Women & Persons of Color
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Song in a Weary Throat
by Pauli Murray; read by Allyson Johnson
A prophetic memoir by the activist who "articulated the intellectual foundations" (The New Yorker) of the civil rights and women's rights movements. Learn More
Slouching Towards Los Angeles
by Steffie Nelson; read by Eric Jason Martin & Xe Sands
This collection of original essays covers the turf that made Joan Didion a sensation—Hollywood and Patty Hearst; Malibu, Manson and the Mojave; the Summer of Love and the Central Park Five—while bringing together some of the finest voices of today's Los Angeles and beyond. Learn More
A Slave in the White House
Elizabeth Dowling Taylor; foreword by Annette Gordon Reed; read by Judith West and Kevin Kenerly
A New York Times Bestseller!
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The inspiring story of Paul Jennings, a slave in President James Madison’s household, and his long struggle for freedom. 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
A Sick Life
by Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins
Hailed by Rolling Stone as "the most effervescent and soulful girl group anyone has seen since the Supremes," five-time Grammy Award winning supergroup TLC has seen phenomenal fame and success. But backstage, Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins has lived a dual life. Learn More
Shortlisted
by Renee Knake Jefferson & Hannah Brenner Johnson; read by Kitty Hendrix
The inspiring and previously untold history of the women considered—but not selected—for the US Supreme Court. Learn More
She Got Up Off the Couch
Haven Kimmel; read by Haven Kimmel
Picking up where A Girl Named Zippy left off, Haven Kimmel crafts a tender portrait of her mother, a modestly heroic woman who took the odds that life gave her and somehow managed to win. Learn More
Self-Portrait in Black and White
by Thomas Chatterton Williams; read by Thomas Chatterton Williams
A meditation on race and identity from one of our most provocative cultural critics. Learn More
The Scandalous Lady W
by Hallie Rubenhold; read by Pearl Hewitt
It was the divorce that scandalized Georgian England . . . She was a spirited young heiress. He was a handsome baronet with a promising career in government. Their marriage had the makings of a fairy tale but ended as one of the most salacious and highly publicized divorces in history. 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
Ruthie Fear
by Maxim Loskutoff; read by Corey M. Snow
In this haunting parable of the American West, a young woman faces the violent past of her remote Montana valley. Learn More
Russell Rules
Bill Russell with David Falkner; read by Rif Hutton
More than any other sports figure of the modern era, Bill Russell combined sheer athletic dominance with a depth of character that truly set him apart, both on and off the basketball court. Learn More
Rhythm Man
by Stephanie Stein Crease; read by James Fouhey
The first comprehensive biography of the Swing Era's pioneering virtuoso drummer and bandleader. Learn More
Red Paint
by Sasha LaPointe; read by Sasha LaPointe
NPR Best Books of 2022 A NYLON Must-Read Book of the Month A Bustle Most Anticipated Book of the Month
An Indigenous artist blends the aesthetics of punk rock with the traditional spiritual practices of the women in her lineage in this bold, contemporary journey to reclaim her heritage and unleash her power and voice while searching for a permanent home. Learn More
Reckoning
by V; read by V
The work of a lifetime from the Tony Award–winning, bestselling author of The Vagina Monologues—political, personal, profound, and more than forty years in the making. Learn More
Reckless Daughter
by David Yaffe; read by Xe Sands
Washington Post Notable Book
Reckless Daughter tells the story of Joni Mitchell and also of the fertile, exciting musical time of which she was an integral part, one that had a profound effect that can still be felt today on American music and the industry. Learn More
The Receptionist (Digital Edition)
Janet Groth; read by Susanna Burney
Janet Groth’s seductive and entertaining look back at her 21 years (1957 to 1978—the William Shawn years) of lateral trajectory at America’s most literary of institutions. Learn More
The Receptionist
Janet Groth; read by Judith West
Janet Groth’s seductive and entertaining look back at her 21 years (1957 to 1978—the William Shawn years) of lateral trajectory at America’s most literary of institutions. Learn More
Real Estate
by Deborah Levy; read by Henrietta Meire
In this vibrant memoir, Deborah Levy employs her characteristic indelible writing, sharp wit, and acute insights to craft a searing examination of womanhood and ownership. Learn More
The Radical Imagination of Black Women
by Pearl K. Ford Dowe; read by L. Malaika Cooper
Including interviews with Black women holding political office at the national, state, and local levels, as well as focus group data, The Radical Imagination of Black Women explores how Black women decide to seek political office. Pearl K. Ford Dowe argues that Black women's political ambition often manifests outside formal politics, in activism and community building, a process that is linked to a wider radical vision for a full democracy. Learn More
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