Product Description: After eight years of George Bush’s America, we are at a critical juncture in our nation’s history, when we can put forth a new and bolder kind of democracy. Just as the Civil Rights Movement opened the doors for blacks and other people of color, for women, for the LGBT community, the rise of Barack Obama to the presidency — and the post-Bush society we now encounter — opens new possibilities for our democracy...read more

Product Description: Written between 1989 and 2008, the poems in Kevin Powell’s powerful new collection encompass everything from his early role as a renowned slam poet (and original cast member of MTV’s Real World) to his current incarnation as a poet operating away from the scene...read more

In a trenchant, perceptive collection of essays, a cultural critics examines the gap between illusion and reality for the post-civil-rights generation of Americans and reflections on some of the key political, social, and cultural issues of the time, from his own rise, fall, and resurrection to the problems confronting young black males to black political empowerment. Original. 20,000 first printing.

Product Description: Someday We’ll All Be Free is the indispensable and passionate follow-up to Kevin Powell’s best-selling essay collection, Who’s Gonna Take The Weight? Manhood, Race, and Power in America. Here Powell widens his lens and skillfully dissects the dreams of American freedom and democracy in these early days of the 21st century...read more

Addresses the increasing political turmoil in modern-day America and the issues--race, gender, religion, the war in Iraq--that are fueling it, examining the disconnect between political rhetoric and the reality of life for ordinary Americans. Original. 15,000 first printing.

A photographic portrait of hip hop profiles the genre as a socio-political art form and chronicles its formation from the streets of New York City to a billion-dollar industry, as reflected in more than two hundred color images of top performers. Reprint.

Product Description: HairStories explores the history, style, and meaning of black hair as seen through the eyes of three generations of African American artists. Showcasing more than 60 works by 27 artists, it spans nearly a century of visual art, pop culture, music, and literature, considering hair as a reflection of history, identity, and race relations in America, from the days of segregation to today...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Offers a compilation of fiction, poetry, essays, criticism, letters, and hip-hop journalism to explore issues in post-civil rights and post-colonial black literature.

A poet, social critic, and former cast member of MTV's The Real World unflinchingly explores such issues as racism, self-hatred among African Americans, domestic violence, misogyny, and sex through his own turbulent experiences. Reprint.

Presents a collection of poetry influenced by hip-hop, popular culture, current events, and the author's own experiences.

Product Description: Book by Powell, Kevin