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Exploring Diverse Authors

Discover a vibrant collection of literary voices on our Diverse Authors at Diverse Reads Bookstore. Immerse yourself in narratives that celebrate cultural richness, perspectives, and experiences from around the world. From thought-provoking essays to captivating fiction, our curated selection highlights the power of diversity in storytelling. Explore the works of talented authors who amplify underrepresented voices and expand your reading horizons with us.
  • The Mule-Bone

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    Mule Bone: A Comedy of Negro Life is a 1930 play by American authors Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston. The process of writing the play led Hu...

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  • Alive Nearby

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    Discover the rich stories of The People of Russell's Knob in the 20th and 21st centuries in "Alive Nearby." This novel by best-selling historical f...

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  • Josephine

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    Josephine 'Jojo' Best has it all figured out. Just seventeen, she's been to college, she has her own hairdressing shop and nothing will distract he...

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  • Earl Grafton and the Traitor

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    When love arrives in the form of an enemy, who knew it would be covered in mud?Baxter Fernley, the Earl of Grafton, takes his duty as a member of t...

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  • Cane

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    The book is structured as a series of vignettes revolving around the origins and experiences of African Americans in the United States. The vignett...

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  • A Debt To Pay: A Savaad Chronicles Adventure

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    Samaat and Vel are brothers, but they have never been fond of each other. A mutual discretion forces them to leave their home of Sivadu to partake ...

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  • Of One Blood: Or, the Hidden Self

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    2019 Reprint of Edition First Serialized in Colored American Magazine From November 1902 thru January 1903. Hopkins tells the story of Reuel Briggs...

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  • Vivid

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    It's 1876 and Dr. Viveca Lancaster is frustrated by the limits placed upon female physicians of color. When she is offered the chance to set up a p...

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  • Southland

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    I'm an LA native with a lot of love for LA crime fiction, but instead of preaching to the noir choir about The Long Goodbye, I'd like to gush about...

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  • Fifty Famous Stories Retold

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    An unabridged, digitally enlarged edition with modern typeface and all original illustrations.Product DetailsISBN-13: 9781603862066 Media Type: Pap...

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  • Four Great Americans: Washington, Franklin, Webster, and Lincoln (Yesterday's Classics)

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    An engaging introduction to four of the greatest Americans-George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Daniel Webster, and Abraham Lincoln. Their lives a...

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  • Boxers & Saints Boxed Set

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    The Boxers & Saints Boxed Set from Gene Luen Yang, one of the greatest comics storytellers alive, brings all his formidable talents to bear in ...

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  • 7 Generations: A Plains Cree Saga

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    Illustrated in vivid colour, 7 Generations: A Plains Cree Saga is an epic story that follows one Indigenous family over three centuries and seven g...

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  • The Marrow of Tradition

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    This story is a fictional account of the rise of the white supremacist movement, specifically as it contributed to what was originally referred to ...

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  • The Conjure Woman

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    Charles W. Chesnutt was a prominent African-American writer, lawyer, and political activist. Chesnutt was a prolific author and his books were nota...

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  • The Garies and Their Friends

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    The Garies and Their Friends (1857) is a novel by Frank J. Webb. Published at the height of the abolitionist movement, Webb's novel was only the se...

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  • The Sport of the Gods

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    The Sport of the Gods (1902) is a novel by African American author Paul Laurence Dunbar. Published while Dunbar was at the height of his career as ...

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  • The Quest of the Silver Fleece

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    When two young people are given a life-changing opportunity they encounter moral and systemic challenges that are directly tied to their racial and...

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  • The President's Daughter

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    Born into slavery, Clotel is a white-passing woman who conceals her identity and uses a disguise to infiltrate a plantation to rescue her loved one...

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  • The Sport of the Gods

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    The Sport of the Gods (1902) is a novel by African American author Paul Laurence Dunbar. Published while Dunbar was at the height of his career as ...

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  • The Quest of the Silver Fleece

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    When two young people are given a life-changing opportunity they encounter moral and systemic challenges that are directly tied to their racial and...

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  • One House Over

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    New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe returns to the 1930s era of her acclaimed novel The Upper Room with a dazzling portrait of two very d...

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  • Across the Way

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    Neighborhood tensions reach a breaking point in the finale of New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe's captivating series that sweeps reader...

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  • Indigo

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    *** Now with new material -- Hester and Galen's favorite Mud Pie Recipe *** As a child Hester Wyatt escaped slavery, but now the dark skinned beaut...

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