The essential biography of America's godmother of rock 'n' roll whose exuberant singning and guitar playing captivated audiences and inspired generations of musicians from the 40s to today.

In her stunning debut, the creator of Black Liturgies weaves stories from three generations of her family alongside contemplative reflections to discover the “necessary rituals” that connect us with our belonging, dignity, and liberation.

A new memoir from George M. Johnson, the New York Times bestselling author of All Boys Aren't Blue that celebrates Black boyhood and brotherhood in all its glory

Imani Perry is the 2023 UUA General Assembly Ware Lecturer

An essential, surprising journey through the history, rituals, and landscapes of the American South—and a revelatory argument for why you must understand the South in order to understand America

Winner of the 2022 National Book Award for Nonfiction

From Chloé Cooper Jones - Pulitzer Prize finalist, philosophy professor, Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant recipient - a groundbreaking memoir about disability, motherhood, and a journey to far-flung places in search of a new way of seeing and being seen

A 2023 Pulitzer Prize Finalist for Memoir/Autobiography

Why do people pass? Fifteen writers reveal their experiences with passing—including racial, ethnic, sexual orientation, gender, and economic forms of passing.

2023 General Assembly Featured Speaker

A raw, poetic, coming-of-age “masterwork” (The New York Times) about Blackness, masculinity and addiction

An unexpected family photograph leads Dionne Ford to uncover the stories of her enslaved female ancestors, reclaim their power, and begin to heal.

How do we grieve our losses? How can we care for our spirits? one long listening offers enduring companionship to all who ask these searing, timeless questions.

With penetrating insight, Karen Van Fossan blends memoir, history, and cultural critique to take readers behind the scenes of the resistance efforts to two colonial pipelines.

A 2024 Silver Nautilus Award Winner in the Memoir category

An anthology curated by Black writers for the creation and proliferation of Black thought.

A witty, winning, and revelatory personal narrative of the author’s transition from sightedness to blindness and his quest to learn about blindness as a rich culture all its own

One of Publishers Weekly's Top 10 Books of 2023.