for Black women in business. With backgrounds in communication, politics, and academics, she launched her...

One of the most decorated and celebrated women's basketball players of all time breaks down her ultimate recipe to success, using her own deeply inspiring...

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...

For close to a decade, technology analyst Dan Wang--"a gifted observer of contemporary China" (Ross Douthat)--has been living through the country's astonishing, messy progress. China's...

Drawing on new archival material, original research, and interviews, this spellbinding book is the first major biography of James Baldwin in three decades, revealing how...

A collection of essays about language and its constructive role in national culture, history, and identity, that advocates for linguistic decolonization. 'The language of literature',...

Walter Rodney was a scholar, working class militant, and revolutionary from Guyana. Strongly influenced by Marxist ideas, he remains central to radical Pan-Africanist thought for...

It is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism. After 1989, capitalism has successfully presented itself as the only...

  NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An accessible and inspirational guide to bringing the art and creativity of songwriting into your life, from the Grammy-winning...

Olujimi's recent transcendent watercolor and ink paintings, sculpture, murals and film works imagine the liberatory possibilities of boundlessness Through an exploration of weightlessness, Olujimi contests...

In over a dozen interviews, Conversations with Kiese Laymon provides an in-depth look at author Kiese Laymon as an educator, creative writer, activist, family member, and Mississippian....

The long history of the racial wealth gap in America told through the stories of seven Black families who struggled to build wealth over multiple...