An extraordinary debut novel, Freshwater explores the surreal experience of having a fractured self. It centers around a young Nigerian woman, Ada, who develops separate selves within her as a result of being born "with one foot on the...
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:Emezi, AkwaekeSommaire: - Auteur:Marks, JanaeSommaire:
#1 Kids Indie Next List * Parents Magazine Best Book of the Year * Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Book of the Year * SLJ Best Book of the Year * Kirkus Best Book of the Year * Junior Library Guild Selection * Edgar Award...
- Auteur:Hibbert, TaliaSommaire:
Talia Hibbert, one of contemporary romance's brightest new stars, delivers a witty, hilarious romantic comedy about a woman who's tired of being "boring" and recruits her mysterious, sexy neighbor to help her get a life-perfect for fans...
- Auteur:Rhodes, Jewell ParkerSommaire:
Twelve-year-old Jerome is shot by a police officer who mistakes his toy gun for a real threat. As a ghost, he observes the devastation unleashed on his family and community. This gripping story is about how children, families--and one...
- Auteur:Baldwin, JamesSommaire:
Moving through time from the rural South to the northern ghetto, Baldwin chronicles a fourteen-year-old boy's discovery of the terms of his identity as the stepson of the minister of a storefront Pentecostal church in Harlem one...
- Auteur:Williams-Garcia, RitaSommaire:
Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern are off to Alabama to visit their grandmother Big Ma and her mother Ma Charles. Across the way lives Ma Charles' half sister, though the two haven't spoken in years. But when tragedy strikes, Delphine...
- Auteur:Smith, ZadieSommaire:
A dazzling collection of short fiction Zadie Smith has established herself as one of the most iconic, critically respected, and popular writers of her generation. In her first short story collection, she combines her power of...
- Auteur:Ashley AntoinetteSommaire:
The Red Bottom Bandits may be the world's most fashion-forward gang of masked outlaws. They're the talk of D. C. for their daring robberies and fly gear. When the innocent, naïve Gucci recognizes ringleader Sunny Raegan during a holdup...
- Auteur:RuPaulSommaire:
A timeless collection of philosophies from renaissance performer and the world's most famous shape-shifter, RuPaul, whose sage outlook has created an unprecedented career for more than thirty-five years.
- Auteur:Cherry, Matthew A.Sommaire:
Zuri's hair has a mind of its own. It kinks, coils, and curls every which way. Zuri knows it's beautiful. When Daddy steps in to style it for an extra special occasion, he has a lot to learn. But he loves his Zuri, and he'll do anything...
- Auteur:Angelou, MayaSommaire:
Throughout Maya Angelou's life, from her childhood in Stamps, Arkansas, to her world travels as a bestselling writer, good food has played a central role. Preparing and enjoying homemade meals provides a sense of purpose and calm,...
- Auteur:Perkins, Useni EugeneSommaire:
Six-time Coretta Scott King Award winner and four-time Caldecott Honor recipient Bryan Collier brings this classic, inspirational poem to life, written by poet Useni Eugene Perkins Hey black child, Do you know who you are? Who really...
- Auteur:Shetterly, Margot LeeSommaire:
Now in a new edition for young readers, this is the true story of four African American female mathematicians known as "human computers" who helped John Glenn orbit the earth and Neil Armstrong walk on the moon.
- Auteur:Jackson, BrendaSommaire:
The Texas rancher and Navy SEAL who fathered Bristol Lockett's son died a hero's death--or so she was told. Yet when Laramie Cooper strolls into her exhibit at an art gallery three years later, he is very much alive--and still making...
- Auteur:Hurston, Zora NealeSommaire:
A collection of stories about love and migration, gender and class, racism and sexism that proudly reflect African American folk culture. Brought together for the first time in one volume, they include eight of Hurston's "lost" Harlem...
- Auteur:Carr, CharleneSommaire:
Katherine has everything under control. After years of struggling to conceive with her partner Patrick, she finally gives birth to Rose, her IVF miracle child. But she's afraid that Rose may not be her daughter, her pale skin not...
- Auteur:Clark, WahidaSommaire:
Tasha and Trae try to save their marriage.
- Auteur:Pesta, Abigail, Uwiringiyimana, SandraSommaire:
A girl from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sandra was just ten years old when she found herself with a gun pointed at her head. Remarkably, she escaped. Here she tells the story of her survival, of finding her place in a new...
- Auteur:Gibson, Chantal N.Sommaire:
"How she read" is a collection of genre-blurring poems about the representation of Black women, their hearts, minds and bodies, across the Canadian cultural imagination. Drawing from grade-school vocabulary spellers, literature, history...
- Auteur:Jones, SaeedSommaire:
From award-winning poet Saeed Jones, How We Fight for Our Lives is a stunning coming-of-age memoir written at the crossroads of sex, race, and power. "People don't just happen," writes Saeed Jones. "We sacrifice former versions of...
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