Black Authors

"[Wright's] landscape was not merely that of the Deep South, or of Chicago, but that of the world, of the human heart." --James BaldwinIn these pow...

From Richard Wright, one of the most powerful, acclaimed, and essential American authors of the twentieth century, comes a compelling story of one ...

"A narrative of great power. Warm with friendly personality and pulsating with . . . profound eloquence and religious fervor." --New York TimesIn t...

"If one had to identify the single most influential shaping force in modern Black literary history, one would probably have to point to Wright and ...

This novel of turn-of-the-century white "Florida Crackers" marks a daring departure for Zora Neale Hurston, the author famous for her complex accou...

This collection of Zora Neale Hurston's complete stories provides a window into the evolution of one of the most important African American writers...

Three extraordinary and impassioned nonfiction works by Richard Wright, one of America's premier literary giants of the twentieth century, together...

A story of love and community, written by the hand of Zora Neale Hurston, one of the 20th century's greatest authors, and a woman who truly underst...

The only collaboration between the two brightest lights of the Harlem Renaissance--Zora Neale Hurston and Langston HughesIn 1930, two giants of Afr...

Richard Wright grew up in the woods of Mississippi, with poverty, hunger, fear, and hatred. He lied, stole, and raged at those around him; at six...

"Strikingly dramatic, yet simple and unrestrained . . . an unusual and intensely interesting book richly packed with strange information."―New Yo...

Zora Neale Hurston brings us Black America’s folklore as only she can, putting the oral history on the written page with grace and understanding....

“Warm, witty, imaginative. . . . This is a rich and winning book.”—The New YorkerDust Tracks on a Road is the bold, poignant, and funny autobiogr...