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The definitive selection of Amiri Baraka’s dynamic poetry—comprising more than five decades of groundbreaking, controversial work—with new, previously unpublished, and uncollected poems.
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The Vulture
New edition of the first novel by the legendary poet, musician and Godfather of Rap.
keep readingSearching for Zion
“This is a beautifully written and thought-provoking book. My head gets blown off every page. . . . Everyone [Raboteau] meets she renders with…
keep readingThe Nigger Factory
New edition of the second novel by the legendary poet, musician and Godfather of Rap. The Nigger Factory is a scornful statement on the…
keep readingJam on the Vine
An explosive debut novel that chronicles the life of a trailblazing African American woman journalist through the start of the twentieth century.
keep readingHarlem
“[A] panoramic history . . . Gill blends high-density research, political and cultural sophistication, and narrative drive to produce an epic worthy of its fabled subject.” —Edward Kosner, The Wall Street Journal…
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“Dunkel’s enthralling narrative of Bismarck’s talented collection of white and black players falls into the ‘must-read’ category.” —Cleveland Plain Dealer
keep readingThe Colored Museum
“Brings forth a bold new voice that is bound to shake up blacks and whites with separate-but-equal impartiality. True satire.” –Jack Kroll, Newsweek
keep readingBullwhip Days
“A rich source of cultural information . . . Eloquent and important. It stands as a group portrait of people not long dead, all…
keep readingBlack Folktales
“Although these tales have been told before . . . Lester brings a fresh, street-talk language to them and thus breathes new life into…
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