Linda Villarosa | Passing For Black | Being black, the right kind of black, was difficult. It was like being in a cult–a secret society with rules as fluid as waves… In the six years th
Pat Parker | Child Of Myself | Early collection by African American lesbian poet whose works are hard to find. First printing was by Shameless Hussy Press
Andrea Bramhall | The Chameleon’s Tale | Childhood friends Imogen and Amahle couldn’t come from more different backgrounds. One privileged and the other little more than a slave, yet they tho
Penny Mickelbury | Where To Choose | On tough, Washington, D.C., defense attorney Carole Ann Gibson’s first day back at Jacaranda Estates, the multiracial housing complex in Los Angeles w
Lillian Smith | Strange Fruit | One of the very earliest paperback Lesbian novels published in America. Also one of the earliest Signet books, whose numbering started at 660. Wonderf
Shay Youngblood | Soul Kiss | Soul Kiss, an eloquent first novel from well-known African-American playwright Shay Youngblood, opens as seven-year-old Mariah Kim Santos is un
Rebekah Weatherspoon | Better Off Red | Every sorority has its secrets…And college freshman Ginger Carmichael couldn’t care less. She has more important things on her mind, like maintainin
Tanai Walker | Sacred Fire | Tinsley Swann is cursed to change into a beast for seven days, every seven years. She keeps her distance from the world, and has more of a relationshi
