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Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore by Char AdamsLongtime NBC News reporter Char Adams writes a deeply compelling and rigorously reported history of Black political movements told through the lens of Black-owned bookstores, which have been centers for organizing from abolition to the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter.
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Simply More: A Book for Anyone Who Has Been Told They're Too Much by Cynthia ErivoIn this vulnerable and enlightening book of life lessons, actor, singer and songwriter Cynthia Erivo draws from her experiences running marathons, both real and metaphorical, onstage and onscreen, to show how each challenge can help us. Cynthia reflects on the ways she has grown as an actor and human and the practices she's learned over years of performing and reminds us all we are capable of so much more than we think. |
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The Man of Many Fathers: Life Lessons Disguised as a Memoir by Roy WoodFrom comedian, Emmy-nominated writer and producer, and former Daily Show correspondent Roy Wood Jr., an unforgettable, laugh-out-loud funny memoir revealing that sometimes the best advice comes from the most surprising teachers. Roy shares what he's learned with humor and heart, delivering the most memorable lessons, such as how to channel anger through a more successful outlet, how not to get caught snitching (hint: never snitch), and how to become a good man--and a good dad.
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Three or More Is a Riot: Notes on How We Got Here: 2012-2025 by Jelani CobbIn this punchy, powerful collection of dispatches, mostly published in The New Yorker, Jelani Cobb takes readers to the front lines of sometimes violent conflict, and he uses his gifts as a critic and historian to crack open the meaning of this chaotic era. Through a mélange of narrative journalism, criticism, and penetrating profiles, Cobb's writing captures the crises, characters, movements, and art of an era--and helps readers understand what might be coming next.
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Cursed Daughtersby Oyinkan BraithwaiteThree generations of women must contend with their family curse and the question of reincarnation. When Eniiyi falls in love with the handsome boy she saves from drowning, she can no longer run from her family’s history. As several women in her family have done before, she ill-advisedly seeks answers in older, darker spiritual corners of Lagos, demanding solutions. Is she destined to live out the habitual story of love and heartbreak? Or can she break the pattern once and for all?
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Minor Black Figures by Brandon TaylorWhile his part-time work for an art restorer is engaging, Wyeth, a Black painter, suffers from artist’s block with his painting and is finding it increasingly difficult to spark his creativity. When he meets Keating, a white former seminarian who left the priesthood, Wyeth begins to reconsider how to observe the world, in the process facing questions about the conflicts between Black and white art, the white gaze on the Black body, and the compromises we make – in art and in life. |
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Boom Town by Nic StoneGillian Flynn's Gone Girl meets P-Valley in Nic Stone's adult thriller debut about two missing erotic dancers from Atlanta's most notorious gentlemen's club and the woman committed to finding them. When a new daytime dancer is missing for her shift at Boom Town, former headliner Michah Lyriq Johanssen suspects something more than a no call, no show. Delving deeper into the mystery, Lyriq uncovers a tangled web of deceit, privilege, and power. The line between friend and foe blurs, forcing Lyriq to confront the question: Is finding these women worth the threat to her own life?
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I, Medusa by Ayana GrayFrom New York Times bestselling author Ayana Gray comes a new kind of villain origin story, reimagining one of the most iconic monsters in Greek mythology as a provocative and powerful young heroine. When her locs are transformed into snakes as punishment for a crime she did not commit, Medusa must embrace a new identity--not as a victim, but as a vigilante--and with it, the chance to write her own story as mortal, martyr, and myth.
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Palaver by Bryan WashingtonThe story of a mother and a son, estranged for ten years, reconnecting in the son's chosen city of Tokyo in the weeks leading up to Christmas. Sharing meals and conversations and an eventful trip to Nara, both mother and son try the best they can to define where “home” really is—and whether they can find it even in each other.
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