Beacon: 545 books
The Birth of African-American Culture
An Anthropological Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1992
This compelling look at the wellsprings of cultural vitality during one of the most dehumanizing experiences in history provides a fresh perspective on the African-American past.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Diving Deep & Surfacing
Women Writers on Spiritual Quest
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
Diving Deep and Surfacing reveals how the writings of Kate Chopin, Margaret Atwood, Doris Lessing, Adrienne Rich, and Ntozake Shange can inform women's search for spiritual renewal. A new afterword testifies to the importance of spiritual autobiography for women.
A Time to Break Silence
The Essential Works of Martin Luther King, Jr., for Students
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
The first collection of King’s essential writings for high school students and young people
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A Time to Break Silence presents Martin Luther King, Jr.'s most important writings and speeches—carefully selected by teachers across a variety of disciplines—in an accessible and user-friendly...
by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2015
A revealing collection that restores Dr. King as being every bit as radical as Malcolm X
“The radical King was a democratic socialist who sided with poor and working people in the class struggle taking place in capitalist societies. . . . The response of the radical King to our catastrophic...
Anarcha Speaks
A History in Poems
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2018
The reimagined story of Anarcha, an enslaved Black woman, subjected to medical experiments by Dr. Marion Sims. Selected by Tyehimba Jess as a National Poetry Series winner.
In this provocative collection by award-winning poet and artist Dominique Christina, the historical life of Anarcha is...
Shake Loose My Skin
New and Selected Poems
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
An extraordinary retrospective covering over thirty years of work, From a leading writer of the Black Arts Movement and the American Poetry Society's 2018 Wallace Stevens Award–winner.
Shake Loose My Skin is a stunning testament to the literary, sensual, and political powers of the award-winning Sonia Sanchez.
by Jay Parini
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2016
A new book, the first in over a decade, from acclaimed poet Jay Parini
This volume revolves around his deep connection to nature and underlines his concerns about the impacts of pollution and climate change. In these beautiful, haunting poems, Parini writes about the landscapes of mining country,...
The Essential Marcuse
Selected Writings of Philosopher and Social Critic Herbert Marcuse
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2007
The Essential Marcuse provides an overview of Herbert Marcuse's political and philosophical writing over four decades, with excerpts from his major books as well as essays from various academic journals. The most influential radical philosopher of the 1960s, Marcuse's writings are noteworthy for their...
Gather at the Table
The Healing Journey of a Daughter of Slavery and a Son of the Slave Trade
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2012
Two people—a black woman and a white man—confront the legacy of slavery and racism head-on
“We embarked on this journey because we believe America must overcome the racial barriers that divide us, the barriers that drive us to strike out at one another out of ignorance and fear. To do nothing...
Like the Singing Coming off the Drums
Love Poems
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
**A dazzling exploration of the intimate and public landscapes of passion from the American Poetry Society's 2018 Wallace Stevens Award–winner. **
In haiku, tanka, and sensual blues, Sonia Sanchez writes of the many forms love takes: burning, dreamy, disappointed, vulnerable. With words that revel and reveal, she shares love's painful beauty.
Neruda and Vallejo
Selected Poems
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1993
"Chilean Pablo Neruda is Latin America's greatest poet and one of the finest ever to have written in the Spanish language. The Peruvian poet, Cesar Vallejo, part Indian and born in a mining village, ranks not far below Neruda. Robert Bly is one of America's foremost poets, and a translator of...
by Sonia Sanchez
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
From the American Poetry Society's 2018 Wallace Stevens Award–winner, this is an epic poem on kin estranged, the death of a brother from AIDS, and the possibility of reconciliation and love in the face of loss.
How to Love a Country
Poems
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2019
A new collection from the renowned inaugural poet exploring immigration, gun violence, racism, LGBTQ issues, and more, in accessible and emotive verses
As presidential inaugural poet, memoirist, public speaker, educator, and advocate, Richard Blanco has crisscrossed the nation inviting communities...
"All the Real Indians Died Off"
And 20 Other Myths About Native Americans
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Unpacks the twenty-one most common myths and misconceptions about Native Americans
In this enlightening book, scholars and activists Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and Dina Gilio-Whitaker tackle a wide range of myths about Native American culture and history that have misinformed generations. Tracing...