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Reverse-Gentrification of the Literary World

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To Funk and Die in LA

Ex-bodyguard D Hunter is swept into the City of Angels on a dark mission to find his mysterious grandfather’s killer.

They Better Call Me Sugar: My Journey from the Hood to the Hardwood

In unflinchingly honest prose, Sugar Rodgers shares her inspiring story of overcoming tremendous odds to become an all-star in the WNBA.

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*While supplies last, books ordered through the website will include a bookplate SIGNED by Sugar Rodgers

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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Upcoming Events

Dwight Thompson — Interabang Books (Dallas, TX)

4/30/25, 6:00pm

Dwight Thompson presents My Own Dear People, in conversation with Lori Feathers

Olive Senior — PEN World Voices (New York, NY)

4/30/25, 6:30pm

The Past and Future of Jamaican Literature: featuring Olive Senior, author of Paradise Once, and Marcia Douglas

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