Collection: Non-Fiction

In this sweeping, foundational work, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David Hackett Fischer draws on extensive research to show how enslaved Africans and their descendants enlarged American...

A discipline-crossing introduction to civic media via accounts from grassroots practitioners "Civic media" is the use of contemporary technologies to connect communities, inspire action, build...

For gentle reminders on self-love, inner growth, and seeing yourself with kindness, this empowering calendar offers daily encouragement and comfort. Each colorful page of the We...

A collective portrait of the Black Power movement by radical journalist and former Black Panther JoNina Abron-Ervin Driven by the Movement collects the stories of twenty...

In Monk Fruit, Edward Salem prowls the edges of prophecy and punch line, like Rumi on acid. Edward Salem is a poet who knows the void...

WINNER OF THE PEN OPEN BOOK AWARDFrom an award-winning historian, an alternative model of feminism driven by the legacy of Black women who took justice...

We've never done anything big in this country without little banks. Yet the number of community banks in the US has been steadily declining for...

A rousing defense of public education as the cornerstone of American democracy, by the woman attacked by the far right as “the most dangerous person...

“Journaling as a process is utterly alchemizing, with practical applications in every area of one’s life and work. The journal is like a chrysalis: the...

How a largely Latino/a workforce of immigration agents reconciles the moral ambiguities of its work Immigration agents have a frontline view of the racial, economic,...

Contemporary artists and writers reflect on the Great Migration and the ways that it continues to inform the Black experience in America The Great Migration...

Elizabeth Leiba is a professor, author, business consultant, and social advocate for Black women in business. With backgrounds in communication, politics, and academics, she launched her...

One of the most decorated and celebrated women's basketball players of all time breaks down her ultimate recipe to success, using her own deeply inspiring...

Conceived and first composed on her laptop at home, with some vocals recorded in her bathroom, Erykah Badu's New Amerykah Part Two is lo-fi and...

Ousmane Sembène was one of the greatest, most groundbreaking filmmakers in the history of cinema, an acclaimed novelist, and the most renowned African director of...

Throughout hooks' powerful life she envisioned, described, and enacted a radical, engaged pedagogy and praxis rooted in love, rather than power, while simultaneously modeling transgressive...

Featuring more than 100 artists, this landmark book charts the intricate connections between photography and the Black Arts Movement The Black Arts Movement brought together...

Originally published in 2000, Reflections in Black was the first single-volume work to collect the images of leading African American photographers--from the daguerreotype to the digital age....

For close to a decade, technology analyst Dan Wang--"a gifted observer of contemporary China" (Ross Douthat)--has been living through the country's astonishing, messy progress. China's...

Drawing on new archival material, original research, and interviews, this spellbinding book is the first major biography of James Baldwin in three decades, revealing how...

'To explore a history of Black communities across centuries of art is a love letter to the practice, a gift of knowledge and an ode...

Lydia Hudgens’s debut photo book, featuring only plus-sized models: a first in fashion publishing.In a landscape where magazine covers are still dominated by skinny bodies...

A collection of essays about language and its constructive role in national culture, history, and identity, that advocates for linguistic decolonization. 'The language of literature',...

Bestselling author and advocate Dr. Monique Couvson makes a compelling, passionate case for why we should invest in girls' unlimited potential.   Building on her...