A collection of early, emerging works from some of the most celebrated African American female writers who remain strong when the weight of a world filled with racism and gender discrimination wants to drag them down. When it was first published in 1970, The...

Fifteen stories give us compelling portraits of a wide range of unforgettable characters, e.g., a young girl who suffers her first betrayal, a neighborhood loan shark who teaches a white social worker a lesson in responsibility, and more. Format: Paperback Publication...

A community of Black faith healers witness an event that will change their lives forever in this hard-nosed, wise, funny novel (Los Angeles Times). Set in a fictional city in the American South, the novel also inhabits the nonlinear, sacred...

This suspenseful novel portrays a community--and a family--under siege, during the shocking string of murders of black children in Atlanta in the early 1980s. Written over a span of twelve years, and edited by Toni Morrison, who calls Those Bones Are...