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The Devil Finds Work
James Baldwin
From "the best essayist in this country” (The New York Times Book Review) comes an incisive book-length essay about racism...
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Nobody Knows My Name
James Baldwin
From one of the most brilliant writers and thinkers of the twentieth century comes a collection of "passionate, probing, controversial"...
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bell hooks: The Last Interview
bell hooks
"With a thoughtful introduction by Mikki Kendall, it will remind you why she was loved, honored, challenged and respected." -...
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Underground
Haruki Murakami
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The Harlem Ghetto
James Baldwin
This collectible edition celebrates James Baldwin’s 100th-year anniversary, revealing and critiquing the realities of Black life in mid-century US Originally...
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Breathe
Maia Kobabe, Sarah Peitzmeier, PhD
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Nothing Personal
James Baldwin
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