Collection: Classics

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Fences comes Joe Turner's Come and Gone—Winner of the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play. “The glow accompanying August Wilson’s...

A pointed satire about a Nigerian on vacation in Europe, into the heart of whitenessFour years ago, a young man named Furo Wariboko woke up...

An inspirational keepsake from the multiple award-winning writer and activistDynamic and legendary, poet and activist Sonia Sanchez is one of the most esteemed poets in...

For fans of the Oscar-winning film American Fiction: the landmark comic satire that asks, “What would happen if all black people in America turned white?”—featuring an...

The only issue-by-issue, story-by-story history of Spider-Man comics from the wall crawler's first appearance in Amazing Fantasy #15 (August 1962) to the present. Fully-illustrated with archival images. From...

Howard Zinn's classic account of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), one of the most significant and creative organizations to shape the course of the...

The first biography of the celebrated ballet dancer Arthur Mitchell and the iconic dance company he founded, from a renowned dance historian Arthur Mitchell (1934-2018)...

Don’t miss one of America’s top 100 most-loved novels, selected by PBS’s The Great American Read. This beloved book by E. B. White, author of Stuart Little and The...

In the tradition of Claudia Tate's classic book, re-envisioned for the 21st century, Khadijah Queen showcases fifteen leading Black women writers who are influencing the...

The bestselling Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents trade paperback books, complete with French flaps and deckled edges, together in a premium boxed set--a perfect gift...

Returning to print after nearly 50 years, Survivor completes Octavia E. Butler’s thrilling Patternist series, including a short story from the Patternist saga and new...

Back in Harlem after fleeing the horrors of World War I, Jake has left his past behind--only to find himself drawn into the city's seductive...

A collective work of art whose time has come. Of lasting value for all lovers of literature and the erotic, this is a glorious, groundbreaking...

  A Caldecott Honor and Reading Rainbow book, this memorable retelling of Cinderella is perfect for introducing children to the fairy tale as well as...

  One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels “If one had to identify the single most influential shaping force in modern Black literary history, one would...

  “When Miss Brooks. . . writes out of her heart, out of her rich and living background, out of her very real talent, then...

One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels One of The Center for Fiction's 200 Books That Shaped 200 Years of Literature "Petry is the writer we have...

From one of America's most cherished and celebrated poets, a landmark collection of Nikki Giovanni's early work from the transformational years of 1968-1998! “Nikki Giovanni...

A perennial New York Times bestseller and enduring classic of modern American culture. “Each offering from bell hooks is a major event, as she has so much...

  Verna Aardema published her first set of stories, Tales from the Story Hat, in 1960. They were so successful that  she continued to adapt traditional tales...

Named one of the GREAT AMERICAN NOVELS of the last 100 years by The AtlanticThe 50th anniversary edition of the classic, freewheeling novel by one of...

Here is New York Times bestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey's debut novel, a celebration of Black sisterhood hailed by Essence as one of the “50 Most Impactful Black Books...

Winner of the 2003 Lambda Literary Award for Fiction AnthologyShowcasing the work of literary giants like Langston Hughes, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, Alice Walker, and...