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Red and Me

Star Bright Books
176 pages
$16.99


“Red and Me is a heartwarming story of family, friends, adventure, and the special bond between human and dog. It also gives readers a glimpse into life in a rural southern town in the 1930’s and the realities of racial discrimination.”

~ the publisher

Beirut Radical: A Global Microhistory from the Sixties to the Lebanese Civil War

I.B. Tauris
274 pages
$29.95


Beirut Radical takes up [the story of] Imad Nuwayhid as a global microhistory — a window into the global sixties, the war, and its aftermath. Baun argues that Imad’s beliefs and actions, crystalized during two tumultuous decades of the Cold War, signal a young generation of what he terms “practical radicals.” … More than anything perhaps, Beirut Radical is a meditation on the intimate, the personal, the ethics, and the micro-level of history.”

~ the publisher

Blind Persistence: The History of the Before Columbus Foundation

Baraka Books
260 pages
$29.95


“The Before Columbus Foundation, founded in 1976 by Ishmael Reed and others, remains ‘dedicated to the promotion and dissemination of contemporary American multicultural literature.’ … Blind Persistence is the Before Columbus story as told by a host of leading American poets, novelists, public intellectuals. Contributors include Wajahat Ali, Carolyn Forché, Joy Harjo, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Nancy Mercado, Margaret Porter Troupe, Shawn Wong and more.”

~ the publisher

Mojorhythm

Third Man Books
300 pages
$23.95


“This is a multigenre brew, strange and wondrous, exploring the supernatural currents of music, history, and culture, Hoodoo as an ancient modern spiritual force and living folklore, the exquisite whimsy and profound horrors found in existence, and the boundless territories of the impossible.”

~ the publisher

Blues Boy: The B.B. King Story

Greenwillow Books
40 pages
$19.99


“Duncan’s expressive prose echoes the lyrics of a powerful blues song, ensuring its pages will be read (or sung) aloud on repeat. A moving melody of striking visuals and soulful words.” 

~ Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Twenty Years of Poem of the Week.com

Madville Publishing
242 pages
24.95


Twenty Years of PoemoftheWeek.com is a compilation of the best of the poems that have been featured by PoemoftheWeek.com over the course of the past twenty years. … PoemoftheWeek.com is an essential resource for writers, teachers, and anyone interested in contemporary American (mostly) arts and letters.”

~ the publisher

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