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Dive into a curated collection of works by renowned Black authors. From timeless classics to contemporary masterpieces, discover voices that have shaped literature and championed diversity through the ages.
  • Deep Song and Other Poems - Paperback | Diverse Reads

    Deep Song and Other Poems

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    A selection of early poetry, mostly narrative, some previously published in Iowa Review and Callaloo literary journals. Some previously unpublished...

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  • The Ancestor: A Street Play - Paperback | Diverse Reads

    The Ancestor: A Street Play

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    A lyrical, ritual play that involves the "legend" of Palmares, a settlement of escaped or fugitive slaves in 17th century Brazil. Fourteen times th...

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  • Song for Anniho - Paperback | Diverse Reads

    Song for Anniho

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    This exquisite book-length poem is set in colonial Brazil, following the destruction of Palmares, the last of seven fugitive slave enclaves beset b...

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  • Butter: Novellas, Stories, and Fragments - Hardcover | Diverse Reads
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    Butter: Novellas, Stories, and Fragments

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    A wide-ranging collection, including two novellas and ten stories exploring complex identities, from the acclaimed author of Corregidora, The Heali...

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  • Song for Almeyda and Song for Anninho - Hardcover | Diverse Reads
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    Song for Almeyda and Song for Anninho

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    "Jones's great achievement is to reckon with both history and interiority, and to collapse the boundary between them."--Anna Wiener, The New Yorker...

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  • The Birdcatcher - Paperback | Diverse Reads
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    The Birdcatcher

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    NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST 2022Publishers Weekly Top 10 BEST BOOKS OF 2022“Gayl Jones’s work represents a watershed in American literature."—Im...

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    Corregidora

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    One of The New Yorker’s “The Best Books We Read in 2020” picks“Jones’s great achievement is to reckon with both history and interiority, and to c...

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  • Palmares - Hardcover | Diverse Reads
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    Palmares

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    Notes From Black ReadsIt was Kiese Laymon, acclaimed author of Heavy and Long Division, who introduced us to Gayl Jones' indelible debut, Corre...

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  • Palmares - Paperback | Diverse Reads

    Palmares

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    Notes From Black ReadsIt was Kiese Laymon, acclaimed author of Heavy and Long Division, who introduced us to Gayl Jones' indelible debut, Corre...

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  • Mosquito - Paperback | Diverse Reads
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    Mosquito

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    “Jones’s great achievement is to reckon with both history and interiority, and to collapse the boundary between them.”—Anna Wiener, The New Yorke...

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