Collection: Non-Fiction

A radical new examination of Malcolm X that shows how the iconic figure was always dedicated to a global movement for Black liberation.   Malcolm...

The second title in Aperture's Vision & Justice Book Series, created and coedited by Drs. Sarah Lewis, Leigh Raiford, and Deborah Willis, showcases the luminous,...

Invigorating authentic Southern soul cooking with new inspiration, acclaimed chef Deborah VanTrece elevates classic comfort food into unique, surprising dishes worth celebrating. Deborah VanTrece's Kansas...

Why is it that, despite our best efforts, many of us remain fundamentally unhappy and unfulfilled in our lives? In this provocative and inspiring book,...

First published in 1967, Ernest Cole's House of Bondage has been lauded as one of the most significant photobooks of the twentieth century, revealing the horrors of...

From postwar efforts to end discrimination in the motion-picture industry, recording studios, and musicians' unions, through the development of community-based arts organizations, to the creation...

A raw and deeply moving memoir from the legendary author of The God of Small Things and The Ministry of Utmost Happiness that traces the complex relationship with her...

The first full retrospective of Whitten's dazzling and trenchant abstraction from the 1960s-2010s, which transformed the relationship between art, race and society Jack Whitten offered...

An enthralling, intimate collection of essays and over 75 recipes exploring the history of eight countries to understand the impact of geopolitical conflict and its...

"This book is as celebratory as it is incisive, as it is, at times, heartbreaking. A massive achievement." — Hanif Abdurraqib, National Book Award-winning author...

Very little can prepare you for fatherhood. You can read all of the books, listen to all of the podcasts, and consult all of the...

A follow-up to the wildly successful What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About, this “moving and deeply relatable” (Qian Julie Wang, New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Country)...

A blueprint for how wealth can be transformed into a more just and sustainable future in times of rapid change and crisis. On the cusp...

Gaza is the first genocide to be captured in real-time images on devices we hold in our hands. Two days after October 7, the Lebanese...

In the tradition of books by Albert Woodfox and Angela Davis comes the gripping memoir of a wrongful conviction and life on death row in...

As seen on MSNBC’s Morning Joe and heard on NPR’s All Things Considered: the bestselling, National Book Award–winning journalist offers an essential guide to understanding, resisting, and recovering from...

While the North prevailed in the Civil War, ending slavery and giving the country a "new birth of freedom," Heather Cox Richardson argues in this...

From the bestselling author of How Fascism Works, a global call to action that tells us “why the past is a frontline in the struggle for a...

Gucci Mane, one of hip-hop’s most iconic figures and a trailblazer in Atlanta’s rap culture, reveals his struggles with mental health and drug addiction that...

The deluxe 10th anniversary hardcover edition of the galvanizing New York Times bestseller The Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes—executive producer of Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal,...

Exploring the interdisciplinary relationship between the writings of the queer, Black poet and activist Essex Hemphill and contemporary visual artAccompanying the eponymous exhibition at the...

An expansive survey of video, installation and more from Arthur Jafa, whose practice is “a counterpunch to anyone who wants to put people of color...

New paintings and previously unseen works from the multilayered oeuvre of Julie Mehretu, combining international histories with a global, forward-looking consciousnessDrawing from inspirations as varied...

The first book on beloved Los Angeles community organizer and urban gardener Ron Finley, known as the “Gangsta Gardener”Ron Finley is a visionary designer, horticulturalist...