Collection: Non-Fiction

Learn how AI technology can utilize human-created biases, and what we can do to create a more fair, just world. This is a book about...

The first title in Aperture's Vision & Justice Series--featuring a collection of award-winning short essays by Maurice Berger that explore the intersections of photography, race,...

  The award-winning art historian and founder of Vision & Justice uncovers a pivotal era in the story of race in the United States when...

When first published in 2017, They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us became an instant cultural sensation, appearing in music videos, B-sides to singles by The...

An illustrated, practical guide to navigating your financial life, no matter your financial situation"a potent mix of deeply practical and wonderfully empathetic" —Erin Lowry, author of Broke...

The extraordinary life of Cher can be told by only one person . . . Cher herself. After more than seventy years of fighting to...

This long-awaited and much-needed volume shines new light on one of America’s most beloved, and profound, poets—Lucille Clifton. Black Buffalo Woman is a deep, comprehensive dive...

A bold reinterpretation of the causes and legacy of Nat Turner's rebellion--and the new definitive account. In August 1831, a group of enslaved people in...

  "Laci Mosley is a hilarious and wise rule breaker and Scam Goddess reminds you there are many ways to 'live your dream.'" --Amy Poehler A delightfully...

The first monograph by the New Black Vanguard's Arielle Bobb-Willis is a vivid statement about color, gesture, and style. Keep the Kid Alive, Arielle Bobb-Willis's first...

Paul Mpagi Sepuya reflects on the methodologies, strategies, and points of interest behind a single, expansive body of work at a pivotal moment in his...

A darkly comic memoir-in-essays about the scam of the American Dream and doing whatever it takes to survive in the Sunshine State--from the award-winning author...

 A collection of darkly humorous, intensely personal essays by cult fave and multi-hyphenate artist Jean Grae  In My Remaining Years, by creative juggernaut Jean Grae,...

From regarded mental health expert Nicole Russell-Wharton, a guide to disrupt unhealthy patterns and heal from inherited trauma so you can finally break the cycle...

More than 40 works across media, including major ensemble performances, emerging in the afterlife of postmodern dance Philadelphia-based artist, dancer and choreographer Ralph Lemon (born...

From the creator of "nothing less than a unified field theory of racism" (NPR Planet Money), a dollar-and-cents reckoning of the state of Black America and a...

An idea 50 years in the making, this entertaining cookbook from a cult music legend is chock-full of stories and soul food Before there was...

Examining aesthetic connections between the works of more than 50 Black artists from throughout the global diaspora This book was born out of frustration with...

We all know it takes guts and creativity to fight for justice. But how often do we put those same qualities to work in our...

  A riveting conversation between the two artists, touching on seminal influences, experiences and practices This thought-provoking publication presents a fecund dialogue between Chicago-based painter...

A loving and powerful photobook following the lineage of one Black family, interrogating the semiotics of family portraiture This profoundly moving and visually ravishing photobook,...

  A deep dive into the video artist's latest installation fusing color, light and sound to upend our perception of space and time The subject...

Leslie Odom Jr., burst on the scene in 2015, originating the role of Aaron Burr in the Broadway musical phenomenon Hamilton. Since then, he has...

A stirring love letter to the artist's great-grandmother, Aisha, and a visual and poetic homage to an elderly generation of women across the Middle East...