A Simple Distance
A provocative debut that masterfully fuses issues of culture, race, sexuality, and family.
Bloody Crossroads 2020: Art, Entertainment, and Resistance to Trump
Little John Crow
Cosmogramma
New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Nane)
How Did Humans Go Extinct?
The Go the Fuck to Sleep Box Set: Go the Fuck to Sleep, You Have to Fucking Eat & Fuck, Now There Are Two of You
Featured: Black Interest
The Girl with the Golden Shoes
A dazzling coming-of-age novella, now an Essence Magazine best seller, by Jamaica’s top-selling writer.
Prayer for the Living
Topical and timely, Booker Prize–winning author Ben Okri’s new collection of short stories blurs parallel realities and walks the line between darkness and magic.
Upcoming Events
Barbara DeMarco-Barrett – Palm Springs Writers Guild (Palm Springs, CA)
12/4/21, 1:00pm
Presentation: “Polishing Your Short Story to A Publishable Shine” by guest speaker Barbara DeMarco-Barrett (editor of Palm Springs Noir). Masks and vaccination required to attend in-person, but all registrants will receive a video replay of this presentation. Books will be available for purchase. This event begins at 1:00 pm Pacific time and is hosted by […]
VIRTUAL EVENT: Alejandro Pérez-Cortés – Third Place Books Lake Forest (Lake Forest Park, WA)
12/10/21, 9:00pm
Please note: all our virtual events are listed in Eastern time (ET). Alejandro Pérez-Cortes launches his new poetry collection Ima and Coli Are the Tree That Was Never a Seed / Ima y coli son el arbol que nunca fue semilla with special guests Claudia Castro Luna and Gerald Bigelow. This virtual event will be […]
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Danny Goldberg talks BLOODY CROSSROADS 2020 with Sidney Blumenthal
Watch Danny Goldberg in conversation with Sidney Blumenthal discussing Goldberg’s new book BLOODY CROSSROADS 2020!
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Akashic Insider
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TJJT Book Club: S.A. Cosby
The TJJT Book Club team (Tayari Jones & Johnny Temple) interview S.A. Cosby about Waffle House, whiskey, the future of America, and his latest novel, Razorblade Tears.
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- Quarantine Q&A: Black Francis
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