Blood is thicker than water! Every grimy hustler will utter those words when they are out on the block, chasing the bag. But when Flash's back is against the wall and he's being pressured by homicide detectives, all sense of loyalty goes out the...

A multigenerational saga of a family and a community in Tulsa's Greenwood district, known as "Black Wall Street," that in one century survived the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, urban renewal, and gentrification"Ambitious . . . absorbing . . . By the end of...

The lovers are on opposing teams, and when their worlds collide, the truth will be unveiled in an unpredictable ending. The port of Miami brings in millions of dollars worth of cocaine every year, and the Cartel controls eighty percent of it. The Diamond...

'Our strategy is collecting from the heart...The reason why we doubled down on artists of color is because much of our own community wasn't collecting these giants.' - Swizz Beatz 'We want people to see themselves...We want you to see the giants on...

A stunning edition of James Baldwin's timeless novel, with a new introduction by bestselling novelist Brit Bennett   From one of our greatest writers, James Baldwin's If Beale Street Could Talk is a profoundly moving novel about love in the face...

"I am completely indebted to Jimmy Baldwin's prose. It liberated me as a writer."--Toni Morrison   This collectible edition celebrates James Baldwin's 100th-year anniversary, probing the shortcomings of the American protest novel and the harmful...

"[A] sharp, charming and passionate debut." --New York Times Book Review A Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by Elle, USA Today, Bustle, Ebony, Harper's Bazaar, PopSugar, New York Post, The Skimm, and The Millions.A Best Book of 2023 by Marie Claire,...

WHEN STAYING ON TOP IS THE ONLY OPTION! Join Essence(R) -bestselling authors Ms. Michel Moore and T.C. Littles, along with Novelist Blacc Topp, as they each give you heart-racing, gritty tales of what being On a Mission on the block...

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK - A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR - From the best-selling author of The Twelve Tribes of Hattie, a searing multi-generational novel--set in the 1980s in racially and politically turbulent Philadelphia and in the tiny town of...

A major monograph chronicling Thomas' vibrant, rhinestone-adorned paintingsNew York-based artist Mickalene Thomas' critically acclaimed and extensive body of work spans painting, collage, print, photography, video and immersive installations. With...

BLOOD IS SUPPOSED TO BE THICKER THAN WATER. But he made my blood spill like water. So I crossed waters to leave blood behind, hoping I wouldn't leave a trail for him to follow and find me. Still, when I am enjoying the fruits of freedom most, that is...

"I'm sitting on the floor in my mother's house, surrounded by stuff." So begins Jennifer Howard's Clutter, an expansive assessment of our relationship to the things that share and shape our lives. Sparked by the painful two-year process of cleaning out...

Travel with Weber and Pete to Europe, to see how Paris and Rio became the dynamic duo of the Duncan clan. Ripped from the pages of the New York Times bestselling series The Family Business, Carl Weber and Eric Pete bring you To Paris with Love, a solo...