eel on reef
A truly exciting American debut from a Nigerian writer on Chris Abani’s new poetry imprint, Black Goat, with an introduction by Kwame Dawes.
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“Autism Shmautism” by Tamar Jacobs
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A Student of History
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The Necessary Hunger
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“Old Bones” by Michael Patrick Brady
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Featured Titles
Featured: Black Interest
Hadriana in All My Dreams
Legendary Haitian author Depestre combines magic, fantasy, eroticism, and delirious humor to explore universal questions of race and sexuality.
Upcoming Events
Catharine H. Murray — Virginia Festival of the Book, Charlottesville, VA
3/22/19, 2:00pm
LIVES IN UPHEAVAL: MEMOIRS: Authors Judy Goldman (Together) and Catharine Murray (Now You See the Sky) discuss lives overturned by illness, mishap, grief, and how one survives and continues to live and love.
Kate Samworth — Virginia Festival of the Book, Charlottesville, VA
3/23/19, 12:00pm
CHARACTERS COME ALIVE: THE POWER OF ILLUSTRATION: Robert Gipe (Weedeater), Robert Meganck (Superlative Birds), and Kate Samworth (Liza Jane & the Dragon) discuss their detailed and, at times, whimsical book illustrations, and the power of artwork to ignite a narrative.
News & Features
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Heatin’ Up: Nina Revoyr’s A STUDENT OF HISTORY
Nina Revoyr’s latest novel A Student of History publishes March 5, 2019!
- “Autism Shmautism” by Tamar Jacobs
- “Old Bones” by Michael Patrick Brady
- “Bottlemouth” by Justin Haynes
- “You’re in My Space” by Lisa Cole
Akashic Insider
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TIGERBELLE featured for Black History Month
Author and Olympian Wyomia Tyus featured in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution!
- Bernice L. McFadden is Go On Girl! Book Club’s 2018 Author of the Year
- Bobby Sullivan’s Introduction to Revolutionary Threads
- DEATH OF A RAINMAKER is a Best Book of 2018!
- RIVERS SOLOMON in the New York Times!