Tales of the Out & the Gone
Controversial literary legend Amiri Baraka’s new short story collection—an Essence Magazine best-seller—will shock and awe.
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“Old Bones” by Michael Patrick Brady
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A Student of History
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The Necessary Hunger
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“Bottlemouth” by Justin Haynes
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Featured Titles
Featured: Black Interest
Drifting
This mesmerizing, lyrical debut explores the lives of Haitian families aspiring to escape hardship and an earthquake’s devastation.
Upcoming Events
Katia D. Ulysse — Pikesville Library, Pikesville, MD
3/20/19, 2:30pm
Katia D. Ulysse presents Mouths Don’t Speak. Sponsored by Friends of Pikesville Library.
Catharine H. Murray — Virginia Festival of the Book, Charlottesville, VA
3/22/19, 2:00pm
LIVES IN UPHEAVAL: MEMOIRS: Authors Judy Goldman (Together) and Catharine Murray (Now You See the Sky) discuss lives overturned by illness, mishap, grief, and how one survives and continues to live and love.
News & Features
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Heatin’ Up: Nina Revoyr’s A STUDENT OF HISTORY
Nina Revoyr’s latest novel A Student of History publishes March 5, 2019!
- “Old Bones” by Michael Patrick Brady
- “Bottlemouth” by Justin Haynes
- “You’re in My Space” by Lisa Cole
- “The Mighty Kwapo” by Kristine Simelda
Akashic Insider
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TIGERBELLE featured for Black History Month
Author and Olympian Wyomia Tyus featured in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution!
- Bernice L. McFadden is Go On Girl! Book Club’s 2018 Author of the Year
- Bobby Sullivan’s Introduction to Revolutionary Threads
- DEATH OF A RAINMAKER is a Best Book of 2018!
- RIVERS SOLOMON in the New York Times!