Collection: Staff Picks

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...

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...

"If I must die, let it bring hope, let it be a tale." This rich, elegiac compilation of work from the late Palestinian poet and...

Groundbreaking new book based on the popular site blackcrossword.com featuring over 100 original puzzles inspired by the Diaspora and covering history, popular culture, trailblazers, literature,...

In this call to bravery from Olympic medalist Ibtihaj Muhammad, Faizah learns to overcome her fears and stand in front of the crowd in this...

An R&B singer and a corporate executive find love that hits the right notes in this romance by Kristina Forest, USA Today bestselling author of The Partner Plot....

  Joe Sacco's breakthrough work of graphic journalism -- a now-established genre almost single handedly invented by Sacco -- won the American Book Award upon...

From Rebecca Walker, mother, and bestselling author, comes Time for Us - her debut children's book dedicated to the precious time we spend together.  To...

  "Her best work yet. . . This one has it all.” — George R.R. Martin "[Okorafor’s] worlds open your mind to new things, always rooted in...

Tracy Deonn's #1 New York Times bestselling Legendborn Cycle continues in the sensational third book about a dazzling contemporary fantasy world that blends Southern Black Girl Magic...

The definitive photographic celebration of John Coltrane's life and music, featuring exclusive contributions written by Ravi Coltrane, Wayne Coyne, Dev Hynes, Phil Lesh, Julie Mehretu,...

Jennifer C. Nash examines how Black feminists have turned to beautiful writing as the voice that allows readers to stay close to the field’s central...

  A harrowing and indispensable first-hand account of the experience of the first 85 days of the Israeli invasion of Gaza, from a prominent Palestinian...

A young woman discovers that dancers at a local discotheque are being driven to acts of insane violence. "The place was full of swarming, pugnacious,...

  From the founder of Black Girl Hockey Club, a collection of deeply insightful and piercing essays shedding light on the history of Black excellence...