Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Spiegel & Grau July 14, 2015 Hardcover In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi...
View ArticleYear of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person by...
Simon & Schuster November 10, 2015 Hardcover In this poignant, hilarious, and deeply intimate call to arms, Hollywood’s most powerful woman, the mega-talented creator of Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal...
View ArticleThe Education of Kevin Powell: A Boy’s Journey into Manhood by Kevin Powell
Atria Books October 27, 2015 Hardcover In the spirit of Piri Thomas’s Down These Mean Streets and Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, this powerful memoir by writer and activist Kevin...
View ArticleWe Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Anchor 2015 Paperback The highly acclaimed, provocative New York Times bestseller—a personal, eloquently-argued essay, adapted from the much-admired TEDx talk of the same name—from Chimamanda Ngozi...
View ArticleRest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin by Sybrina Fulton and...
Spiegel & Grau January 31, 2017 Hardcover Trayvon Martin’s parents take readers beyond the news cycle with an account only they could give: the intimate story of a tragically foreshortened life and...
View ArticleI Can’t Make This Up: Life Lessons by Kevin Hart, Neil Strauss
Atria / 37 INK June 6, 2017 Hardcover Superstar comedian and Hollywood box office star Kevin Hart turns his immense talent to the written word by writing some words. Some of those words include: the,...
View ArticleThe Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell by W. Kamau Bell
Dutton May 2, 2017 Hardcover You may know W. Kamau Bell from his new, Emmy-nominated hit show on CNN, United Shades of America. Or maybe you’ve read about him in the New York Times, which called him...
View ArticleThis Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare by Gabourey Sidibe
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt May 1, 2017 Hardcover Gabourey Sidibe —“Gabby” to her legion of fans—skyrocketed to international fame in 2009 when she played the leading role in Lee Daniels’s acclaimed...
View ArticleIron Ambition: My Life with Cus D’Amato by Mike Tyson, Larry Sloman
Blue Rider Press May 30, 2017 Hardcover When Cus D’Amato first saw thirteen-year-old Mike Tyson spar in the ring, he proclaimed, “That’s the heavyweight champion of the world.” D’Amato, who had...
View ArticleHunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay
Harper June 13, 2017 Hardcover New York Times bestselling author Roxane Gay has written with intimacy and sensitivity about food and bodies, using her own emotional and psychological struggles as a...
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