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A seminal Jones/Baraka literary land mine that launches AkashiClassics: Renegade Reprint Series.
I Disappeared Them
Nein, Nein, Nein! One Man’s Tale of Depression, Psychic Torment, and a Bus Tour of the Holocaust (Paperback Edition)
Stay Positive Limited Edition Preorder Package
Joyce Carol Oates: Letters to a Biographer
So You Wanna Run a Country?
Featured: Black Interest
They Better Call Me Sugar: My Journey from the Hood to the Hardwood
In unflinchingly honest prose, Sugar Rodgers shares her inspiring story of overcoming tremendous odds to become an all-star in the WNBA.
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*While supplies last, books ordered through the website will include a bookplate SIGNED by Sugar Rodgers
New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Sita)
This eleven-piece, limited-edition box set—an African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) project—features the work of ten new African poets.
Upcoming Events
George Pelecanos — Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library (Washington, DC)
5/1/24, 7:00pm
George Pelecanos presents Buster: A Dog
Kevin Holohan — Irish Arts Center (New York, NY)
5/2/24, 7:00pm
Kevin Holohan presents So You Wanna Run a Country? in conversation with Joseph O’Neill
News & Features
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Limited Edition Preorders and Special Offers
Check out these exclusive limited edition packages by The Hold Steady, David Duchovny and Penn Jillette.
- Listen to “Imaginary Composition” by Sonnenzimmer
- Listen to “Beginnings, Endings, and Other Musical Figures” by Joseph Fuller
- Listen to “Catastrophe Will Never Let You Down” by Adam Gwon, performed by Margo Seibert
- Listen to “Leave it Alone” by Jason Kaminski
Akashic Insider
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Quarantine Q&A: David Duchovny
Akashic publisher Johnny Temple about basketball, music, literature, and more—in under 5 minutes!
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- Quarantine Q&A: Black Francis