African American Studies

Strong, voice-driven poetry explores the broader experience of the African diaspora, and taboos within taboos.

An authentic voice that is reflective of the author’s sincere appreciation for poetry.

Interconnected stories exploring life, love, and passion in an ever-changing community.

African American characters navigate a physical and spiritual journey beginning in the antebellum South.

Jazz, opera, and various blues serve as the soundtrack for this collection of fairytales for grown-ups of all ages.

A colllection of poetic reflections on the public and private life of an American intellectual giant.

Beyond Blaxploitation is a groundbreaking scholarly anthology devoted to examining canonical and lesser-known films of the blaxploitation movement to demonstrate the richness, depth, and complexity of this intriguing period in motion picture history.

Short, searing glimpses of how race and gender shadow even the most intimate moments of women’s lives.

A collection of brilliantly crafted poems with intense imagery and cadence, representing the African American experience of enslavement and the author’s rootedness in the folkways and history of African Americans in Louisiana.