Agate Bolden imprint: 30 books
Never Stop
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2017
Never Stop is the wrenching memoir of Simba Sana, the cofounder and former leader of Karibu Books, a major indie-bookselling phenomenon and perhaps the most successful black-owned company in the history of the book industry. In this memoir, Sana reveals how his experience with Karibu jumpstarted his...
by Kiese Laymon
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2013
Long Division includes two distinct but tightly interwoven stories--one called "All Things Considered," the other "Long Division." In the first, it's March 2012: 14-year-old Citoyen "City" Coldson and his nemesis, LaVander Peeler, become the first black male duo to win...
by Denise Nicholas
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
From award-winning actress Denise Nicholas: a ten-year anniversary reissue of her powerful and dramatic coming of age story set in Mississippi during the Freedom Summer of 1964. Freshwater Road has been called one of the best novels written about the Civil Rights Movement. Nicholas herself has been...
by Kiese Laymon
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2013
Author and essayist Kiese Laymon is one of the most unique, stirring, and powerful new voices in American social and cultural commentary. How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America is a collection of Laymon's essays, touching on subjects ranging from family, race, violence, and celebrity to...
by Dempsey Travis
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
Few were more qualified than Dempsey Travis to write the history of African Americans in Chicago, and none would be able to do it with the same command of firsthand sources. This seminal paperback reissue, An Autobiography of Black Chicago, emulates the best works of Studs Terkel - portraying the African...
Where Did Our Love Go
Love and Relationships in the African-American Community
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2013
Where Did Our Love Go?, an anthology of essays written by many major public figures and celebrities, will explore the substantive issues related to marital problem in the African-American community. From the "my baby's mama" syndrome to the more serious implications of what a generation...
Strayhorn
An Illustrated Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2015
Strayhorn: An Illustrated Life is a stunning collection of essays, photographs, and ephemera celebrating Billy Strayhorn, one of the most significant yet under-appreciated contributors to 20th century American music. Released in commemoration of Strayhorn's centennial, this luxurious coffee-table...
Prince
The Man and His Music
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2016
The newest, most updated book on Prince available today
Famously reticent and perennially controversial, Prince was one of the few music superstars who remained, largely, an enigma—even up to his premature death on April 21, 2016. A fixture of the pop canon, Prince is widely held to be the...
Twisted
My Dreadlock Chronicles
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2015
In Twisted: My Dreadlock Chronicles, professor and author Bert Ashe delivers a witty, fascinating, and unprecedented account of black male identity as seen through our culture's perceptions of hair. It is a deeply personal story that weaves together the cultural and political history of dreadlocks...
by Regina Louise
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018
The long-awaited follow-up to Regina Louise’s critically acclaimed debut memoir Somebody’s Someone
Louise’s first memoir garnered positive reviews and national media attention, including spots on NPR’s All Things Considered and CBS’s The Early Show
An unflinching, unforgettable true story...
Forward From this Moment
Selected Columns, 1994-2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Since 1976, when he was an 18-year-old junior at USC, Leonard Pitts' writing has been winning awards, including the Pulitzer and five National Headliner Awards. This book collects his best newspaper columns, along with select longer pieces. The book is arranged chronologically under three broad subject...
Justice While Black
Helping African-American Families Navigate and Survive the Criminal Justice System
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Justice While Black is a must-read for every young black male in America-and for everyone else who cares about their survival and well-being. This is a first-of-its-kind essential guide for African-American families about how to understand the criminal justice system, and about why that system continues...
He Never Came Home
Interviews, Stories, and Essays from Daughters on Life Without Their Fathers
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2017
He Never Came Home is a collection of 22 personal essays written by girls and women who have been separated from their fathers by way of divorce, abandonment, or death. The contributors to this collection come from a wide range of different backgrounds in terms of race, socioeconomic status, religion,...
Straight from Your Gay Best Friend
The Straight-Up Truth About Relationships, Work, and Having a Fabulous Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
In today’s society, from the inner-city to suburban America, nearly every woman has a gay best friend - the one who gives it to them straight about life, clothes, sex, and relationships. For example, on the number-one cable show on the Bravo Network, The Real Housewives of Atlanta The break-out...