Evidence of Things Not Seen
By: James Baldwin
4.06
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Over twenty-two months in 1979 and 1981 nearly two dozen children were unspeakably murdered in Atla…
Want to Read $ 11.99"A Black policeman could completely demolish you. He knew far more about you than a White policeman could and you were without defense before this Black brother in uniform whose entire reason for breathing seemed to be his hope to offer proof that, though he was Black, he was not Black like you."-James Baldwin, Evidence of Things Not Seen
"A Black policeman could completely demolish you. He knew far more about you than a White policeman could and you were without defense before this Black brother in uniform whose entire reason for breathing seemed to be his hope to offer proof that, though he was Black, he was not Black like you."-James Baldwin, Evidence of Things Not Seen
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1. 100 Selected Poems
By: E.E. Cummings
4.29
Format: 121 pages, Paperback
E.E. Cummings is without question one of the major poets of the 20th century, and this volume, firs… read more
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- classics
"tomorrow is our permanent address"-E.E. Cummings, 100 Selected Poems
"for every mile the feet go the heart goes nine"-E.E. Cummings, 100 Selected Poems
"love’s to giving as to keeping’s give; as yes is to if,love is to yes"-E.E. Cummings, 100 Selected Poems
"Always it’s Spring)and everyone’s in love and flowers pick themselves."-E.E. Cummings, 100 Selected Poems
2. Waiting for God
By: Simone Weil
3.93
Format: 40 pages, Paperback
"My dear father, I have made up my mind to write to you....I have been wondering lately about the w… read more
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3. A Map to the Door of No Return
By: Dionne Brand
3.76
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A Map to the Door of No Returnis a timely book that explores the relevance and nature of identity a… read more
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4. Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement
By: Cornel West , Angela Y. Davis , Frank Barat
3.78
Format: None pages, Paperback
In these newly collected essays, interviews, and speeches, world-renowned activist and scholar Ange… read more
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5. Ours
By: Phillip B. Williams
3.84
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
An epic novel set in mid-nineteenth-century America about the spiritual costs of a freedom that dem… read more
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- race
- african american
"In Ours, the grass that grows is sharp. It gleams at its edges, such that when the buttery light of spring falls into it, the light cries out and yellow pours slowly over the earth."-Phillip B. Williams, Ours
6. There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
By: Hanif Abdurraqib
4.40
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A poignant, personal reflection on basketball, talent and allegiance, and of course, LeBron James—f… read more
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- race
- nonfiction
- essays
"Heartbreak itself is a primary color. Stagnant without a series of secondary colors to activate it. Longing is an activator."-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
"With enough repetition, anything can become a religion. It doesn’t matter if it works or not, it simply matters if a person returns."-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
"It is a strange miracle to be able to trace your own aging, your own mortality through someone who's living alongside you, someone who has survived eras at the same time as you have in some of the sa…"-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
7. Temple Folk
By: Aaliyah Bilal
3.74
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking debut collection portraying the lived experiences of Black Muslims grappling with … read more
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- race
- african american
8. Washington's Gay General: The Legends and Loves of Baron von Steuben
By: Josh Trujillo
4.03
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
A graphic novel biography of Baron von Steuben, the soldier, immigrant, and flamboyant homosexual w… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
9. Evidence of Things Seen
By: Sarah Weinman
3.65
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
From Sarah Weinman, the award-winning editor of Unspeakable Acts, a groundbreaking new anthology sh… read more
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- history
- true crime
- nonfiction
- essays
- crime
10. Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own
By: Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
4.39
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
We live, according to Eddie S. Glaude Jr., in a moment when the struggles of Black Lives Matter and… read more
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- race
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- african american
"[Trump] and his ideas are not exceptional. He and the people who support him are just the latest examples of the country's ongoing betrayal. . .When we make Trump exceptional, we let ourselves off th…"-Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own
"Baldwin's words can sound harsh, as if he's throwing away millions of Americans and declaring them irrelevant to the life and future of our democracy. It's easy to read him that way, and sometimes, w…"-Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own
11. Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 2: The Second Bakery Attack, Samsa in Love, Thailand
By: Jean-Christophe Deveney
3.81
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
Haruki Murakami's best-loved stories finally in graphic novel form! Haruki Murakami's novels, es… read more
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12. Evidence of Things Not Seen
By: James Baldwin
4.06
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Over twenty-two months in 1979 and 1981 nearly two dozen children were unspeakably murdered in Atla… read more
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- african american literature
- classics
- history
- true crime
- race
- politics
- crime
- nonfiction
- essays
- african american
"A Black policeman could completely demolish you. He knew far more about you than a White policeman could and you were without defense before this Black brother in uniform whose entire reason for brea…"-James Baldwin, Evidence of Things Not Seen
13. Ordinary Notes
By: Christina Sharpe
4.55
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
A singular achievement, Ordinary Notes explores profound questions about loss and the shapes of Bla… read more
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- race
- history
- politics
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- essays
- african american
14. You Get What You Pay For: Essays
By: Morgan Parker
4.18
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
The award-winning author of Magical Negro traces the trauma and beauty of existing as a Black woman… read more
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- politics
- race
- nonfiction
- essays
15. Not "A Nation of Immigrants": Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Exclusion
By: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
4.35
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
Debunks the pervasive and self-congratulatory myth that our country is proudly founded by and for i… read more
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- politics
- race
- history
- nonfiction
16. My Beloved Monster: Masha, the Half-wild Rescue Cat Who Rescued Me
By: Caleb Carr
4.33
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The #1 bestselling author of The Alienist, Caleb Carr , tells the extraordinary story of Masha, … read more
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17. Songs on Endless Repeat: Essays and Outtakes
By: Anthony Veasna So
4.11
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A Most Anticipated Book of 2023 from: LA Times * Boston Globe * The Millions * LitHub By the New… read more
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- nonfiction
- essays
"We're minorities within minorities, I'd often repeat to my friend, in an attempt to subdue his frustration with the compounding obstacles of his life."-Anthony Veasna So, Songs on Endless Repeat: Essays and Outtakes
"You can only keep up the precarious act of sustaining this fantasy of a better world for so long when not much has actually changed in our favor. But as long as there's something new in our queue, af…"-Anthony Veasna So, Songs on Endless Repeat: Essays and Outtakes
"But—please, hear me out—don't you think difference breathes in the expanses that lie amid your monotonous thoughts? Even as you see in the future only suicide, your mind fosters so many novel meaning…"-Anthony Veasna So, Songs on Endless Repeat: Essays and Outtakes
18. Bartleby & Me: Reflections of an Old Scrivener
By: Gay Talese
3.84
Format: 317 pages, Hardcover
Gay Talese revisits his pioneering career profiling the many “nobodies” who make New York so fascin… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- essays
19. Poetics of Work
By: Noémi Lefebvre
3.54
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
As Lyon is consumed by protests, a darkly comic exploration of the push to be employed and the pull… read more
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- politics
20. Side Notes from the Archivist
By: Anastacia-Reneé
4.25
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
The award-winning, genre-crossing writer demonstrates her power as a funkadelic and formidable femi… read more
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- nonfiction
21. The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family
By: Jesselyn Cook
4.45
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The riveting story of five families shattered by pernicious, pervasive conspiracy theories, and how… read more
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- history
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