Seth, proud and beautiful, escaped from slavery but is haunted by its heritage - from the fires of the flesh to the heartbreaking challenges to the spirit. Set in rural Ohio several years after the Civil War, this profoundly affecting...
Black Authors
Collection of titles by Black Authors. Titles include Fiction, Nonfiction, Children’s Books, Young Adult, Literary Fiction, Poetry, Plays and more!
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Auteur:Morrison, ToniSommaire: - Auteur:Roby, Kimberla LawsonSommaire:
Celine's marriage is at a crossroads when she is diagnosed with breast cancer. As her relationship deteriorates and Celine worries that she'll be left to endure cancer treatment alone, comfort and support come in the form of her best...
- Auteur:Bunkley, Anita R.Sommaire:
This is the tale of Broadway star Niya Londres, who is planning her extravagant Acapulco wedding. But there's one problem. Niya hasn't said "yes" yet--to any of the three men who've popped the question.
- Auteur:Wilkerson, CharmaineSommaire:
In this moving debut novel, two estranged siblings must set aside their differences to deal with their mother's death and her hidden past-a journey of discovery that takes them from the Caribbean to London to California and ends with...
- Auteur:JaQuavis, AshleySommaire:
Kasheef Williams has a friend's blood on his hands and a witness to the murder. With video evidence revealed, the police seek out the witness, but Kasheef is determined to find her first.
- Auteur:Allen, JayneSommaire:
In this highly anticipated second installment in the Black Girls Must Die Exhausted series, Tabitha Walker copes with more of life's challenges and a happy surprise-a baby-with a little help and lots of love from friends old and new....
- Auteur:Allen, JayneSommaire:
"It's a good thing that this is only the first book of a trilogy, because after getting to know Tabitha, you won't want to leave her at the end. . . . Written intimately as if you're peering into the mind of a close friend, this book is...
- Auteur:James, MarlonSommaire:
"A fantasy world as well-realized as anything Tolkien made."'Neil Gaiman "Gripping, action-packed...The literary equivalent of a Marvel Comics universe."'Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times The epic novel, an African Game of Thrones,...
- Auteur:Snorton, C. RileySommaire:
The story of Christine Jorgensen, Americas first prominent transsexual, famously narrated trans embodiment in the postwar era. Her celebrity, however, has obscured other mid-century trans narratives-- ones lived by African Americans...
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An anthology of African-Canadian writing, Black Writing Matters offers a cross-section of established writers and newcomers to the literary world who tackle contemporary and pressing issues with beautiful, sometimes raw, prose. As...
- Auteur:Walcott, RinaldoSommaire:
What does it mean in the era of Black Lives Matter to continue to ignore and deny the violence that is the foundation of the Canadian nation state? -- discloses the ongoing destruction of Black people as enacted not simply by state...
- Auteur:Philip, M. NourbeSeSommaire:
Bla_K is a collection of previously out-of-print essays and new works by one of Canada's most important writers and thinkers. Through an engagement with her earlier work, M. NourbeSe Philip comes to realize the existence of a repetition...
- Auteur:Locke, AtticaSommaire:
A "heartbreakingly resonant" thriller about the explosive intersection of love, race, and justice from a writer and producer of the Emmy-winning Fox TV show Empire ( USA Today ). "In Bluebird, Bluebird Attica Locke had both mastered the...
- Auteur:Alexander, KwameSommaire:
In this middle grade novel-in-verse by the Newbery Medal-winning and Coretta Scott King Honor Award-winning author of "The Crossover," soccer, family, love, and friendship take center stage as twelve-year-old Nick learns the power of...
- Auteur:Chariandy, DavidSommaire:
An intensely beautiful, searingly powerful, tightly constructed novel, Brother explores questions of masculinity, family, race, and identity as they are played out in a Scarborough housing complex during the sweltering heat and...
- Auteur:Woodson, JacquelineSommaire:
A New York Times bestseller and National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson, the acclaimed author of Another Brooklyn, tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing verse. Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson...
- Auteur:Jones, BurnleySommaire:
Born and raised in Truro, Nova Scotia, Burnley "Rocky" Jones is one of Canada's most important figures of social justice. Often referred to as Canada's Stokely Carmichael, Jones was tirelessly dedicated to student movements, peace...
- Auteur:Tamani, LiaraSommaire:
Told in fifty-four short, episodic, moving, and iridescent chapters, this novel follows Taja Brown on her journey from middle school to high school while living in Houston, Texas.
- Auteur:Piepzna-Samarasinha, Leah LakshmiSommaire:
Leah Piepzna-Samarasinha is a poet and essayist whose most recent book, the memoir Dirty River, was a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award and the Publishing Triangle's Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction. She is also a long-time...
- Auteur:Adjei-Brenyah, Nana KwameSommaire:
Two top women gladiators fight for their freedom within a depraved private prison system not so far-removed from America's own in this explosive, hotly-anticipated debut novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Friday Black"...
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