The Spring Thrills Digit
Excerpts from By the Balls: The Complete Collection by Jim Pascoe and Tom Fassbender, Heart of the Old Country by Tim McLoughlin, Southland by Nina Revoyr, and The Plot Against Hip Hop by Nelson George.
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“A Good Day for Redheads” by Patricia Abbott
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An Unkindness of Ghosts
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Beautiful Music
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The Perfume Burned His Eyes
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New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Tano)
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“The Piss of My Dreams” by Vashti Anderson
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“Yuh Must Always Christen d Children” by Xavier Barzey
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Sea Creatures from the Sky (SIGNED COPY)
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Featured Titles
Featured: Black Interest
Dog War
The highly anticipated new novel and debut US publication from the legendary Jamaican author of The Lunatic and The Duppy.
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
Michael Imperioli — Chaucer’s Books, Santa Barbara, CA
5/21/18, 7:00pm
Michael Imperioli will sign copies of The Perfume Burned His Eyes at Chaucer’s Books in his hometown.
Michael Zadoorian — Pages Bookshop, Detroit, MI
5/22/18, 6:00pm
Join Michael Zadoorian for a reading, Q&A, and signing of Beautiful Music at Pages Bookshop.
News & Features
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Cardi B reads GO THE FUCK TO SLEEP on Jimmy Fallon!
On the April 9 episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, mom-to-be and chart-topping artist Cardi B read a verse of our best-selling gift book Go the Fuck to Sleep! Check out the video below, and click on the button to buy a copy of Go the Fuck to Sleep through our website (signed by both the author, Adam […]
- “Yuh Must Always Christen d Children” by Xavier Barzey
- “A Good Day for Redheads” by Patricia Abbott
- “The Piss of My Dreams” by Vashti Anderson
- “Fifth: You Shall Not Waste” by Piero Schiavo Campo, translated from Italian by Sarah Jane Webb
Akashic Insider
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Akashic Authors Nominated for Lambda Literary Awards!
We are thrilled that two of our debut titles from 2017 are finalists for the Lambda Literary Awards! Patricia A. Smith’s The Year of Needy Girls on our Kaylie Jones Books imprint has been named a finalist in the category of Lesbian Fiction, and Rivers Solomon’s An Unkindness of Ghosts is a finalist in LGBTQ SF/F/Horror. Congratulations […]
- ATLANTA NOIR Editor Tayari Jones Pens Oprah Book Club Pick!
- Noir Series E-Books Only $2.99 Each!
- DANCE OF THE JAKARANDA is a New York Times Notable Book of 2017!
- Akashic Insider Exclusive: The Making of the Wu-Tang Clan from WHAT IS HIP-HOP?