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The Vision Through My Lens: My Life in Basketball and Beyond

Amid the current firestorm of interest in women’s basketball, Natasha Howard reveals the tremendous obstacles she overcame to become a three-time WNBA champion who continues to excel on the hardwood.

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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.

The long-awaited reissue of McFadden’s best-selling second novel praised by Toni Morrison, USA Today, Washington Post, and others—published simultaneously with McFadden’s new novel Gathering of Waters.

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Virgin Islands Noir — Bajo el Sol Gallery (St. John, VI)

10/17/26, 5:00pm

Richard Georges presents Virgin Islands Noir with contributors Raven Phillips and Hadiya Sewer.

Quiet City Limited Edition Preorder

The Angel at the Gates

The Royal We

Grandma, What’s That? Countdown to Christmas: A Nine Mile Babies Adventure

The Vision Through My Lens: My Life in Basketball and Beyond

Day One: 2024 Was 1984 FAFO

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Featured: Black Interest

The Family Mansion

An illuminating and unflinching novel exploring England’s 19th-century colonization of Jamaica.

Black Lotus 2: The Vow

After the death of a police officer, assassin Kahllah (aka the Black Lotus) is forced out of retirement in an attempt to clear her name while outrunning a mysterious enemy.
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My Own Dear People

A young Jamaican man struggles to overcome toxic masculinity—his culture’s and his own—in this Caribbean coming-of-age novel.

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Virgin Islands Noir — Bajo el Sol Gallery (St. John, VI)

10/17/26, 5:00pm

Richard Georges presents Virgin Islands Noir with contributors Raven Phillips and Hadiya Sewer.

Steve Schirripa — ReRead Books & More (Cheshire, CT)

10/17/26, 3:00pm

Steve Schirripa presents WillieBoy Eats the World.

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Now available for preorder: the latest “naphic grovel” by rap legend Chuck D
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The new paperback edition of David Duchovny’s debut poetry collection, About Time, is now available for preorder.
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Exclusive Natasha Howard Preorder Package

Our exclusive preorder package for Natasha Howard’s new WNBA memoir is now available for preorder
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