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Assumption: A Novel
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"New Mexico is a place of great beauty and great melancholy, and, like all of the American West, a magnet for misfits. Willa Cather captured these aspects in her classic 1927 novel Death Comes for the Archbishop. Now Percival Everett, author of genre-bending novels like I Am Not Sidney Poitier and Glyph, vividly evokes the same elements in Assumption, his new trilogy of interwoven murder mysteries . . . Everett casts his line, as it were, pretty far, and some of the things he reels in, along with a few red herrings, are weighty indeed: racism, anomie, disillusionment, the meaning (or lack thereof) of one man’s life—the American nightmare, in brief, at the end of the line. The settings, the protagonist and the eccentric and pathetic cast of characters will haunt you long after you close the book. I haven’t read anything like it since Georges Simenon. And, as in Simenon’s Inspector Maigret novels, the prevailing mood is one of existential despair."—Roger Boylan, The New York Times Book Review

Children of Fire: A History of African Americans
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“A brilliant, sweeping portrait of Afro-American history that transports the reader from the first arrival of slaves in Virginia in 1619 to the election of President Barack Obama.  Like Alex Haley’s Roots, this historic publication vividly reminds us of the long, painful experience of violence that African-Americans have endured and survived.  Thomas C. Holt’s Children of Fire is a monumental work that should be required reading for every American.”—William Ferris, Professor of History, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill
The Shadows of Youth: The Remarkable Journey of the Civil Rights Generation
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“Lewis takes on this tumultuous journey in a fact-based account of the movement’s moral and political dilemmas . . . His view of the student movement working in the shadow of the iconic Martin Luther King is both insightful and alarming . . . The extent of Lewis’s research makes this an excellent tool and especially fertile ground for screenwriters, politicians, and anyone interested in this polarizing period of history.” —Sheli Ellsworth, San Francisco Book Review
Clybourne Park: A Play
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“A spiky and damningly insightful new comedy.”—Ben Brantley, The New York Times
Slavery's Constitution: From Revolution to Ratification
Slavery's Constitution



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"Was the American Constitution as originally ratified a proslavery document? In this unflinching, deeply intelligent, and persuasive work, David Waldstreicher answers yes. Sure to spark interest and debate, Slavery's Constitution is an immensely engaging and valuable contribution to the literature on the founding of the American nation."—Annette Gordon-Reed, professor of law at New York Law School and winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize in History
Master of the Mountain: Thomas Jefferson and His Slaves
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“[A] brilliant examination of the dark side of the man who gave the world the most ringing declarations about human liberty, yet in his own life repeatedly violated the principles they expressed . . . [Until now] the emphasis has focused narrowly on the Jefferson-Hemings ménage rather than on Jefferson as slaveowner. Now the record has been corrected, to devastating effect.” —Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post
The Grey Album: On the Blackness of Blackness
The Grey Album



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“It’s the perfect combination of remembrance and cultural critique.”—Wesley Morris, Slate
False Papers:
False Papers


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In these fourteen essays Andre Aciman, one of the most poignant stylists of his generation, dissects the experience of loss, moving from his forced departure...
The Venus Hottentot: Poems
The Venus Hottentot



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"Readers owe themselves the many pleasures to be found in this book; Elizabeth Alexander creates intellectual magic in poem after poem."—The New York Times Book Review
Low Road: The Life and Legacy of Donald Goines
Low Road



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Donald Goines was a pimp, truck driver, heroin addict, factory worker, and career criminal. He was also one of the most popular Black contemporary writers...
Holding Pattern: Stories
Holding Pattern



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The world of Jeffery Renard Allen’s stunning short-story collection is a place like no other. A recognizable city, certainly, but one in which a man might...
The Women:
The Women


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A New York Times Notable Book Daring and fiercely original, The Women is at once a memoir, a psychological study, a sociopolitical manifesto, and an...
The Sound of Freedom: Marian Anderson, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Concert That Awakened America
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“A notable addition to the historical record…Arsenault’s book is a timely reminder of the worm of history turning once more.”—Boston Globe On Easter Sunday...
It's Bigger Than Hip Hop: The Rise of the Post-Hip-Hop Generation
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It's Bigger Than Hip Hop takes a bold look at the rise of a generation that sees beyond the smoke and mirrors of corporate-manufactured rap and is building a...
The Evidence of Things Not Seen: Reissued Edition
The Evidence of Things Not Seen



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This edition of a classic work by one of America’s premier writers offers a new Foreword by Derrick Bell (with Janet Dewart Bell) to the 1995 paperback...
Never Been a Time: The 1917 Race Riot That Sparked the Civil Rights Movement
Never Been a Time



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The dramatic and first popular account of one of the deadliest racial confrontations in the 20th century—in East St. Louis in the summer of 1917—which paved...
To Tell the Truth Freely: The Life of Ida B. Wells
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"Superb . . . Having been squeezed out of a role in national civil and women's rights organizations, Wells lost a prominent place in the historical record. It took several generations before her relentless and often discomforting agitation for social justice received the appreciation it deserved, as scholars over the last twenty years gradually reestablished her place in history. Mia Bay's lucid biography contributes enormously to this project."—Andrew Feffer, History News Network
The White Boy Shuffle: A Novel
The White Boy Shuffle



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Paul Beatty's hilarious and scathing debut novel is about Gunnar Kaufman, an awkward, black surfer bum who is moved by his mother from Santa Monica to urban...
Hokum: An Anthology of African-American Humor
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Selected and introduced by acclaimed novelist and poet Paul Beatty, Hokum is a liberating, eccentric, savagely comic collection of the funniest writing by...
They Tell Me of a Home: A Novel
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Twenty-eight-year-old protagonist Tommy Lee Tyson steps off the Greyhound bus in his hometown of Swamp Creek, Arkansas—a place he left when he was eighteen,...
The Sacred Place: A novel
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In the summer of 1955, fourteen-year-old Clement enters a general store in Money, Mississippi to purchase a soda. Unaware of the consequences of flouting the...
Twelve Gates to the City:
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A novel of self-discovery, family bonds and the healing of one small southern town Twelve Gates to the City is the much-anticipated sequel to Black’s...
Perfect Peace: A Novel
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“Daniel Black understands the racial psychology and culture of the South so well that he can show, not tell, and his characters’ actions always ring true. This novel is a powerful exploration of a small group of individuals who hold each other in high regard. The love among members of this family is severely challenged, but the challenge is triumphantly met. Each child grows to manhood and achieves success according to his gifts. Through their lives we experience disappointment and sorrow, but also fulfillment wand joy. Perfect Peace is an intense and satisfying read.”—Greg Iles, New York Times bestselling author of The Devil's Punchbowl
The Soldier's Pen: Firsthand Impressions of the Civil War
The Soldier's Pen



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"For anyone interested in viewing America's traumatic Civil War from the perspective of ordinary individuals who found themselves in the Union and Confederate armies, Robert E. Bonner's The Soldier's Pen: Firsthand Impressions of the Civil War will be a very rewarding experience. This expertly edited collection of letters and drawings mailed to the families and friends of sixteen 'typical' but quite diverse citizen-soldiers conveys a deeply human dimension to America's most dehumanizing war."—David Brion Davis, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and author of Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World

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