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Light-skinned, elegant, and ambitious, she is married to a racist white man unaware of her African American heritage, and has severed all ties to her past after deciding to “pass” as a white woman. Clare’s childhood friend, Irene Redfield, just as light-skinned, has chosen to remain within the African American community, and is simultaneously allured and repelled by Clare’s risky decision to engage in racial masquerade for personal and societal gain. After frequenting African American-centric gatherings together in Harlem, Clare’s interest in Irene turns into a homoerotic longing for Irene’s black identity that she abandoned and can never embrace again, and she is forced to grapple with her decision to pass for white in a way that is both tragic and telling. This edition features a new introduction by Emily Bernard and notes by Thadious M. Davis.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNella Larsen\u003c\/b\u003e, one of the most acclaimed and influential writers of the Harlem Renaissance, was born Nellie Walker on April 13, 1891, in Chicago. 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As she prepares to leave her fellow Links, she considers how she might help preserve their humanity, in defiance of these so-called games, but CAPE’s corporate owners will stop at nothing to protect their status quo and the obstacles they lay in Thurwar’s path have devastating consequences.    \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMoving from the Links in the field to the protestors to the CAPE employees and beyond, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eChain-Gang All-Stars\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is a kaleidoscopic, excoriating look at the American prison system’s unholy alliance of systemic racism, unchecked capitalism, and mass incarceration, and a clear-eyed reckoning with what freedom in this country really means from a “new and necessary American voice” (Tommy Orange, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e).\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNANA KWAME ADJEI-BRENYAH\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-bestselling author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFriday Black\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. His work has appeared in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEsquire\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and elsewhere. He was a National Book Foundation’s “5 Under 35” honoree, the winner of the PEN\/Jean Stein Book Award and the Saroyan Prize, and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle’s John Leonard Award for Best First Book, along with many other honors. 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Butler: Kindred, Fledgling, Collected Stories","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"a-spacing-none a-text-normal\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-size-extra-large\" id=\"productTitle\"\u003eLibrary of America, 338\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe definitive edition of the complete works of the \"grand dame\" of American science fiction begins with this volume gathering two novels and her collected stories\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAn original and eerily prophetic writer, \u003cstrong\u003eOctavia E. Butler\u003c\/strong\u003e used the conventions of science fiction to explore the dangerous legacy of racism in America in harrowingly personal terms. She broke new ground with books that featured complex Black female protagonists—“I wrote myself in,” she would later recall—establishing herself as one of thepioneers of the Afrofuturist aesthetic. In 1995 she became the first science fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship, in recognition of her achievement in creating new aspirations for the genre and for American literature. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis first volume in the Library of America edition of Butler’s collected works opens with her \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003emasterpiece, \u003cem\u003eKindred\u003c\/em\u003e, one of the landmark American novels of the last half century. Its heroine, Dana, a Black woman, is pulled back and forth between the present and the pre–Civil War past, where she finds herself enslaved on the plantation of a white ancestor whose life she must save to preserve her own. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFledgling\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, an amnesiac discovers that she is a vampire, with a difference: she is a new, experimental birth with brown skin, giving her the fearful ability to go out in sunlight. Rounding out the volume are eight short stories and five essays—including two never before collected, plus a newly researched chronology of Butler’s life and career and helpful explanatory notes prepared by scholar Gerry Canavan. Butler’s friend, the writer and editor Nisi Shawl, provides an introduction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eOctavia E. 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An editor at \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eExtrapolation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eScience Fiction Film and Television\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, he has co-edited \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to American Science Fiction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2015) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Cambridge History of Science Fiction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2019). His is the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOctavia E. Butler\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in the Modern Masters of Science Fiction series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNisi Shawl\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a science fiction writer, editor, and journalist whose debut novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEverfair\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was a 2016 Nebula finalist. A friend of Octavia Butler, Shawl edited \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBloodchildren: Stories by the Octavia E. Butler Scholars\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2013) and co-edited \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eStrange Matings: Science Fiction, Feminism, African American Voices, and Octavia E. Butler\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2013).\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLanguage ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHardcover ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e790 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eItem Weight ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1.5 pounds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDimensions ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e5.23 x 1.26 x 8.1 inches\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43664955670767,"sku":"","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0060\/8134\/7702\/products\/41fPFE_hk2L._SX306_BO1_204_203_200.jpg?v=1671037480"},{"product_id":"james-baldwin-early-novels-and-stories-go-tell-it-on-a-mountain-giovannis-room-another-country-going-to-meet-the-man","title":"James Baldwin: Early Novels and Stories: Go Tell It on a Mountain \/ Giovanni's Room \/ Another Country \/ Going to Meet the Man","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHere, in a Library of America volume edited by Nobel laureate \u003cstrong\u003eToni Morrison\u003c\/strong\u003e, is the fiction that established \u003cstrong\u003eJames Baldwin\u003c\/strong\u003e's reputation as a writer who fused unblinking realism and rare verbal eloquence. His first novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGo Tell It on the Mountain\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (1953), tells the story, rooted in Baldwin's own experience, of a preacher's son coming of age in 1930's Harlem. Ten years in the writing, its exploration of religious, sexual, and generational conflicts was described by Baldwin as \"an attempt to exorcise something, to find out what happened to my father, what happened to all of us.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGiovanni's Room\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e(1956) is a searching, and in its day controversial, treatment of the tragic self-delusions of a young American expatriate at war with his own homosexuality. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnother Country\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (1962), a wide-ranging exploration of America's racial and sexual boundaries, depicts the suicide of a gifted jazz musician and its ripple effect on those who knew him. 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There isn't any other tale to tell, it's the only light we've got in all this darkness.\"\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLIBRARY OF AMERICA\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eis an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eWith the novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGo Tell It on the Mountain\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1953), a distillation of his own experiences as a preacher’s son in 1930s Harlem, and the essay collection \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNotes of a Native Son\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1955),\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e James Baldwin\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1924-1987) established himself as a prophetic voice of his era. Some such voices may grow fainter with the passage of time, but Baldwin remains an inescapable presence, not only a chronicler of his epoch but a thinker who helped shape it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eToni Morrison\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, volume editor, is the author of a number of award-winning novels, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLove\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eJazz\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBeloved\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSong of Solomon\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSula\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Bluest Eye\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. 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Young, beautiful, and successful—she and her fiancé Michael are considered the “couple goals” of their social network and seem to have it all. That is, until one morning when they both wake up to the same message: “Oh my god, have you seen The List?”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt began as a crowdsourced collection of names and somehow morphed into an anonymous account posting allegations on social media. Ola would usually be the first to support such a list—she’d retweet it, call for the men to be fired, write article after article. Except this time, Michael’s name is on it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCompulsively readable, wildly entertaining, and filled with sharp social insight, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe List\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is a piercing and dazzlingly clear-sighted debut about secrets, lies, and the internet. Perfect for fans of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSuch a Fun Age\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLuster, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMy Dark Vanessa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, this is a searing portrait of these modern times and our morally complicated online culture.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYOMI ADEGOKE\u003c\/strong\u003e is a multi-award-winning journalist and bestselling author. She is currently a columnist at the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGuardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBritish Vogue\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. She’s written for the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/span\u003e, the \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eIndependent\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eStylist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e,\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, among others, and was the host of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWomen’s Prize for Fiction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Podcast. In 2018, she cowrote the bestselling book \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSlay in Your Lane\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and in the same year was named one of the most influential people in London by the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. She is a recipient of the Groucho Maverick Award and a Marie Claire Future Shaper Award, and in 2021 she was named one of Forbes 30 under 30.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLanguage ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHardcover ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e336 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eItem Weight ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1 pounds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDimensions ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e6 x 1.01 x 9 inches\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44187888976111,"sku":"","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0060\/8134\/7702\/files\/81M08b5wP5L._SY466.jpg?v=1698946862"},{"product_id":"temple-folk","title":"Temple Folk","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFinalist for the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA groundbreaking debut collection portraying the lived experiences of Black Muslims grappling with faith, family, and freedom in America.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTemple Folk\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, Black Muslims contemplate the convictions of their race, religion, economics, politics, and sexuality in America. The ten stories in this collection contribute to the bounty of diverse narratives about Black life by intimately portraying the experiences of a community that resists the mainstream culture to which they are expected to accept and aspire to while functioning within the country in which they are born.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn “Due North,” an obedient daughter struggles to understand why she’s haunted by the spirit of her recently deceased father. In “Who’s Down?” a father, after a brief affair with vegetarianism, conspires with his daughter to order him a double cheeseburger. In “Candy for Hanif” a mother’s routine trip to the store for her disabled son takes an unlikely turn when she reflects on a near-death experience. In “Woman in Niqab,” a daughter’s suspicion of her father’s infidelity prompts her to wear her hair in public. 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Intrigued by the Senator’s idealistic rhetoric, David also wonders how he’ll balance the fervent belief and inevitable compromises it will take to become the United States’ first Black president.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGreat Expectations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is about David’s eighteen months working for the Senator's presidential campaign. Along the way David meets a myriad of people who raise a set of questions—questions of history, art, race, religion, and fatherhood—that force David to look at his own life anew and come to terms with his identity as a young Black man and father in America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeditating on politics and politicians, religion and preachers, fathers and family, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGreat Expectations\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis both an emotionally resonant coming-of-age story and a rich novel of ideas, marking the arrival of a major new writer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eVinson Cunningham\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a staff writer and a theatre critic at \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand a Pulitzer Prize Finalist. He co-hosts the podcast \"Critics at Large\" and his writing has appeared in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Fader\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eVulture\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Awl,\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMcSweeney’s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e. \u003c\/em\u003eA former staffer on Barack Obama’s first presidential campaign and in his White House, Cunningham has taught at Sarah Lawrence College, the Yale School of Art, and Columbia University's School of the Arts. 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African American Studies. LGBT Studies. Women's Studies. Winner of the 2015 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian General Fiction. \"See \u003cem\u003eYABO\u003c\/em\u003e... like a Mingus composition: Pentecostal, blues-inflected, full of wit and that deep literacy of the black diaspora. The present, the past, the uncertain future collapse upon themselves in this narrative of place\/s. Our dead move with us: behind us, above us, confronting us—in Manhattan; Asheville (N.C.); Buffalo, NY; Jamaica; the hold of a funky slave ship; crossing and bending lines between genders, sexualities, longing and geographies. Time is a river endlessly coursing, shallow in many places, deep for long miles, and, finally, deadly as the hurricane that engulfs and destroys the slave vessel, 'Henrietta Marie.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlexis De Veaux\u003c\/strong\u003e's work is defined by two critical concerns: making the racial and sexual experiences of black female characters central, and disrupting boundaries between forms. She is the author of two award-winning biographies: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDon't Explain: A Song of Billie Holiday\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWarrior Poet: A Biography of Audre Lorde\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. 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When the law finally catches up, the “ungovernable” adolescent is incarcerated in the New York Training School for Girls in upstate New York—a wicked prison infamous for its harsh treatment of inmates, especially Black ones. Determined to be free, Ella escapes and makes her way back to Harlem, where she is forced to dance for pennies on the street.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLooking for a break into show business, Ella draws straws to appear at the Apollo Theater’s Amateur Night on November 21, 1934. Rather than perform a dance routine directly after “The World Famous Edwards Sisters” number, the homeless Ella, wearing men’s galoshes a size too big, risks everything when she decides to sing \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eJudy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e instead. 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Meanwhile, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his violent father, recently returned to town. As all readers of American literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and too-often-unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile many narrative set pieces of \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAdventures of Huckleberry Finn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e remain in place (floods and storms, stumbling across both unexpected death and unexpected treasure in the myriad stopping points along the river’s banks, encountering the scam artists posing as the Duke and Dauphin…), Jim’s agency, intelligence and compassion are shown in a radically new light. When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby Jackson Island until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his violent father, recently returned to town. As all readers of American literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and too-often-unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile many narrative set pieces of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAdventures of Huckleberry Finn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e remain in place (floods and storms, stumbling across both unexpected death and unexpected treasure in the myriad stopping points along the river’s banks, encountering the scam artists posing as the Duke and Dauphin…), Jim’s agency, intelligence and compassion are shown in a radically new light.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePERCIVAL EVERETT\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Distinguished Professor of English at USC. 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As house after house burns down, her Bushwick neighborhood gets referred to as “The Matchbox” in the local newspaper. And while Sage prefers to spend her time shooting hoops with the guys, she’s also still trying to figure out her place inside the circle of girls she’s known since childhood. A group that each day, feels further and further away from her. But it’s also the summer of Freddy, a new kid who truly gets Sage. Together, they reckon with the pain of missing the things that get left behind as time moves on, savor what’s good in the present, and buoy each other up in the face of destruction. And when the future comes, it is Sage’s memories of the past that show her the way forward. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRemember Us\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e speaks to the power of both letting go . . . and holding on.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJacqueline Woodson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ereceived a 2023 Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, a 2020 MacArthur Fellowship, the 2020 Hans Christian Andersen Award, the 2018 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, and the 2018 Children’s Literature Legacy Award, and she was the 2018–2019 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. 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At school he discovers Greek mythology and the ancient story of Theseus, a fatherless son driven on a similar search. As Theo focuses on Theseus in a series of poems he composes, it becomes clear the two journeys echo each other in uncanny ways. Theseus must conquer his enemies—a psycho Cyclops, a tree-bending murderer, a monstrous pig—while Theo is tricked and double-crossed, confronting obstacles ranging from a search-agency scam artist to a depraved lawyer. Poet Joseph Coelho brilliantly interweaves the boys’ stories, following them through dangers, horrors, and false successes, revealing that Theo must be as resourceful and strong as his mythical hero. In a unique twist, readers are asked to take a role in picking which option the heroes should pursue when facing choices on their path to manhood. The two alternating stories, along with stories from the Minotaur’s perspective, fuse into one in a riveting climax, as the protagonists meet in the heart of the labyrinth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eJoseph Coelho\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, an award-winning poet, playwright, and author of picture books and nonfiction, was selected as the UK Children’s Laureate in 2022. 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A staunch ambassador for libraries and for diverse and inclusive new voices in poetry, Joseph Coelho lives in Kent, England.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eKate Milner\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the author-illustrator of the award-winning \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMy Name Is Not Refugee\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eI\u003cem\u003et’s a No-Money Day\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which was short-listed for the Kate Greenaway Medal. 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In Hurston’s retelling, Herod is not the wicked ruler of the New Testament who is charged with the “slaughter of the innocents,” but a forerunner of Christ—a beloved king who enriched Jewish culture and brought prosperity and peace to Judea.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the peaks of triumph to the depths of human misery, the historical Herod “appears to have been singled out and especially endowed to attract the lightning of fate,” Hurston writes. An intimate of both Marc Antony and Julius Caesar, the Judean king lived during the first century BCE, in a time of war and imperial expansion that was rife with political assassinations and bribery, as the old world gave way to the new.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePortraying Herod within this vivid and dynamic world of antiquity, little known to modern readers, Hurston’s unfinished manuscript brings this complex, compelling, and misunderstood leader fully into focus. Hurston shared her findings about Herod’s rise, his reign, and his waning days in letters to friends and associates. Text from three of these letters concludes the manuscript in an intimate way. Scholar-Editor Deborah Plant’s \"Commentary: A Story Finally Told\" assesses Hurston’s pioneering work and underscores Hurston’s perspective that the first century BCE has much to teach us and that the lens through which to view this dramatic and stirring era is the life and times of Herod the Great.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eZora Neale Hurston\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e wrote four novels \u003cem\u003e(\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eJonah’s Gourd Vine; Their Eyes Were Watching God; Moses, Man of the Mountains; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e Seraph on the Suwanee\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) and was still working on her fifth novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Life of Herod the Great\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, when she died; three books of folklore (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMules and Men\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and the posthumously published \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGo Gator\u003c\/em\u003e and Muddy the Water\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEvery Tongue Got to Confess\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e); a work of anthropological research (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTell My Horse\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e); an autobiography \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e(Dust Tracks on a Road\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e); an international bestselling ethnographic work (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBarracoon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e); and over fifty short stories, essays, and plays. She was born in Notasulga, Alabama, grew up in Eatonville, Florida, and lived her last years in Fort Pierce, Florida.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDeborah G. Plant\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is an African American and Africana Studies independent scholar, author of \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOf Greed and Glory: In Pursuit of Freedom for All\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, and literary critic specializing in the life and works of Zora Neale Hurston. She is editor of the \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/span\u003ebestseller \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBarracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo”\u003c\/span\u003e by Zora Neale Hurston and the author of \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAlice Walker: A Woman for Our Times\u003c\/span\u003e, a philosophical biography. She is also editor of \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Inside Light: New Critical Essays on Zora Neale Hurston\u003c\/span\u003e, and the author of \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eZora Neale Hurston: A Biography of the Spirit \u003c\/span\u003eand \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEvery Tub Must Sit On Its Own Bottom: The Philosophy and Politics of Zora Neale Hurston\u003c\/span\u003e. She holds MA and Ph. D. degrees in English from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Plant played an instrumental role in founding the University of South Florida’s Department of Africana Studies, where she chaired the department for five years. She presently resides in Florida.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLanguage ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHardcover ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e368 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eItem Weight ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1.43 pounds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDimensions ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e6 x 1.12 x 9 inches\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46215952924911,"sku":"","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0060\/8134\/7702\/files\/Screenshot_30-1-2025_122324_www.amazon.com.jpg?v=1738257825"},{"product_id":"zeal-a-novel","title":"Zeal: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHarlem, 2019. Ardelia and Oliver are hosting their engagement party. As the guests get ready to leave, he hands her a love letter on a yellowing, crumbling piece of paper . . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNatchez, 1865. Discharged from the Union Army as a free man after the war’s end, Harrison returns to Mississippi to reunite with the woman he loves, Tirzah. Upon his arrival at the Freedmen’s Bureau, though, he catches the eye of a woman working there, who’s determined to thwart his efforts to find his beloved. After tragedy strikes, Harrison resigns himself to a life with her. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMeanwhile in Louisiana, the newly free Tirzah is teaching at a freedmen’s school, and discovers an advertisement in the local paper looking for her. Though she knows Harrison must have placed it, and longs to find him, the risks of fleeing are too great, and Tirzah chooses the life of seeming security right in front of her.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpanning over a hundred and fifty years, Morgan Jerkins’s extraordinary novel intertwines the stories of these star-crossed lovers and their descendants. As Tirzah's family moves across the country during the Great Migration, they challenge authority with devastating consequences, while of the legacy of heartbreak and loss continues on in the lives of Harrison's progeny.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Ardelia meets Oliver, she finds his family’s history is as full of secrets and omissions as her own. Could their connection be a cosmic reconciliation satisfying the unfulfilled desires of their ancestors, or will the weight of the past, present and future tear them apart?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSweeping, textured, and meticulously researched, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eZeal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is both a story of how one generation’s choices reverberate through the years and an indelible portrait of an enduring love.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMorgan Jerkins\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCaul Baby,\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWandering in Strange Lands\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e bestseller \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThis Will Be My Undoing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Jerkins has taught at Columbia and Princeton Universities, and has written for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/span\u003e, the \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRolling Stone, Vanity Fair, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e the \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGuardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, among many others. 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This is a story unlike anything you’ve read before.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe future of storytelling is here.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDisabled, disinclined to marry, and more interested in writing than a lucrative career in medicine or law, Zelu has always felt like the outcast of her large Nigerian family. Then her life is upended when, in the middle of her sister’s lavish Caribbean wedding, she’s unceremoniously fired from her university job and, to add insult to injury, her novel is rejected by yet another publisher. With her career and dreams crushed in one fell swoop, she decides to write something just for herself. What comes out is nothing like the quiet, literary novels that have so far peppered her unremarkable career. It’s a far-future epic where androids and AI wage war in the grown-over ruins of human civilization. She calls it \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRusted Robots.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Zelu finds the courage to share her strange novel, she does not realize she is about to embark on a life-altering journey—one that will catapult her into literary stardom, but also perhaps obliterate everything her book was meant to be. From Chicago to Lagos to the far reaches of space, Zelu’s novel will change the future not only for humanity, but for the robots who come next.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA book-within-a-book that blends the line between writing and being written, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDeath of the Author \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a masterpiece of metafiction that manages to combine the razor-sharp commentary of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eYellowface\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e with the heartfelt humanity of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Surprisingly funny, deeply poignant, and endlessly discussable, this is at once the tale of a woman on the margins risking everything to be heard and a testament to the power of storytelling to shape the world as we know it. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNnedi Okorafor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis the author of multiple award-winning and\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e bestsellers, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDeath of the Author\u003c\/span\u003e, the Binti trilogy, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWho Fears Death\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLagoon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, currently in development at Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment. She has won every major prize in speculative fiction, including the World Fantasy, Nebula, and Eisner Awards; multiple Hugo Awards; and the Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa. Born in Cincinnati to Igbo Nigerian immigrant parents, she now resides in Phoenix, Arizona, with her daughter, Anyaugo.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLanguage ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePrint length ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e448 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\" class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eItem Weight ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e1.23 pounds\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDimensions ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e6.44 x 1.39 x 9.17 inches\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46527884296431,"sku":"","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0060\/8134\/7702\/files\/Screenshot_10-6-2025_171756_www.amazon.com.jpg?v=1749590297"},{"product_id":"the-best-man-unfinished-business","title":"The Best Man: Unfinished Business","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe beloved characters from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Best Man\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003emovies and hit television series reunite for a sexy and soulful, heartbreaking and hilarious reckoning of love.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecently divorced and fresh off a Pulitzer Prize win, Harper Stewart is in a new era. He’s working on a movie and living the ultimate bachelor life in his Brooklyn penthouse. But still, something is missing. What else explains the stubborn creative block? The carousel of women? And seventh-wheel status with his friends?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJordan Armstrong had to flee New York. First, to give herself distance from Harper and, second, to escape the corporate grind. In her beachfront Malibu property, the façade of a “healed” Jordan flourishes. Yet she finds herself unmoored. Despite the physical distance, she still feels Harper’s magnetic pull.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeanwhile, in Ghana, Robyn has gone full bohemian restaurateur. She has finally found peace and won’t let another man ruin it—that is, until a handsome local entrepreneur commands her attention. But it’s all too much change for her daughter, Mia, and when she secretly calls Harper with an emergency Robyn would rather hide, their world is shaken and relationships are tested once more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook one of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Best Man\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003etrilogy follows Harper, Jordan, and Robyn as they try to establish lives away from the hurts of the past and come to realize that some love is impossible to break. With support from their close-knit crew of chosen family—Quentin, Shelby, Lance, Murch, and Candace—they fight for a future that proves one’s second act can be the extended chapter worth it all.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMalcolm D. Lee\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a writer, director, and producer whose directorial work includes his critically acclaimed feature film debut, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Best Man\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, as well as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGirls Trip\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eNight School,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Best Man: The Final Chapters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJayne Allen\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis the author of the bestselling \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBlack Girls Must Die Exhausted\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003enovel series and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Most Wonderful Time\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLanguage ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePrint length ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e496 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eItem Weight ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e13.1 ounces\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDimensions ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e5.15 x 1.03 x 7.98 inches\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46594684780783,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0060\/8134\/7702\/files\/Screenshot_1-7-2025_153623_www.amazon.com.jpg?v=1751398632"},{"product_id":"great-black-hope-a-novel","title":"Great Black Hope: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA gripping debut from an electrifying new voice about an upwardly mobile and downwardly spiraling Black man caught between worlds of race and class, glamourous parties and sudden consequences, a friend’s mysterious death and his own arrest.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn arrest for cocaine possession on the last day of a sweltering New York summer leaves Smith, a queer Black Stanford graduate, in a state of turmoil. 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And at the very end of the South as we know it, two sisters seek to escape North to freedom, to promises of a more stable climate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArtfully and precisely drawn, and steeped in place and history as it explores themes of belonging, inheritance, and deep intimacy, Carrie R. Moore’s debut collection announces an extraordinary new talent in American fiction, inviting us all to examine how the past shapes our present―and how our present choices will echo for years to come.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCarrie R. 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A jazz prodigy, a glamorous film star, and a fierce advocate for civil rights, she’s breaking barriers and refusing to play by the rules. Then Adam Clayton Powell Jr. walks into her life. Harlem’s most electrifying preacher-turned-politician, Adam is as bold and unyielding as Hazel—charismatic, powerful…and married.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eThis kicks off a decades-long relationship that propels them into the center of a political and cultural revolution. As Hazel’s star rises, Adam takes the national stage in Congress and the couple becomes the toast of the country. But when their affair turns into a marriage, behind the glamorous façade is a battlefield of ego, ambition, and sacrifice. 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