Prose to the People: A Celebration of Black Bookstores

by Katie Mitchell

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

Black literature is perhaps the most powerful, polarizing force in the modern American zeitgeist. Today--as Black novels draw authoritarian ire, as Black memoirs shape public debates, as Black polemics inspire...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593581342
• ISBN13: 9780593581346
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Clarkson Potter Publishers
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.