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Glorious

Award-winning novelist Bernice L. McFadden’s highly anticipated new historical novel set amidst the Harlem Renaissance.

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Kingston Noir (Jamaica)

Following in the Caribbean footsteps of Haiti Noir and Trinidad Noir, now come dark stories from Jamaica’s capital city.

You Can Keep That to Yourself: A Comprehensive List of What Not to Say to Black People, for Well-Intentioned People of Pallor

At long last, a much-needed guidebook for well-intentioned people of pallor on what not to say to their African American “friends.”

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Upcoming Events

Tananarive Due — LitFest in the Dena (Altadena, CA)

5/4/24, 5:00pm

For the Love of Horror featuring Tananarive Due in conversation with Jervey Tervalon: Tananarive Due and Jervey Tervalon share their views about the rise of the black horror sub-genre into mainstream media. Is it a modern-day reinvention? Although contributions to horror have been largely ignored, Black writers have been pioneers of the genre since the […]

Jerry Stahl — LitFest in the Dena (Altadena, CA)

5/4/24, 2:00pm

Jerry Stahl presents Nein, Nein, Nein! in conversation with Julie Parker, author of The Yoke, A Memoir of Love and Psychosis; moderated by Dick Rubin

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