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From seventeen acclaimed Black male and nonbinary authors comes a vibrant collection of stories, comics, and poems about the power of joy and the wonders of Black boyhood.

"Toni Morrison's lectures on the American canon, illuminating the relationship between race, the arts, and life beyond the page. From Herman Melville's Moby Dick to Carson McCullers's The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin to the works of Faulkner and Hemmingway, Morrison interrogates major works of American literature as only she can. With an introduction from Morrison's colleague, Claudia Brodsky, Language as Liberation...

"National Book Award-winner Jesmyn Ward takes James Baldwin's 1963 examination of race in America, The Fire Next Time, as a jumping off point for this groundbreaking collection of essays and poems about race from the most important voices of her generation and our time. In light of recent tragedies and widespread protests across the nation, The Progressive magazine republished one of its most famous pieces: James Baldwin's 1962 "Letter to My Nephew,"...

Contains eleven short stories by American feminist and sociologist Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and includes an abridged "Herland," a tale about three male explorers who stumble into an all-female society, and selections from the nonfiction Women and economics.

"Pilgrim Writers believes everyone has a story to tell, and everyone has the right to tell it. That means everyone, not just those who consider themselves writers. Because, in the end, most of us will not land on the bestseller list. Still our words have value. Maybe you're writing for yourself, for your family, for the world. Regardless of your intended audience, writing can be a lonely effort. Having fellow pilgrims alongside you provides not only...

The second revision in sixty years, this sublime collection ranges over the verse, stories, essays, and journalism of one of the twentieth century's most quotable authors. There are some stories new to the Portable, "Such a Pretty Little Picture," along with a selection of articles written for such disparate publications as Vogue, McCall's, House and Garden, and New Masses. At the heart of her serious work lies her political writings racial, labor,...