New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Tatu)
This limited-edition nine-piece box set, an African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) project, features the work of new African poets.
They Better Call Me Sugar: My Journey from the Hood to the Hardwood
Unstrung—Limited Edition Preorder with Exclusive Lyric Chapbook
Face: One Square Foot of Skin
A River Called Time
Creatures of Passage
Featured: Black Interest
A Million Aunties
American-born artist Chris is forced to reconsider his conception of family during a visit to his mother’s Caribbean homeland.
The Roving Tree
A powerful debut novel illuminating how adoptees struggle to recapture their personal histories and cultural legacy, part of Akashic’s Open Lens imprint.
Upcoming Events
VIRTUAL EVENT: Morowa Yejidé – Gaithersburg Book Festival (Gaithersburg, MD)
5/11/21, 7:00pm
PLEASE NOTE: All of our virtual events are listed in Eastern Time (ET). Panel: “Dark Fantasy”: P. Djèlí Clark (A Master of Djinn) and Morowa Yejidé (Creatures of Passage), moderated by Torie Clarke. From 1912 Cairo to modern-day Anacostia, magic, mythology and fantasy overlay the real world. Whether an Agent for the Ministry of Alchemy, […]
VIRTUAL EVENT: Speculative Los Angeles – LitFest Pasadena
5/15/21, 8:00pm
PLEASE NOTE: All of our virtual events are listed in Eastern Time (ET). Denise Hamilton and contributors Lynell George, Kathleen Kaufman, and Duane Swierczynski discuss Speculative Los Angeles in a panel event for LitFest Pasadena. This event will be broadcast simultaneously on Facebook, YouTube, and LitFest’s website; please visit LitFest Pasadena to learn more.
News & Features
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Another great week for FACE!
Justine Bateman’s Face: One Square Foot of Skin has had another great week!
- CREATURES OF PASSAGE Receives High Praise in New York Times, Washington Post, Philadelphia Inquirer and more!
- “Dominant Hand” by Susan Hammerman
- “Jackson’s Bad Choice” by Kristen Petry
- “Does the President Poop?” by Kristin Markovich and Laura Moore
Akashic Insider
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Q&A Extras: Kathleen Hanna
Kathleen Hanna answers 15 questions from Johnny in 2 minutes: Tees4Togo, coffee, weed, Bikini Kill, Donald Trump, and more!
- Quarantine Q&A: Courttia Newland
- Quarantine Q&A: Morowa Yejidé
- Quarantine Q&A: Craig Finn
- Quarantine Q&A: Thurston Moore, Part II