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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Event: Eric Morse Launches What Is Hip-Hop?
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Now Available: Montana Noir, edited by James Grady and Keir Graff
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Now Available: To Funk and Die in LA by Nelson George
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Now Available: What Is Hip-Hop? by Eric Morse and Anny Yi
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“The Terrible Twos” by Ben White
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Garbage: Limited Edition Preorder with Exclusive 12″ Vinyl!
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Twenty-Year Anniversary Notebooks
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Featured Titles
Featured: Black Interest
Every Boy Should Have a Man
Echoing Jonathan Swift, Preston L. Allen breaks new ground with a novel that is part allegory, part fantasy.
Upcoming Events
Eric Morse Launches What is Hip-Hop? — Bluestockings
9/23/17, 12:00pm
Join Eric Morse for the New York launch of What is Hip-Hop? at Bluestockings Bookstore.
News & Features
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The Book of Harlan Wins 2017 American Book Award!
A huge congratulations to Bernice L. McFadden for winning the 2017 American Book Award for her latest novel The Book of Harlan! This is in addition to winning the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work (Fiction), and being named a Washington Post Notable Book of 2016.
- “The Terrible Twos” by Ben White
- “Smoked” by Brandon Dutton
- “Papa Jumbie” by Joanne C. Hillhouse
- “A Summer Underwater” by Evelyn Sharenov
Akashic Insider
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Hirsh Sawhney Longlisted for DSC Prize and Shortlisted for Shakti Bhatt Prize!
Congratulations to Hirsh Sawhney on being longlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature, and shortlisted for the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize for his debut novel, South Haven!
- Event: Eric Morse Launches What Is Hip-Hop?
- Now Available: What Is Hip-Hop? by Eric Morse and Anny Yi
- Now Available: To Funk and Die in LA by Nelson George
- Now Available: Montana Noir, edited by James Grady and Keir Graff