Prose to the People: A Celebration of Black Bookstores

A stunning visual homage to Black bookstores, featuring a selection of shops around the country alongside essays that celebrate the history, community, activism, and culture these spaces embody, with an original foreword by Nikki Giovanni.

ST. LOUIS MERCANTILE LIBRARY PRIZE HONORABLE MENTION • ONE OF BCALA LITERARY AWARDS’ OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO PUBLISHING CITATION

Black literature is perhaps the most powerful, polarizing force in the modern American zeitgeist. Today—as Black novels dra...