A reference guide to writing and publishing African-American nonfiction provides excerpts and advice from Maya Angelou, E. Lynn Harris, Edwidge Danticat, and other notable authors as it discusses such topics as how to get to know one's literary ancestors, how to develop one's personal voice, the art of gathering material and conducting research, and more. Original. (view table of contents)

A novel focusing on the life of Frederick Douglass explores the romantic passions that drove the abolitionist to love two women--one black and one white.

A novel focusing on the life of Frederick Douglass explores the romantic passions that drove the abolitionist to love two women--one black and one white.

A primer for aspiring African-American authors presents everything needed to write, offering lessons on character development, plot, atmosphere, and more, including several complete stories. Original.

Joe Samuels, a young Black man trying to escape being lynched for a rape he did not commit, and Mary Keane, a lonely young white woman fighting to exonerate Joe, embark on individual odysseys of self-discovery, in a story inspired by the 1921 burning of Greenwood, an affluent Black section of Tulsa

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Twelve-year-old Lanesha is a young girl living in the Ninth Ward of New Orleans. Rejected by her peers because of her ability to see spirits, Lanesha longs for connection. The one true light in her life is her elderly but fiercely loving caretaker, Mama Ya-Ya. When Hurricane Katrina lands and tragedy strikes, Lanesha is forced to come into her own to survive the storm.

The award-winning author of Voodoo Dreams shares life lessons culled from the stories told by a grandmother who raised her and four of her other abandoned siblings with love and wisdom in spite of economic disadvantages. 35,000 first printing.

For Sugar, life is anything but sweet.Ten-year-old Sugar lives on River Road Plantation along the banks of the Mississippi River. Slavery is over, but working in the sugarcane fields all day doesn’t make her feel very free. Thankfully, Sugar knows how to make her own fun, telling stories, climbing trees, and playing with forbidden friend Billy, the plantation owner’s son.Then a group of Chinese workers arrives to help harvest the cane. Sugar wants to know everything about them—she loves the way they dress, their unfamiliar language, and, best of all, the stories they tell of dragons and emperors. Unfortunately, other folks on the plantation feel differently—they’re fearful of these new neighbors and threatened by their different customs. Sugar knows things will only get better if everyone works together, so she sets out to help the two communities realize they’re not so different after all.Sugar is the inspiring story of a strong, spirited young girl who grows beyond her circumstances and helps others work toward a brighter future.

For Sugar, life is anything but sweet.Ten-year-old Sugar lives on River Road Plantation along the banks of the Mississippi River. Slavery is over, but working in the sugarcane fields all day doesn’t make her feel very free. Thankfully, Sugar knows how to make her own fun, telling stories, climbing trees, and playing with forbidden friend Billy, the plantation owner’s son.Then a group of Chinese workers arrives to help harvest the cane. Sugar wants to know everything about them―she loves the way they dress, their unfamiliar language, and, best of all, the stories they tell of dragons and emperors. Unfortunately, other folks on the plantation feel differently―they’re fearful of these new neighbors and threatened by their different customs. Sugar knows things will only get better if everyone works together, so she sets out to help the two communities realize they’re not so different after all.Sugar is the inspiring story of a strong, spirited young girl who grows beyond her circumstances and helps others work toward a brighter future.

Product Description: From award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes, a powerful novel set fifteen years after the 9/11 attacks.When her fifth-grade teacher hints that a series of lessons about home and community will culminate with one big answer about two tall towers once visible outside their classroom window, Deja can't help but feel confused...read more

Product Description: The story of Marie Laveau, the character featured on American Horror Story: Coven.New Orleans in the mid-nineteenth century: a potent mix of whites, Creoles, free blacks, and African slaves, a city pulsing with crowds, commerce, and an undercurrent of secret power...read more

Product Description: The story of Marie Laveau, the character featured on American Horror Story: Coven.New Orleans in the mid-nineteenth century: a potent mix of whites, Creoles, free blacks, and African slaves, a city pulsing with crowds, commerce, and an undercurrent of secret power...read more

A sequel to Voodoo Dreams finds Marie Levant beginning her medical residency in New Orleans's Charity Hospital in the wake of culture shock and increasingly violent dreams, which give way to an awareness of her ancestral heritage as an African and a voodoo queen. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.

A sequel to Voodoo Dreams finds Marie Levant beginning her medical residency in New Orleans's Charity Hospital in the wake of culture shock and increasingly violent dreams, which give way to an awareness of her ancestral heritage as an African and a voodoo queen. 25,000 first printing.

A second installment of a trilogy that began with Voodoo Season finds the doctor granddaughter of a legendary voodoo queen struggling with an increasing number of violence victims in her New Orleans hospital, a situation that is complicated by her nightmares about an African vampire.