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The first title from The Armory, a new high-quality urban noir imprint edited by Kenji Jasper.

Kumi: New-Generation African Poets, A Chapbook Box Set

This 10-piece, limited-edition box set—an African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) project—features the work of nine new African poets.

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Frederick Douglass in Brooklyn

A fascinating collection of Frederick Douglass’s always-controversial speeches in Brooklyn, New York.

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