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 Talking at the Gates: A Life of James Baldwin
~
James Campbell (Paperback
- Jan 29, 2002) Other Edition(s):
Hardcover,
Paperback,
Unknown Binding ~ An
honest and moving story, it is the biography of the boy preacher who became a
Great man of letters, of the native son who fled his homeland. A literary
biography, it places each work in the context of his life. |
 Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black
~ bell hooks (Paperback
- Jan 1989) Other Edition(s):
Hardcover,
Paperback,
Unknown Binding |
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Technical Difficulties: African-American Notes on the
State of the Union ~
June Jordan (Hardcover
- Nov 24, 1992) Other Edition(s):
Paperback ~ A new collection of essays on a
rich variety of contemporary American themes. From growing up in Brooklyn, the
perverse myths of race and class, the romance of an artist, to the relationship
between poetry and politics. |
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Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone ~
James A. Baldwin (Hardcover
- Mar 1985) Other Edition(s):
Paperback,
Mass Market Paperback ~ A successful
black actor confronts his personal dilemmas and passions.
Baldwin follows him
from his childhood in Harlem to his unconventional love affair in a narrative of
ringing truth and frankness. Strikes close to the heart.
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Tell My Horse : Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica
by
Zora Neale Hurston (Paperback
- Feb 28, 1990) |
 Their Eyes Were Watching God ~
Zora Neale Hurston (Paperback
- Dec 1, 1998) Other Edition(s):
Hardcover,
Paperback,
School & Library Binding,
Audio Cassette ~ This extraordinary novel about love between two
black people belongs in the category of enduring American literature
with that of Faulkner, Fitzgerald and Hemingway. There is no book more
important to me than this one.
Alice Walker
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This Bridge Called My Back: Writings ~ Radical Women
of Color ~
Cherrie Moraga and
Gloria Anzaldua (Paperback - Nov 1,
2002) Other Edition(s):
Hardcover,
Paperback ~ Containing prose, poetry, personal
narrative, and analyses by
Black American,
Asian American,
Latina, and
Native American women, this book presents vivid, thoughtful writing on feminism,
radicalism, homophobia, racism, and other topic areas. Includes an excellent
third world bibliography. |
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Those Who Ride the Night Winds ~
Nikki Giovanni (Paperback
- May 5, 1999) Other Edition(s):
Hardcover ~ The title of this
collection refers to people who have tried to make changes, people who have gone
against the tide, people who were unafraid to test their wings. Long known as
the Princess of Black Poetry, Giovanni is as alive and as vibrant as ever. Her
many readers will find once again in this collection the warmth, wit, passion,
and caring about people that have always distinguished her work. |
 Three Pieces ~ Ntozake Shange (Paperback -
April 15, 1992) Other Edition(s):
Hardcover,
Paperback ~ In these three plays, she brilliantly
recasts traditional forms to capture the essences of the lives of black people.
Spell #7 is a black magic and variety show; A Photograph: Lovers In Motion, a
sensual melodrama of intersecting lives and loves; and Boogie Woogie Landscapes,
a stream of consciousness verse play. |
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The Threshing Floor: Short stories
by
Barbara Burford (Paperback
- April 1987) Other Edition(s):
Hardcover ~ A powerful collection of stories
about the lives of Black women. Burford, a Black British lesbian, constructs
cruel realities, dream fantasies, bitter escapes, visionary worlds, and
day-to-day loves. Deeply etched portraits full of light and shadow.
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To the Cleveland Station ~
Carol Anne Douglas (Paperback - Jun 1982) A novel of lesbian
lives of a love affair between a black and a white woman.
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Tongues Untied ~ Dirg Aaab-Richards (Paperback - Jun 1987) This book is a glorious
outpouring of verse from five gifted black poets: Dirg Aaab-Richards,
Craig G. Harris,
Essex Hemphill,
Isaac Jackson, and Assotto Saint.
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Topsy and Evil (Library of Crime Classics)
~
George Baxt (Paperback
- Oct 1987) Other Edition(s):
Unknown Binding ~ Ostensibly,
this mystery is about the murder of the mysterious tycoon Guru Raskalnikov, who
is mysteriously bludgeoned to death with the classic blunt instrument. Another
part of the problem is finding out exactly what said classic blunt instrument
was. The typical Baxtian cast of bizarre characters include Topsy Alcott, Fauna
and Flora Fleur, Winnie Ruth Jodo, Archimedes Zoltan, Satan Stagg and others
from the first two novels of this Pharoah Love detective trilogy.
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The Tranquil Lake of Love: Love Letters ~
Carl Cook (Paperback - Feb
1993) In documenting the nuances of an
intense relationship, Cook evokes the passion, pain, sensuality and joy in
language that is lyrical and flowing on serene rhythms of completion. This is a
thoughtful and sensitive collection of love poetry.
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Trimmings ~
Harryette Mullen (Paperback - Jun 1991) Author is not a lesbian. These prose
poems were directly inspires by
Gertrude Stein's Tender Buttons with a like
imagery intertwined between both. |
 Trouble the Water ~ Melvin Dixon (Paperback - Jan
1, 1989) Other Edition(s):
Hardcover,
Paperback A story of returning home after
twenty years away from one's roots, of re-claiming past heritage, and facing the
consequences of long absence. A successful young man from Pee Dee, North
Carolina returns home to the funeral of his grandmother, and re-encounters his
former life. There, he finds a more clear understanding of the troubles of his
present lie in his past. |
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Under a Soprano Sky ~
Sonia Sanchez (Paperback - Aug
1987) Other Edition(s):
Hardcover ~ Sanchez is undoubtedly one of the most under-appreciated
poets writing today. Her pristine lyricism combined with her strong voice
and black female themes make her special.
Gloria T. Hull, from Shakespeare's Sisters Feminist Essays on Women Writers. |
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Undersong: Chosen Poems Old and New ~
Audre Lorde (Hardcover
- Sep 1992) Other Edition(s):
Paperback~ Here are the words
of some of the women I have been, am being still, will come to be, writes the
author of this volume which brings together many of the most important poems she
has written over the past thirty years. Revised and updated edition includes six
new poems. |
 The Unforgetting Heart: An Anthology of Short
stories by African American Women (1859-1993) (1859-1993) ~
Asha Kanwar (Paperback
- May 1993) Other Edition(s):
Hardcover This anthology of short stories by African
American women spans 150 years. It includes short stories by
Zora Neale Hurston,
Ann Allen Shockley,
Nikki Giovanni,
Sonia Sanchez,
Alice Walker, Becky Birtha, and
many others.
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 Noah's
Arc - The Complete Second Season (DVD)
~
Patrik-Ian Polk (Director DVD),
Jensen Atwood (Wade),
Darryl Stephens (Noah),
Christian Vincent (II) (Ricky),
Jeremy Batiste
(Raphael),
Rodney Chester
(Alex),
Douglas Spearman (Chance),
Jonathan Julian and
Gregory Keith ~
Logo's ground-breaking, one-of-a-kind series
Noah's Arc follows
all four as they chart an uncertain course through the City of Angels, where laughter
and drama are never in short supply. More
Noah's Arc Seasons.
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 Vanishing Rooms: A Novel ~
Melvin Dixon (Paperback
- Jun 9, 2001) Other Edition(s):
Hardcover,
Paperback ~ Jesse's boyfriend Metro is murdered,
he turns to Ruella for comfort and she hopes he will ease her sexual isolation.
Lonny wonders aimlessly through life he and his friends commit the gay-bashing.
These three solitary voices intertwine in powerful counterpoint as they tell
their compelling tales.
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A Visitation of Spirits: A Novel (Vintage
Contemporaries) ~ Randall Kenan (Paperback
- Jan 25, 2000) Other Edition(s):
Hardcover,
Paperback,
Unknown Binding ~ Kenan recounts the complex and
sustaining truths of four generations of a black family's life in the South - as
well as an urgent new view of the South's future. Randall Kenan
speaks eloquently and with a Great deal of courage about personal and
communal strife within the black community. But above all, he speaks in the
voice of the future that is tinged with bittersweet love. -
Gloria Naylor
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Waiting rooms (Unknown Binding) ~
Michelle Parkerson ~ A modest collection of prose and
poetry of an experimental nature with a high deGREe of success in each form.
Parkerson addresses lesbianism, being black, and modern moral issues in a down
to earth yet universal tone.
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A Warm December ~
Vega Studios (Paperback - Feb 1992) A collection of poetry, illustrations,
and photographs which introduce the works of new writers and artists.
Rory Buchanan,
Carl Cook,
Adisa Osei Chionseu and others. The three mediums are
delicately weaved together to tell the stories about love empowerment, and
survival, in a time of victimization and the need for self-empowerment during
the AIDS crisis.
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The Ways of White Folks: Stories (Vintage Classics)
~ Langston Hughes (Paperback
- Sep 12, 1990) Other Edition(s):
Hardcover,
Paperback,
Library Binding ~ A collection of stories
depicting black people colliding humorously and tragically with whites in the
1920's and 30's. |
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We Who Believe in Freedom ~
Bernice Johnson Reagon (Hardcover
- Oct 1, 1993) Other Edition(s):
Paperback ~ This book celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Grammy Award-winning a
cappella group
Sweet Honey in the Rock (Artist). Brings the full
range of voices and palates of these exciting, dynamic African American women to
the page as powerfully as they conquer the concert stage. This book moves with
energy and good pacing through the lives and rhythms of the women who make up
the group. It includes essays ~ each member and their support team, historical
essays and appreciations ~ Alice Walker and
Angela Davis. |
 Welcome to the Jungle: New Positions in Black
Cultural Studies ~
Kobena Mercer
(Paperback - Jul 29, 1994) Other Edition(s):
Hardcover ~ Brings a black perspective to the reading of a wide range of
cultural texts, events and experiences in the politics of ethnicity, sexuality
and race during the 1980's. Mercer seeks out new hybrid identities that have
been forged out of this turbulent period, from
Michael Jackson (Artist)'s ethnic
androgyny to the homoerotic photographs of
Robert Mapplethorpe. Mercer's essays
make for a powerful re-reading of the art of postmodernity and the location of
Black and Queer cultural art practices within it. |
 White on Black on White ~
Coleman Dowell (Paperback
- Mar 1991) Other Edition(s):
Hardcover ~ Edgar Cayce, a black
policeman, is the central figure of the novel. As we read Cayce's memoirs---in
fact written by the narrator who is white---we are given a searing picture of
racial and sexual prejudice. |
 Wild Seed ~ Octavia E. Butler (Mass Market Paperback
- Feb 1, 1999) Other Edition(s):
Hardcover,
Paperback,
Mass Market Paperback,
School & Library Binding ~ Doro, a mind force who destroyed the
bodies he could inhabit. He wanted to rule all. Anyanwu was a goddess, mother,
priestess, medicine-woman. Together they fought a battle of wills.
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Wishing for Wings: Poems ~ Assoto Saint (Paperback - Oct 1994) The last collection of poetry from
Assotto. This collection revolves around AIDS, African Americans, racism,
homophobia, and his late partner. |
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The Woman That I Am: The Literature and Culture of
Contemporary Women of Color ~
D. Soyini Madison (Hardcover - Sep
1993) Other Edition(s):
Paperback ~ Gathers works of 126 contemporary authors including
Alice Walker,
Paule Marshall, Toni Morrison,
June Jordon,
Nikki Giovanni,
Ntozake Shange,
Maya Angelou, and others. |
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A Woman's Mourning Song ~ bell hooks (Hardcover - Aug
30, 2006) Other Edition(s):
Paperback ~ Explores the manner in which
African Americans celebrate the passing on of the spirit to another world when
someone dies. Her pieces ring with a woman's voice and reflect a positive
outlook on loss and death that helps to explain the complexities of living.
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Women and the Men ~ Nikki Giovanni (Paperback - Jan 1,
1979) Other Edition(s):
Unknown Binding |
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The Women of Brewster Place (Penguin Contemporary
American Fiction Series) ~ Gloria Naylor (Paperback - Jun
30, 1983) Other Edition(s):
Hardcover,
Paperback,
School & Library Binding,
Audio Cassette ~ Seven women have made their
way to Brewster Place, including some who are that way. Naylor's book sings
of sorrows proudly borne ~ black women in America.Made memorable by Oprah Winfrey's two-part television production.
More
Women of Brewster Place (Amazon). |
 Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now
~ Maya Angelou (Paperback
- Mar 16, 1995),
(LEATHER BOUND) |
 Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now
~ Maya Angelou (Paperback
- Oct 1, 1994) Other Edition(s):
Hardcover,
Paperback,
School & Library Binding,
Audio CD ~ A collection
of wisdom, this volume distills her thoughts about how spirit and spirituality
move and shape her life. It is about service and grace and giving, and about how
she celebrates the spirit of her people and the earthy sensuality of the
sisterhood.
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Yearning: Race, Gender, and Cultural Politics
~ bell hooks (Paperback
- Aug 1990) Other Edition(s):
Hardcover,
Paperback |
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Zami: A New Spelling of My Name (Crossing Press
Feminist Series) ~ Audre Lorde (Paperback
- Dec 1983) Other Edition(s):
Hardcover,
Paperback ~ Combining elements of
history, biography, and myth, Lorde's book tells of her coming of age, and of
the strength she has found through zami - a West Indian term for women who work
together as friends and lovers.
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The
Night Before Christmas Has Come and Gone...Now What? by
Linda Beecham (Author) (Paperback -
Jan. 29, 2010)
The
Confession