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"Eat. They twisted in deeper. Eat. Still so simple. An impulse. Repeated again and again. Eat..." LEIGH PIERCE ESTATES is home to a diverse array of tenants: families, immigrants, students, the forgotten elderly. All working poor, and all in danger. Because the tenants of Leigh Pierce are disappearing. Live-in handyman Xavier seems to be the only one who notices. Or cares. After a chance encoun...
INDIGENT
By: Briana N Cox
Release: March 2026
"Eat. They twisted in deeper. Eat. Still so simple. An impulse. Repeated again and again. Eat..." LEIGH PIERCE ESTATES is home to a diverse array of tenants: families, immigrants, students, the forgotten elderly. All working poor, and all in danger. Because the tenants of Leigh Pierce are disappearing. Live-in handyman Xavier seems to be the only one who notices. Or cares. After a chance encoun...
From the two-time Emmy Award–winning producer and host of the Black and Published podcast comes a sweeping multi-generational epic following seven generations of Dupree women as they navigate love, loss, and the unyielding ties of family in the tradition of Homegoing and The Love Songs of W.E.B. DuBois. It’s 1995, and fourteen-year-old Tati is determined to uncover the identity of her father. But...
The Seven Daughters of Dupree
By: Nikesha Elise Williams
Release: January 2026
From the two-time Emmy Award–winning producer and host of the Black and Published podcast comes a sweeping multi-generational epic following seven generations of Dupree women as they navigate love, loss, and the unyielding ties of family in the tradition of Homegoing and The Love Songs of W.E.B. DuBois. It’s 1995, and fourteen-year-old Tati is determined to uncover the identity of her father. But...
When Jasmine's best friend, Leslie, is diagnosed with cancer, there's no other place to run but straight into the chaos—holding Leslie's hand through doctor's appointments, rounds of treatment, and every uncertain moment. But T, Jasmine's longtime girlfriend, is unsure of how to stay connected when everything feels like it's falling apart. Then there's Portia, Leslie's nine-year-old daughter, who...
Why Not Us?
By: Naomi Rivers
Release: November 2025
When Jasmine's best friend, Leslie, is diagnosed with cancer, there's no other place to run but straight into the chaos—holding Leslie's hand through doctor's appointments, rounds of treatment, and every uncertain moment. But T, Jasmine's longtime girlfriend, is unsure of how to stay connected when everything feels like it's falling apart. Then there's Portia, Leslie's nine-year-old daughter, who...
What goes up, must come down… Truer words have never been spoken for Nakimera Anderson. Nakimera felt like she’d finally made it: the PR executive job, the salary, the access, the connections. She’d built a life of comfort and ease…and, subconsciously, walled off loneliness. So, when layoffs hit and her position is eliminated, it triggers a chain of fallout that forces her to confront hidden ins...
Even After Everything
By: Zariya Ebony
Release: September 2025
What goes up, must come down… Truer words have never been spoken for Nakimera Anderson. Nakimera felt like she’d finally made it: the PR executive job, the salary, the access, the connections. She’d built a life of comfort and ease…and, subconsciously, walled off loneliness. So, when layoffs hit and her position is eliminated, it triggers a chain of fallout that forces her to confront hidden ins...
Sixteen-year-old Leena has always wished for a big family ... but when she discovers she has a Muslim grandfather and aunt she never knew, she learns that family comes with tangled histories she may not be able to heal. "Lonely Leena" is close with her young single mother. Still, she's always secretly dreamed of more (and, when she was a kids, asked Santa for it). A huge family to cheer her on at...
My Perfect Family
By: Khadijah VanBrakle
Release: July 2025
Sixteen-year-old Leena has always wished for a big family ... but when she discovers she has a Muslim grandfather and aunt she never knew, she learns that family comes with tangled histories she may not be able to heal. "Lonely Leena" is close with her young single mother. Still, she's always secretly dreamed of more (and, when she was a kids, asked Santa for it). A huge family to cheer her on at...
A story about finding your voice alongside your real self, The Other Side of Imani is a heartfelt, fresh, and powerful middle grade contemporary debut that’s perfect for fans of Front Desk, That Girl Lay Lay, and Just Right Jillian. Ever since she could remember, thirteen-year-old Imani has wanted to be a fashion designer. But fashion designers are bold, out-there, and in your face. And despite ...
The Other Side of Imani
By: Lisa Springer
Release: July 2025
A story about finding your voice alongside your real self, The Other Side of Imani is a heartfelt, fresh, and powerful middle grade contemporary debut that’s perfect for fans of Front Desk, That Girl Lay Lay, and Just Right Jillian. Ever since she could remember, thirteen-year-old Imani has wanted to be a fashion designer. But fashion designers are bold, out-there, and in your face. And despite ...
The Wild Robot meets Restart when Colorado's unluckiest foster kid battles a rogue AI robot at school. Malcolm Montgomery is the new kid at Shirley Chisholm Charter Middle School. In no time at all, he’s been slapped with the weird kid label. Is it because he's a foster kid who's been in nine homes? Or maybe because he burps when he gets nervous…which is often? Malcolm has a plan to finally get a...
The AI Incident
By: J.E. Thomas
Release: July 2025
The Wild Robot meets Restart when Colorado's unluckiest foster kid battles a rogue AI robot at school. Malcolm Montgomery is the new kid at Shirley Chisholm Charter Middle School. In no time at all, he’s been slapped with the weird kid label. Is it because he's a foster kid who's been in nine homes? Or maybe because he burps when he gets nervous…which is often? Malcolm has a plan to finally get a...
Sweet Like Sugar Cane by Leah T. Williams is a tender coming-of-age novel set in the lush rhythms of St. Kitts. It follows 15-year-old Gwen Richards, a teenager navigating the complexities of first love, family expectations, and her own identity. As Gwen's feelings for Lenwell Turnbull begin to bloom, she finds herself torn between honoring her family's traditions and pursuing her own desires. The...
Sweet Like Sugar Cane
By: Leah T. Williams
Release: June 2025
Sweet Like Sugar Cane by Leah T. Williams is a tender coming-of-age novel set in the lush rhythms of St. Kitts. It follows 15-year-old Gwen Richards, a teenager navigating the complexities of first love, family expectations, and her own identity. As Gwen's feelings for Lenwell Turnbull begin to bloom, she finds herself torn between honoring her family's traditions and pursuing her own desires. The...
Major and Dante know how to run — from parties, from the cops, and sometimes from the weight of everything they’re carrying. Best friends since childhood, they’ve always had each other’s backs, especially when no one else did. But growing up Black, queer, and invisible in a world that sees you as a threat before it sees you as a person leaves its marks. Set against the backdrop of late-night drum...
Blue Lights
By: RV Alister
Release: May 2025
Major and Dante know how to run — from parties, from the cops, and sometimes from the weight of everything they’re carrying. Best friends since childhood, they’ve always had each other’s backs, especially when no one else did. But growing up Black, queer, and invisible in a world that sees you as a threat before it sees you as a person leaves its marks. Set against the backdrop of late-night drum...
A powerful must-read collection of bold BIPOC voices. All proceeds support The Kweli Journal’s mission to nurture emerging writers of color and foster a vibrant literary community. ailed as “The Paris Review of BIPOC literature,” The Kweli Journal has been a launching pad for many of today’s most celebrated writers. Kweli—“truth” in Swahili—marks its fifteenth anniversary with this luminous colle...
SING THE TRUTH: The Kweli Journal Short Story Collection
By: Edited by Laura Pegram
Release: May 2025
A powerful must-read collection of bold BIPOC voices. All proceeds support The Kweli Journal’s mission to nurture emerging writers of color and foster a vibrant literary community. ailed as “The Paris Review of BIPOC literature,” The Kweli Journal has been a launching pad for many of today’s most celebrated writers. Kweli—“truth” in Swahili—marks its fifteenth anniversary with this luminous colle...
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"Eat. They twisted in deeper. Eat. Still so simple. An impulse. Repeated again and again. Eat..." LEIGH PIERCE ESTATES is home to a diverse array of tenants: families, immigrants, students, the forgotten elderly. All working poor, and all in danger. Because the tenants of Leigh Pierce are disappearing. Live-in handyman Xavier seems to be the only one who notices. Or cares. After a chance encoun...
INDIGENT
By: Briana N Cox
Release: March 2026
"Eat. They twisted in deeper. Eat. Still so simple. An impulse. Repeated again and again. Eat..." LEIGH PIERCE ESTATES is home to a diverse array of tenants: families, immigrants, students, the forgotten elderly. All working poor, and all in danger. Because the tenants of Leigh Pierce are disappearing. Live-in handyman Xavier seems to be the only one who notices. Or cares. After a chance encoun...
From the two-time Emmy Award–winning producer and host of the Black and Published podcast comes a sweeping multi-generational epic following seven generations of Dupree women as they navigate love, loss, and the unyielding ties of family in the tradition of Homegoing and The Love Songs of W.E.B. DuBois. It’s 1995, and fourteen-year-old Tati is determined to uncover the identity of her father. But...
The Seven Daughters of Dupree
By: Nikesha Elise Williams
Release: January 2026
From the two-time Emmy Award–winning producer and host of the Black and Published podcast comes a sweeping multi-generational epic following seven generations of Dupree women as they navigate love, loss, and the unyielding ties of family in the tradition of Homegoing and The Love Songs of W.E.B. DuBois. It’s 1995, and fourteen-year-old Tati is determined to uncover the identity of her father. But...
When Jasmine's best friend, Leslie, is diagnosed with cancer, there's no other place to run but straight into the chaos—holding Leslie's hand through doctor's appointments, rounds of treatment, and every uncertain moment. But T, Jasmine's longtime girlfriend, is unsure of how to stay connected when everything feels like it's falling apart. Then there's Portia, Leslie's nine-year-old daughter, who...
Why Not Us?
By: Naomi Rivers
Release: November 2025
When Jasmine's best friend, Leslie, is diagnosed with cancer, there's no other place to run but straight into the chaos—holding Leslie's hand through doctor's appointments, rounds of treatment, and every uncertain moment. But T, Jasmine's longtime girlfriend, is unsure of how to stay connected when everything feels like it's falling apart. Then there's Portia, Leslie's nine-year-old daughter, who...
What goes up, must come down… Truer words have never been spoken for Nakimera Anderson. Nakimera felt like she’d finally made it: the PR executive job, the salary, the access, the connections. She’d built a life of comfort and ease…and, subconsciously, walled off loneliness. So, when layoffs hit and her position is eliminated, it triggers a chain of fallout that forces her to confront hidden ins...
Even After Everything
By: Zariya Ebony
Release: September 2025
What goes up, must come down… Truer words have never been spoken for Nakimera Anderson. Nakimera felt like she’d finally made it: the PR executive job, the salary, the access, the connections. She’d built a life of comfort and ease…and, subconsciously, walled off loneliness. So, when layoffs hit and her position is eliminated, it triggers a chain of fallout that forces her to confront hidden ins...
Sixteen-year-old Leena has always wished for a big family ... but when she discovers she has a Muslim grandfather and aunt she never knew, she learns that family comes with tangled histories she may not be able to heal. "Lonely Leena" is close with her young single mother. Still, she's always secretly dreamed of more (and, when she was a kids, asked Santa for it). A huge family to cheer her on at...
My Perfect Family
By: Khadijah VanBrakle
Release: July 2025
Sixteen-year-old Leena has always wished for a big family ... but when she discovers she has a Muslim grandfather and aunt she never knew, she learns that family comes with tangled histories she may not be able to heal. "Lonely Leena" is close with her young single mother. Still, she's always secretly dreamed of more (and, when she was a kids, asked Santa for it). A huge family to cheer her on at...
A story about finding your voice alongside your real self, The Other Side of Imani is a heartfelt, fresh, and powerful middle grade contemporary debut that’s perfect for fans of Front Desk, That Girl Lay Lay, and Just Right Jillian. Ever since she could remember, thirteen-year-old Imani has wanted to be a fashion designer. But fashion designers are bold, out-there, and in your face. And despite ...
The Other Side of Imani
By: Lisa Springer
Release: July 2025
A story about finding your voice alongside your real self, The Other Side of Imani is a heartfelt, fresh, and powerful middle grade contemporary debut that’s perfect for fans of Front Desk, That Girl Lay Lay, and Just Right Jillian. Ever since she could remember, thirteen-year-old Imani has wanted to be a fashion designer. But fashion designers are bold, out-there, and in your face. And despite ...
The Wild Robot meets Restart when Colorado's unluckiest foster kid battles a rogue AI robot at school. Malcolm Montgomery is the new kid at Shirley Chisholm Charter Middle School. In no time at all, he’s been slapped with the weird kid label. Is it because he's a foster kid who's been in nine homes? Or maybe because he burps when he gets nervous…which is often? Malcolm has a plan to finally get a...
The AI Incident
By: J.E. Thomas
Release: July 2025
The Wild Robot meets Restart when Colorado's unluckiest foster kid battles a rogue AI robot at school. Malcolm Montgomery is the new kid at Shirley Chisholm Charter Middle School. In no time at all, he’s been slapped with the weird kid label. Is it because he's a foster kid who's been in nine homes? Or maybe because he burps when he gets nervous…which is often? Malcolm has a plan to finally get a...
Sweet Like Sugar Cane by Leah T. Williams is a tender coming-of-age novel set in the lush rhythms of St. Kitts. It follows 15-year-old Gwen Richards, a teenager navigating the complexities of first love, family expectations, and her own identity. As Gwen's feelings for Lenwell Turnbull begin to bloom, she finds herself torn between honoring her family's traditions and pursuing her own desires. The...
Sweet Like Sugar Cane
By: Leah T. Williams
Release: June 2025
Sweet Like Sugar Cane by Leah T. Williams is a tender coming-of-age novel set in the lush rhythms of St. Kitts. It follows 15-year-old Gwen Richards, a teenager navigating the complexities of first love, family expectations, and her own identity. As Gwen's feelings for Lenwell Turnbull begin to bloom, she finds herself torn between honoring her family's traditions and pursuing her own desires. The...
Major and Dante know how to run — from parties, from the cops, and sometimes from the weight of everything they’re carrying. Best friends since childhood, they’ve always had each other’s backs, especially when no one else did. But growing up Black, queer, and invisible in a world that sees you as a threat before it sees you as a person leaves its marks. Set against the backdrop of late-night drum...
Blue Lights
By: RV Alister
Release: May 2025
Major and Dante know how to run — from parties, from the cops, and sometimes from the weight of everything they’re carrying. Best friends since childhood, they’ve always had each other’s backs, especially when no one else did. But growing up Black, queer, and invisible in a world that sees you as a threat before it sees you as a person leaves its marks. Set against the backdrop of late-night drum...
A powerful must-read collection of bold BIPOC voices. All proceeds support The Kweli Journal’s mission to nurture emerging writers of color and foster a vibrant literary community. ailed as “The Paris Review of BIPOC literature,” The Kweli Journal has been a launching pad for many of today’s most celebrated writers. Kweli—“truth” in Swahili—marks its fifteenth anniversary with this luminous colle...
SING THE TRUTH: The Kweli Journal Short Story Collection
By: Edited by Laura Pegram
Release: May 2025
A powerful must-read collection of bold BIPOC voices. All proceeds support The Kweli Journal’s mission to nurture emerging writers of color and foster a vibrant literary community. ailed as “The Paris Review of BIPOC literature,” The Kweli Journal has been a launching pad for many of today’s most celebrated writers. Kweli—“truth” in Swahili—marks its fifteenth anniversary with this luminous colle...