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A slim yet boldly ambitious novel about race, identity, and the missing chapters of American history: “Deep and creative . . . thought-provoking” (Booklist). David, the narrator of Simeon Marsalis’s singular debut novel, is a freshman at the University of Vermont who is struggling to...

One night in the antebellum South, a slave owner and his African-American butler stay up to all hours until, too drunk to face their wives, they switch places in each other's beds. The result is a hilarious imbroglio and an offspring -- Andrew Hawkins, whose life becomes Oxherding Tale. Through sexual...

Abandoned by her father at a young age, beauty therapist, Patricia Owusu, has learned the hard way that men can’t be relied on. She’s determined to make it on her own without falling into the cultural trappings of marriage. However, when she finds herself pregnant after a torrid love affair with...

Detective Jaz Ballantine loses the best friend he has ever had when his foster brother is murdered. When bodies pile up in the morgue, Jaz realizes that he has a serial killer on his hands - with one significant difference. This one has a completely different method of operating: All of the...

Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872—1906) overcame racism and poverty to become one of the best-known authors in America, and the first African American to earn a living from his poetry, fiction, drama, journalism, and lectures. This original collection includes the short novel The Sport of the Gods, Dunbar’s...

Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872—1906) overcame racism and poverty to become one of the best-known authors in America, and the first African American to earn a living from his poetry, fiction, drama, journalism, and lectures. This original collection includes the short novel The Sport of the Gods, Dunbar’s...

Kimberly Jordan never meant to hurt anyone. But once a DNA test reveals her longtime boyfriend, Damien, is her half-brother, plus she finds out she’s pregnant, she will go to any length to hide her horrible secret. Unfortunately for Kent Davenport, he’s the perfect fall guy for her plan,...

A 2014 Finalist Award Winner in the African American Fiction category of the Indie Next Generations Awards. Frenzied. Overburdened. Stressed. Overwhelmed. These are just a few ways to describe college senior Anaya Goode's life. Add to this no career prospects following a looming graduation, and Anaya...

Sinka - The Chronicles of a Colossus The adventure within, sad imagery in exposure, hunted to a hunter, the African society and culture indifference. The Chronicles of a Colossus, an elusive story of a conqueror from slavery in the dungeons of abuse to a queen in a palace liberating recent...

The continent of Africa is being manipulated and exploited for its natural resources by the world.Navy Senior Chief (Retired) Deric Tyrrell along with his friend, Gunnery Sergeant (Retired) Tyson Collins, undertake a deadly quest to enlist the help of the dangerous terrorist group Boko Haram to unite...

Katana is a beautiful African-American woman, born and raised in the notorious section of New York City - Brooklyn. During her childhood, she endured the unfortunate and saw what most children have not. At a very young age, Katana had already concluded that life wasn’t fair. However, at age 27,...

In these fifteen superb stories, this essential author of African American fiction gives us compelling portraits of a wide range of unforgettable characters, from sassy children to cunning old men, in scenes shifting between uptown New York and rural North Carolina. A young girl suffers her first...

The first novel from National Book Award winner and author of Sing, Unburied, Sing Jesmyn Ward, a timeless Southern fable of brotherly love and familial conflict—“a lyrical yet clear-eyed portrait of a rural South and an African-American reality that are rarely depicted” (The Boston Globe). Where...

This novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the United States, so much in the latter case that the novel intensified the sectional conflict leading to the American Civil War. Uncle Tom's Cabin was the best-selling novel of the 19th century, and the second...