Collection: Non-Fiction

Selections from the extraordinary Studio Museum in Harlem Collection, accompanying the highly anticipated opening of the institution's first-ever purpose-built museum Meaning Matter Memory is a keepsake...

A moving, politically-charged memoir of surviving trauma and embracing the power of activism from MSNBC legal analyst and former New York City Mayoral candidate Maya...

A beautifully-written, broadly accessible, and forthright argument for a solution to the migration crisis: open the gates.Because of restrictive borders, human beings suffer and die....

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “No single book is as relevant to the present moment.”—Claudia Rankine, author of Citizen“With unsettling insight and disturbing clarity, How Fascism Works is an...

Los Angeles Times BestsellerThis riveting tour through 1960s Los Angeles is a “history from below, in the very best sense” as it celebrates the “grassroots heroes...

A comprehensive account of policing Black life in Canada and a vision for Black futures beyond surveillance and confinement.The bestselling first edition of Policing Black Lives became...

In the US, police conduct millions of traffic stops for reasons unrelated to safety. Study after study confirm that Black drivers experience higher rates of...

How a new "woke" elite uses the language of social justice to gain more power and status--without helping the marginalized and disadvantaged   Society has...

From “national treasure” (Steve Harvey) Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders, the ultimate playbook of inspiring personal stories, winning strategies, and the motivation required to help us “elevate...

An essential collection spanning nearly twenty years of emphatic, fearlessly original poetry from one of America's most celebrated living writers. Drawing from six previously published...

AN INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLERMemoir meets craft master class in this “daring, honest, psychologically insightful” exploration of how we think and write about intimate experiences—“a must...

How neurotypical hegemony reproduces a culture of exclusion--and how to overcome this with love, hope, and solidarity Ableism is embedded in our daily lives. Social...

Renowned African-American, lesbian-feminist poet and performer Pat Parker wrote five collections of poetry during her lifetime, Jonestown & Other Madness, Movement in Black, Womanslaughter, Pit...

Explore the “comprehensive and compelling” (Jon Meacham) biography of civil rights leader John Lewis, celebrated as “the conscience of Congress,” through a narrative that weaves...

Modern and contemporary artists from Auguste Rodin to Ana Mendieta explore the body as a site for social transformation Inspired by the conscientious resistance struggles...

In The Elsewhere Is Black, Marisa Solomon examines how waste is a mundane part of poor Black survival and a condition of settler colonial racial...

A bold call to rethink authenticity at work Workplace dynamics in recent years have been a dizzying storm of broken promises. Companies that once encouraged...

From the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author whose coverage of Mike Tyson and his inner circle dates back to the 1980s, a magnificent noir epic about...

Available for the first time since 1978, The Harlem Book of the Dead showcases James Van Der Zee's unflinching creative vision Originally published in 1978, The Harlem Book...

From the Ignatz and Eisner Award-winning cartoonist Ben Passmore comes a whirlwind graphic history of Black life, taken by force It’s the summer of 2020,...

From Whiting Award–winner Rickey Laurentiis, a mythic, lyric, decade-in-the-making new collection of masterful poems that probe the meanings of trans/formation and re-creation, a new classic...

A richly illustrated account tracing the full arc of contemporary painter Suzanne Jackson's life and multifaceted artistic vision. First and foremost a painter, Suzanne Jackson...

Whether infused by movement or stillness, Mlengeya's black-and-white portrait paintings radiate both power and peace Born in 1991 in Dar es Salaam, Sungi Mlengeya captures...

Why black women's stories of encounters with the police are missing from official and unofficial accounts of police violence   In The Secrets of Silence, Shannon...