Women & Persons of Color
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Lima :: Limon
by Natalie Scenters-Zapico; read by Kyla Garcia
In her striking second collection, Natalie Scenters-Zapico sets her unflinching gaze once again on the borders of things. Learn More
Pay Day
by ReShonda Tate Billinglsey & Richelle Denise; read by Janina Edwards & Leon Nixon
When the office lotto pool lands the winning ticket for four friends, each will embark on journeys that change their lives forever. Learn More
Mukiwa
by Peter Godwin; read by Peter Godwin
The author shares his experiences as a white child growing up in an African colony rapidly collapsing into chaos, in a memoir of Africa seen through the eyes of a child as a magical, frightening place and then through the haunted eyes of an adolescent soldier. Learn More
Dear Scott, Dearest Zelda
by F. Scott Fitzgerald & Zelda Fitzgerald; Edited by Jackson R. Bryer and Cathy W. Barks; read by Mike Chamberlain & Amy Landon
Through his alcoholism and her mental illness, his career lows and her institutional confinement, F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's devotion to each other endured for over twenty-two years. Now, for the first time, we have the story of their love in the couple's own letters. Learn More
Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers
by Sady Doyle; read by Chloe Cannon
Sady Doyle, hailed as "smart, funny, and fearless" by the Boston Globe, takes listeners on a tour of the female dark side, from the biblical Lilith to Dracula's Lucy Westenra, from the T-Rex in Jurassic Park to the teen witches of The Craft. Learn More
In the Country of Women
by Susan Straight; read by Donna Postel
In the Country of Women is a valuable social history and a personal narrative that reads like a love song to America and indomitable women. Learn More
Sisters and Rebels
by Jacquelyn Dowd Hall; read by Karen White
2020 PEN America Literary Award Winner
Grounded in decades of research, Sisters and Rebels unfolds an epic narrative of American history through the lives and works of three Southern women. Learn More
Body Leaping Backward
by Maureen Stanton; read by Coleen Marlo
Body Leaping Backward is the haunting and beautifully drawn story of a self-destructive girlhood, of a town and a nation overwhelmed in a time of change, and of how life-altering a glimpse of a world bigger than the one we come from can be. Learn More
Stubborn Archivist
by Yara Rodrigues Fowler; read by Carolina Santos Read
For fans of Chemistry and Conversations with Friends: A mesmerizing and witty debut novel about a young woman growing up between two disparate cultures, and the singular identity she finds along the way. Learn More
You Should Be Mine
by Candy Jackson; read by Machelle Williams
In You Should Be Mine, Sasha "Pink" Jansen is determined to show Pastor Malik that they belong together—and come hell or high water, she plans to get the good reverend to agree. Learn More
Overcome
by Amber van de Bunt; read by Amber van de Bunt
With humor, alacrity, and profound insight, Amber van de Bunt reveals her deepest, darkest secrets and pulls no punches—least of all with herself. Learn More
What A Body Remembers
by Karen Stefano; read by Nicole Poole
What a Body Remembers is the intimate memoir of a woman's traumatic past catching up with her, an honest, from-the-gut account of one woman's journey to regain her power and confidence—a journey that continues to this day. Learn More
Girlvert
by Oriana Small; read by Oriana Small
Proclaimed "girl-pervert" Oriana Small, AKA Ashley Blue, a veritable artist at heart, weaves through the intricacies of a decade in and out of the adult film industry, love, drugs, and her own firebrand of what it means to live ecstatically. From accolades to agony, Girlvert illuminates the surreality of a life lived beyond all comprehension. Contains mature themes. Learn More
Up Jumped the Devil
by Bruce Conforth & Gayle Dean Wardlow; read by Leon Nixon
The result of over fifty years of research, Up Jumped the Devil will astonish blues fans who thought they knew something about Robert Johnson. Learn More
Man They Wanted Me to Be
by Jared Yates Sexton; read by Jared Yates Sexton
A Big Other Most Anticipated Small Press Book of the Year
The author of The People Are Going to Rise Like the Waters Upon Your Shore turns his keen eye to our current crisis of masculinity, using his upbringing in rural Indiana to examine the personal and societal dangers of the patriarchy. Learn More
Zora and Langston
by Yuval Taylor; read by Bahni Turpin
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Zora and Langston is the dramatic and moving story of one of the most influential friendships in literature. Learn More
Ladysitting
by Lorene Cary; read by Lorene Cary
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In Ladysitting, Lorene Cary captures the ruptures, love, and, perhaps, forgiveness that can occur in a family as she bears witness to her grandmother's 101 vibrant years of life. Learn More
First Ladies
by Betty Boyd Caroli; read by Susan Ericksen
Betty Boyd Caroli's engrossing and informative First Ladies is an essential resource for anyone interested in the role of America's First Ladies. Learn More
Ghosted and Breadcrumbed
by Dr. Marni Feuerman; read by Devon Sorvari
The lure of the unavailable man is a mystery to many. Why is she wasting her time? But, for many others, it is a deep-seated pattern. With empathy and compassion, Dr. Marni Feuerman helps women see their situations clearly, understand the historical, emotional, and psychological reasons behind their actions, and, most importantly, make better choices for themselves. Learn More
Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody
by James H. Cone; read by Bill Andrew Quinn
In this powerful and passionate memoir—his final work—James H. Cone describes the obstacles he overcame to find his voice, to respond to the signs of the times, and to offer a voice for those—like the parents who raised him in Bearden, Arkansas, in the era of lynching and Jim Crow—who had no voice. Learn More
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