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Now in its first American edition, Dionne Brand’s groundbreaking A Map to the Door of No Return has emerged as a modern ......more
Fire in the Whole explores the anger of Black Christians who feel betrayed by white Christianity’s complicity of perpetu......more
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As our nation has experienced a renewal of reckoning with the reality of slavery in our past and the continued struggle ......more
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The Blindside meets Friday Night Lights in Keanon Lowe’s Hometown Victory when an NFL coach returns home after losing a ......more
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Art of Storm is a nonfiction book that delves into one particular family’s tragedies in western Cameroon in Africa. The ......more
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