Gay men were unable to shake free of them until they figured out how to tell the stories themselves, in a new way.” The New Yorker Read more Skeleton Keys by Brian Switek “ Informative, contemplative, and even lyrical, Switek’s work is popular-science writing at its best.” Booklist Read more The Heritage by Howard Bryant “ A timely book.expertly chronicles a fractured nation dealing with black players who no longer want to ‘shut up and dribble’. Kendi, author of How to Be an Antiracist Read more A Glimpse into the Past by Cecelia Tichi “ Further proof that sliding around the naughty edges of society can be as informative as it is entertaining.” Alida Becker, The New York Times Book Review Indecent Advances by James Polchin “ A sobering, comprehensively researched new ’s impossible to understand gay life in twentieth-century America without reckoning with these dark stories. Fascinating glimpses of what may turn out to be a new way to look at life.” Jonathan Weiner, author of The Beak of the Finch Read more Miracles on the Hardwood by John Gasaway “ Of hoops, hopes, holy orders, and habits.mysterious and sometimes miraculous.” Kirkus Reviews Full Dissidence by Howard Bryant “ Howard Bryant does not hold back in his withering and thoughtful dissections and rejections of the racial politics of athletics and the athletic politics of race. It’s hard to imagine a book more relevant for our moment.” Financial Times Read more Claude McKay by Winston James “ Elegantly written and carefully reasoned…a fascinating look at the political evolution of a key literary figure.” Publishers Weekly Read more The Ascent of Information by Caleb Scharf “ Packed with provocative ideas…,and entertaining on every page. Jones, author of Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All Read more Oceans of Grain by Scott Raynolds Nelson “ An incredibly timely history… Nelson makes a persuasive case that grain production, storage, transport and trade was the defining factor in the rise and fall of civilisations from Rome to Byzantium to the Ottoman Empire and Imperial Russia….

a fitting tribute to Ashley, her mother Rose, and all those foremothers who endured.” Martha S.

Winner of the National Book Award “ Blending urgency, imagination, and poetic prose…, a masterpiece of African American women’s history that reveals what it takes to survive and even thrive….

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