One of the most prominent voices of her generation debuts with an extraordinarily powerful memoir: the story of a childhood defined by the ever looming absence of her incarcerated father and the path we must take to both honor and overcome our origins. For as long as she could remember, Ashley has put her father on a pedestal. Despite having only vague memories of seeing him face-to-face, she believes he's the only person in the entire world who understands...

"Sitting in the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture is a rough cotton bag, called "Ashley's Sack," embroidered with just a handful of words that evoke a sweeping family story of loss and of love passed down through generations. In 1850s South Carolina, just before nine-year-old Ashley was sold, her mother, Rose, gave her a sack filled with just a few things as a token of her love. Decades later, Ashley's granddaughter,...

A revised and expanded edition of We Hope This Reaches You in Time by Samantha King Holmes and r.h. Sin with all-new bonus material from the authors. Ideas, poetry, and prose from bestselling authors Samantha King Holmes & r.h. Sin.

What can go wrong when an ambitious man accepts a promotion overseas without consulting his wife? Much more than Russell Majors anticipates. With a thriving career, a comfortable home, and two healthy sons, this new chapter is an unwelcome surprise for Amoy Majors. A move abroad means physical exams, biometric screenings, and embassy interviews. All normal requirements or they would be, if she didn't believe, they might stir a hornet's nest.   When...

This has to be a work of fiction for the truth to be told. Aj grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in a typical middle-class household. She was a cop's daughter who was sexually stalked and assaulted in her own father's house, right under his nose, and was too scared to tell for years. Her favorite uncle slowly became her worse nightmare as his affections for her changed in the worse way possible. Her the emotional torment and shame of her adolescents...

Marshall's poems traverse familial mythography to investigate contemporary politics, Blackness, reproductive justice, and the stakes of race and interracial partnership, queerness, and love. With an unflinching seriousness she interrogates womanhood, meditates on race and queerness, and considers the monetary, mental, and physical costs of adopting or birthing a Black child.

One forbidden encounter between two friends changes three relationships. When an accident puts Garth Chu in the hospital, his life spirals into disarray. His family is determined to marry him off to a woman of their ethnicity, but his heart says no. One forbidden interlude with his best friend cements that decision. Anna-Lise discovers feelings she's never admitted to having and Garth can't remember, when she went from sister-friend to soul mate....

"Having grown up the privileged daughter of artists, Vincent has a life that is lovely in many ways. At forty-four, she enjoys strolling the streets of Paris and teaching at the modern art museum; she has a vibrant group of friends; and she's even caught the eye of a young, charismatic man named Loup. But Vincent is also in Paris to escape a painful betrayal: her Irish husband, Cillian, has published a bestselling book divulging secrets about his...

"I used to be a lesbian." In Gay Girl, Good God, author Jackie Hill Perry shares her own story, offering practical tools that helped her in the process of finding wholeness. Jackie grew up fatherless and experienced gender confusion. She embraced masculinity and homosexuality with every fiber of her being. She knew that Christians had a lot to say about all of the above. But was she supposed to change herself? How was she supposed to stop loving women,...

Each beautifully designed chapter covers a different topic, the meaning behind her name, how vitiligo has shaped her definition of beauty, her childhood hairstyles, raising her children as a 20-something momand ends with thoughtful advice and lifestyle takeaways like how to tie a headwrap or incorporate new, bold colors into your wardrobe. Woman of Color is real life, real style for women from all walks of life. In it, LaTonya has written a love letter...