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On the cover of Global Guyana, there is a black and white image of a woman with a flowery scarf covering her face. She stands in front of a dark ocean.

NEW: Global Guyana by Oneka LaBennett

“LaBennett argues for the relevance of Guyana as a place that is, as the author says, ‘everywhere and nowhere.’ Wielding her pointer broom, an everyday object used by countless girls and women in Guyana in the daily work of keeping order, LaBennett sweeps the messy, layered detritus of history, politics, and experience into a remarkably personal ethnography that insistently demonstrates the myriad ways in which global traffic in culture and power can be lived and understood.” ~Elizabeth Chin, author of My Life with Things: The Consumer Diaries

The cover of Deadpan by Tina Post features a Black person holding a paper bag in front of their face. On the paper bag are two holes that look like eyes.

Congratulations to Tina Post!

Her book Deadpan: The Aesthetics of Black Inexpression has won the 2023 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism. Deadpan explores expressionlessness, inscrutability, and emotional withholding in Black cultural production.

Cover of "Are You Calling Me a Racist?" Why We Need to Stop Talking about Race and Start Making Real Antiracist Change by Sarita Srivastava

NEW: "Are You Calling Me a Racist?" by Sarita Srivastava

“The book very clearly distills and, in an accessible style, explores all the things that are problematic with DEI training. Highly recommended for both public and academic libraries.” ~Booklist, STARRED

Forthcoming Events

Wednesday. April 17, 2024 | 7:30 pm Black Power, Jewish Politics: A Book Release & Communal Dialogue in Partnership with the Skirball Cultural Center Location will be shared with confirmed registrants
Saturday. April 20, 2024 | 3:00 pm L.A. Times Festival of Books Wallis Annenberg Hall Presented by USC - Signing Area 10
Monday. April 29, 2024 | 7:00 pm Webinar with Author Jared Del Rosso: The Untold Story of America’s Most Iconic Bird Virtual event