Collection: Staff Picks

Portrayals of James Baldwin and others in his circle highlight the iconic writer's activism The American writer and activist James Baldwin (1924-87) considered himself a...

The long-awaited essay collection from one of the most influential voices in disability activism that detonates a bomb in our collective understanding of care and...

A personal meditation on, examination of, and tribute to Black single motherhood, unapologetically told through poignant essays and candid interviews, by a celebrated cultural critic.Through...

While our schools are being scrutinized for their alleged "woke-ness," an award-winning education scholar and former teacher shows that America’s classrooms were built to maintain...

This entirely new edition of a famous classic has glorious new photographs--many never before seen--as well as revised and expanded text that deepens our understanding...

From Law Roach, award-winning celebrity stylist and the world's only image architect, comes a groundbreaking guide to becoming your ultimate, confident self. Law Roach is...

NAMED A BEST COOKBOOK OF SUMMER 2024 by FORBES and FOOD & WINE African cuisine is infused with Californian culture to create delicious, unique meals in this beautiful...

A young journalist, reeling from loss, investigates a mysterious cult in the California redwoods, only to be drawn in by its charismatic leader--an addictive novel...

A lyrical picture book from the award-winning author of Heavy, about three Black boys who form a deep connection during a transformative summer trip down South...

The Two Keys (al-Mufftahein; المفتاحين) imprint is made in the historic Touqan family workshop in Nablus. Their original factory, as well as their family company,...

Published in the US for the first time, Fearless and Free is the memoir of the fabulous, rule-breaking, one-of-a-kind Josephine Baker, the iconic dancer, singer, spy, and...

The essential, urgent coming-of-age novel by Jamaica Kincaid, a reinventor of the form.Since her first, prizewinning collection of stories, At the Bottom of the River, Jamaica...

  The newest novel in USA Today bestselling author Beverly Jenkins's compelling Women Who Dare series features a fearless grifter who goes undercover to reclaim the stolen...

A dynamic and strikingly relevant look at a feminist canon as expansive rather than definitive A Penguin Classic For Roxane Gay, a feminist canon is...

The exciting new contemporary romance and—her first to feature a queer romance—by New York Times bestselling author Jasmine Guillory Avery Jensen is almost thirty, fresh off a...

Experience Africa's vibrant food culture with 120 recipes from the continent's most exciting culinary voices Meet the culinarians who are setting the new African table....

A Broadway actress has a chance at stardom when cast by a major Hollywood director, but the role of her dreams may cost her the...

Named one of the Best Books of the Century by The New York TimesTwo-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward (Salvage the Bones, Sing, Unburied, Sing) contends...

"James Baldwin was born for truth. It called upon him to tell it on the mountains, to preach it in Harlem, to sing it on...

  Roxane Gay's New York Times bestselling debut collection of essays spanning politics, criticism, and feminism--a modern classic from one of the most prominent voices of her...

Stronger Than Pride (1988) is Sade's third album, featuring the singles "Love Is Stronger Than Pride", "Paradise", "Nothing Can Come Between Us", "Turn My Back...

Promise (1985) is Sade's second album, featuring the singles "The Sweetest Taboo", "Is It A Crime?", and "Never As Good As The First Time." The...

Updated documentation of The Theater of Refusal on the exhibition's 30th anniversary. In 1993, at the University of California, Irvine, Charles Gaines and Catherine Lord mounted a...