Fiction - Black Reads

Farah Jasmine Griffin has taken to her heart the phrase "read until you understand," a line her father, who died when she was nine, wrote in a note...

Jerry W. Ward Jr. (b. 1943) has published nonfiction, literary criticism, encyclopedias, anthologies, and poetry. Ward is also a highly respected s...

Presented as a black and white graphic novel. THE LINCOLN BRIGADE tells the true story of 3,000 American volunteers who defied their government and...

From one of the most significant figures of the Harlem Renaissance comes a narrative defining book chronicling his life from Jamaica to New York Ci...

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author and printer, po...

Stumbling Blocks expands and contextualizes the unpublished works of the late African American writer Delores Phillips. Born in Cartersville, Georg...

Well let me tell you a little about Ms. Berry, I was born in Worcester Massachusetts, on May 29, but grew up in California, where I started school ...

Making a Way of No Way is a unique and inspiring success story, narrated by aseasoned, practical and insightful African American man in a tone that...

"Beautiful, brilliant, bold... Tantamount to a slice from the Americana songbook." —Christopher John Stephens, PopMatters With luminous insight a...

Memoir of a Hoodsta is an inspiring condensed book that takes the reader on a journey through the life of Johnny, the author. With vivid detail, th...

Experience Where History Meets Poetry and gain an expanded appreciation for the struggles African descendants, along with South African President, ...

The short stories in this book are all connected to Jon Arensen's experiences in East Africa. They are deeply personal and are narrated in the firs...

Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac "Gaarriye" (1951-2012) was a well-known Somali speaking contemporary poet. Originally from Hargeysa, Somaliland he was among ...

In SINTOWN SAINTS author Jacques Bordeaux recounts stories of his family's journey from the South Side of Chicago to the suburbs of the Golden Stat...

What does it mean to be a body behind a screen, lost in the hustle of an online world? In our age of digital hyper-connection, Athena Dixon invites...

Through intimate and raw poetry, Myhesha Doneve invites readers on a journey of personal growth and self-discovery. In this collection, she explore...

The remarkable autobiography of a Black woman evangelist. As a young Black orphan indentured to a Quaker family in Bristol, Pennsylvania, Zilpha E...

The remarkable autobiography of a Black woman evangelist. As a young Black orphan indentured to a Quaker family in Bristol, Pennsylvania, Zilpha E...

Walt Harrington has been one of the most impactful journalists in the modern wave of long-form creative nonfiction. The Detective: And Other True S...