MacArthur Geniuses
Here are all the books we carry by people awarded the MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship over the years for their world-changing work.
There There
This novel follows twelve characters from Native communities as they all travel to the Big Oakland Powwow. The cast of…
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning
"This is not a history book...at least not like any history book you read in school." This is imaginative remix of…
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
Racism (and specifically anti-blackness) is not an accident of U.S. history; it was designed to be an integral part of…
How We Do It: Black Writers on Craft, Practice, and Skill
Over 30 acclaimed Black writers, including Nikki Giovanni, David Omotosho Black, Natasha Trethewey, Barry Jenkins,…
Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century
An anthology full of essays, blog posts, and manifestos, Disability Visibility shines a light on the nearly 20% of the…
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
A gorgeous, rightfully popular book about humans and our relationship with nature. Robin Wall Kimmerer draws on her…
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us
In this collection of essays Hanif Abdurraqib interprets the world through music and culture. He writes about Chance…
From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation
Police murders of Black people no longer go unnoticed in the public eye and the violence of racism can no longer be…
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
A surprisingly affirming and hopeful book about what it's like to die under capitalism. Gawande draws on his experience…
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race
National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward takes James Baldwin’s 1963 examination of race in America, The Fire Next Time,…
Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You
Let's face it, we all need a pick-me-up from time to time. Gmorning, Gnight! is Lin-Manuel Miranda's book of…
Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update
In 1972, three scientists from MIT created a computer model that analyzed global resource consumption and production.…
Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019
Black writers from all disciplines tell one of history’s great epics: the journey of African Americans from 1619 to…
Antiracist Baby Picture Book
Take your first steps with Antiracist Baby! Or rather, follow Antiracist Baby's nine easy steps for building a more…
How to Be an Antiracist
Award-winning author and social theorist Ibram X. Kendi weaves together history, law, science, ethics, and his own…
Americanah
This novel is everything. At its most simplistic, it's a love story set in Nigeria, the US, and the UK. It's so much…
We Should All Be Feminists
The word "feminist" has a negative stigma for some people. In We Should All Be Feminists—adapted from her much-admired…
Purple Hibiscus: A Novel
Growing up in Enugu, Nigeria, Kambili and her brother Jaja live an upper-class life, detached from the world outside.…
Half of a Yellow Sun
From the brilliant author of the acclaimed debut Purple Hibiscus comes a masterful and haunting story of love and war in…
Octavia E. Butler poster
“There is nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns.” —Octavia E. Butler Groundbreaking science fiction…
Kindred
Dana, a young, Black writer, is repeatedly sent back in time from her late 20th Century cosmopolitan life in Los Angeles…
Parable of the Sower
When global climate change and economic crises lead to social chaos in the early 2020s, California becomes full of…
We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy
During President Barack Obama's time in office, there was hope and real progress towards a less racist society. But…
Between the World and Me
An essay from father to son on how to live, thrive and survive as an African American man. In a profound work that…
Black Panther Vol. 1 - A Nation Under Our Feet (Hardcover)
If you haven't been living under a rock, you probably know a thing of two about the Black Panther movie that was in…
How We Fight White Supremacy: A Field Guide to Black Resistance
A celebration of Black resistance, showing the powerful and resilient work of a star-studded roster of Black US…
The Where, the Why, and the How: 75 Artists Illustrate Wondrous Mysteries of Science
A science book like no other, The Where, the Why, and the How turns loose 75 of today's hottest artists onto life's vast…
