An incisive, lyrical exploration of one family's history that radically overturns American myths about race, violence, and belonging. Asale Angel-Ajani and her twin, the only Black children in a working-class white family, were shuffled between...

From bestselling author Celeste Headlee, an urgent and eye-opening story of the women who risked everything to ensure a generation of Black Americans had the right to read. In the waning days of the antebellum South, millions of African Americans were...

?The breathtaking sequel to the #1 New York Times bestseller, Immortal Dark, Kidan Adane has finally embraced her darkness. She's killed without remorse, lied--and broken Uxlay University's most sacred law by inviting elusive rogue vampires, the Nefrasi,...

Reginald Dwayne Betts is our foremost chronicler of the ways prison shapes and transforms American life. In Doggerel, Betts examines this subject through a more prosaic--but equally rich--lens: dogs. He reminds us that, as our lives are broken and put...

Award-winning designer George Sully takes readers behind the polished fa?ade of the fashion world to reveal a story of persistence, purpose, and creative revolution. From his beginnings in public housing in Ottawa to building acclaimed brands like Sully...

The long-awaited memoir by the comedy legend and author of multiple New York Times bestsellers, a beautiful and mesmerizing book that reveals as never before his childhood in South Central Los Angeles, his time in the infamous Bloods gang, and how humor...

Explore the wearable modern art of Art Smith, one of the world's most celebrated 20th-century jewelers This striking jewelry coffee table book features 160 photos of more than 60 jewelry pieces Mid-century modernist jeweler Art Smith (1917-1982)...

When Oakland calls, Beast Mode answers. Inspired by NFL legend and cultural icon Marshawn Lynch, Beast Mode 510 is an action-packed graphic novel set in the heart of the 510. Blending explosive action, sharp satire, and West Coast swagger, this is Beast...

They may be the author of the #1 most banned book in America, but George M. Johnson isn't finished telling their story yet. Written with unflinching emotion and unapologetic boldness, And If I Die Before I Wake is nothing short of a testimony...

A collection of mindfulness poems that celebrate everyday moments, from "one of the wisest and most courageous writers of this generation" (Robert Jones Jr.) We live in an increasingly busy, destabilizing age, confronted by unceasing horrors. But as...

Emmy-winning comedian and actor Katt Williams delivers a raw, unfiltered memoir that takes readers on a wild ride from homelessness to Hollywood, revealing the resilience, faith, and unapologetic humor that define his iconic career. With a forward by...

The call to follow Christ was never a call to passive belief. In Contend, Philip Anthony Mitchell, founder and lead pastor of 2819 Church in Atlanta, unpacks Jude's urgent letter--a warning written to a Church under siege from false teachers,...