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The Flesh of the Matter

A Critical Forum on Hortense Spillers

by Amaris Brown, Thadious M. Davis, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Sharon P. Holland, Ra Malika Imhotep, Deborah E. McDowell, Fred Moten, Kiana T. Murphy, Kevin Quashie, Anthony Reed, Shoniqua Roach, Nicole A. Spigner, Hortense Spillers ...

PROSE Awards Category Winner—Media and Cultural Studies, 2025Hortense Spillers is one of the most important literary critics and Black feminist scholars of the last fifty years. Her 1987 scholarly article “Mama’s Baby, Papa’s Maybe: An American Grammar Book” is one of the most-cited essays in African American literary studies.Edited by Margo Natalie Crawford and C. Riley Snorton, The Flesh of the ... Read more

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PROSE Awards Category Winner—Media and Cultural Studies, 2025Hortense Spillers is one of the most important literary critics and Black feminist scholars of the last fifty years. Her 1987 scholarly article “Mama’s Baby, Papa’s Maybe: An American Grammar Book” is one of the most-cited essays in African American literary studies.Edited by Margo Natalie Crawford and C. Riley Snorton, The Flesh of the
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THE GALVESTON DIET PLAN

A Step-by-Step Guide to Losing Weight and Improving Your Health (Transform Your Body and Health in Just 8 Weeks).

by Deborah McDowell. ...

Transform your physique and health in only 8 weeks with The Galveston Diet Plan! This thorough book gives a step-by-step method for reducing weight and increasing your general health. With easy-to-follow instructions, nutritious food alternatives, and professional tips and techniques, you'll be well on your way to accomplishing your fitness objectives. Get your book today and join the hundreds of ... Read more

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Transform your physique and health in only 8 weeks with The Galveston Diet Plan! This thorough book gives a step-by-step method for reducing weight and increasing your general health. With easy-to-follow instructions, nutritious food alternatives, and professional tips and techniques, you'll be well on your way to accomplishing your fitness objectives. Get your book today and join the hundreds of
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Of One Blood

Or, the Hidden Self: The Givens Collection

by Pauline Hopkins ...

“Mysticism, horror, and racial identity merge fluidly in this thrilling tale of love, obsession, and power” (Publishers Weekly) written by one of the lesser-known literary figures of the much-lauded Harlem Renaissance.Pauline Hopkins is considered by some to be the most prolific African-American woman writer and the most influential literary editor of the first decade of the twentieth century, and ... Read more

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“Mysticism, horror, and racial identity merge fluidly in this thrilling tale of love, obsession, and power” (Publishers Weekly) written by one of the lesser-known literary figures of the much-lauded Harlem Renaissance.Pauline Hopkins is considered by some to be the most prolific African-American woman writer and the most influential literary editor of the first decade of the twentieth century, and
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

by Frederick Douglass ...

Series series Oxford World's Classics
'I was born in Tuckahoe I have no accurate knowledge of my age, never having seen any authentic record containing it. By far the larger part of the slaves know as little of their ages as horses know of theirs, and it is the wish of most masters within my knowledge to keep their slaves thus ignorant.' Thus begins the autobiography of Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) who was born into slavery in ... Read more

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'I was born in Tuckahoe I have no accurate knowledge of my age, never having seen any authentic record containing it. By far the larger part of the slaves know as little of their ages as horses know of theirs, and it is the wish of most masters within my knowledge to keep their slaves thus ignorant.' Thus begins the autobiography of Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) who was born into slavery in
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Plum Bun

A Novel without a Moral

by Deborah McDowell, Jessi Redmon Fauset ...

Written in 1929 at the height of the Harlem Renaissance by one of the movement's most important and prolific authors, Plum Bun is the story of Angela Murray, a young black girl who discovers she can pass for white. After the death of her parents, Angela moves to New York to escape the racism she believes is her only obstacle to opportunity. What she soon discovers is that being a woman has its own ... Read more

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Written in 1929 at the height of the Harlem Renaissance by one of the movement's most important and prolific authors, Plum Bun is the story of Angela Murray, a young black girl who discovers she can pass for white. After the death of her parents, Angela moves to New York to escape the racism she believes is her only obstacle to opportunity. What she soon discovers is that being a woman has its own
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Quicksand and Passing

by Nella Larsen ...

Series series American Women Writers
"Quicksand and Passing are novels I will never forget. They open up a whole world of experience and struggle that seemed to me, when I first read them years ago, absolutely absorbing, fascinating, and indispensable."--Alice Walker"Discovering Nella Larsen is like finding lost money with no name on it. One can enjoy it with delight and share it without guilt." --Maya Angelou"A hugely influential ... Read more

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"Quicksand and Passing are novels I will never forget. They open up a whole world of experience and struggle that seemed to me, when I first read them years ago, absolutely absorbing, fascinating, and indispensable."--Alice Walker"Discovering Nella Larsen is like finding lost money with no name on it. One can enjoy it with delight and share it without guilt." --Maya Angelou"A hugely influential
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Plum Bun

A Novel without a Moral

by Deborah McDowell, Jessi Redmon Fauset ...

Narrated by Jasmin Walker ...

Unabridged

9 hours 37 min

Written in 1929 at the height of the Harlem Renaissance by one of the movement's most important and prolific authors, Plum Bun is the story of Angela Murray, a young black girl who discovers she can pass for white. After the death of her parents, Angela moves to New York to escape the racism she believes is her only obstacle to opportunity. What she soon discovers is that being a woman has its own ... Read more

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Written in 1929 at the height of the Harlem Renaissance by one of the movement's most important and prolific authors, Plum Bun is the story of Angela Murray, a young black girl who discovers she can pass for white. After the death of her parents, Angela moves to New York to escape the racism she believes is her only obstacle to opportunity. What she soon discovers is that being a woman has its own
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A Killer's Confession

How I Brought My Daughter's Murderer to Justice

by Karen Edwards ...

Narrated by Jane McDowell ...

Unabridged

10 hours 33 min

A mother's story behind one of the most dramatic true crime cases in recent history.'I have lived every parent's worst nightmare. On what would have been my daughter's 29th birthday, Detective Superintendent Stephen Fulcher knocked on the door and told me my beautiful Becky was dead. Found buried in a shallow grave in a remote field, Becky had been brutally murdered.'When Becky Godden-Edwards was ... Read more

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A mother's story behind one of the most dramatic true crime cases in recent history.'I have lived every parent's worst nightmare. On what would have been my daughter's 29th birthday, Detective Superintendent Stephen Fulcher knocked on the door and told me my beautiful Becky was dead. Found buried in a shallow grave in a remote field, Becky had been brutally murdered.'When Becky Godden-Edwards was
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The Punitive Turn

New Approaches to Race and Incarceration

Edited by Deborah E. McDowell, Claudrena N. Harold, Juan Battle ...

Series series Carter G. Woodson Institute Series
The Punitive Turn explores the historical, political, economic, and sociocultural roots of mass incarceration, as well as its collateral costs and consequences. Giving significant attention to the exacting toll that incarceration takes on inmates, their families, their communities, and society at large, the volume’s contributors investigate the causes of the unbridled expansion of incarceration in ... Read more

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The Punitive Turn explores the historical, political, economic, and sociocultural roots of mass incarceration, as well as its collateral costs and consequences. Giving significant attention to the exacting toll that incarceration takes on inmates, their families, their communities, and society at large, the volume’s contributors investigate the causes of the unbridled expansion of incarceration in
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In Search of the Rainbow's End

Inside the White House Farm Murders

by Colin Caffell ...

Narrated by David Morley Hale ...

Unabridged

13 hours 56 min

In 1985, the shocking murder of a family of five in a quiet country house in Essex rocked the nation. The victims were Nevill and June Bamber; their adopted daughter Sheila Caffell, divorced from her husband Colin; and Sheila and Colin's twin sons, Nicholas and Daniel. Only one survivor remained: the Bamber's other adopted child, Jeremy Bamber. Following his lead, the police - and later the press ... Read more

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In 1985, the shocking murder of a family of five in a quiet country house in Essex rocked the nation. The victims were Nevill and June Bamber; their adopted daughter Sheila Caffell, divorced from her husband Colin; and Sheila and Colin's twin sons, Nicholas and Daniel. Only one survivor remained: the Bamber's other adopted child, Jeremy Bamber. Following his lead, the police - and later the press
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The Boy Who Disappeared

by Valerie Nettles ...

Narrated by Jane Whittenshaw ...

Unabridged

8 hours 20 min

I opened my mouth and it came. It wasn't a cry, or even a sob. It came from deep in my soul... It was the sound of a mother helpless to save her child from danger. I asked the same unanswered questions over and again. Where was he? Where was my Damien?On 2 November 1996, sixteen-year-old Damien Nettles went out for the evening in his home town of Cowes on the Isle of Wight. CCTV recorded him in a ... Read more

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I opened my mouth and it came. It wasn't a cry, or even a sob. It came from deep in my soul... It was the sound of a mother helpless to save her child from danger. I asked the same unanswered questions over and again. Where was he? Where was my Damien?On 2 November 1996, sixteen-year-old Damien Nettles went out for the evening in his home town of Cowes on the Isle of Wight. CCTV recorded him in a
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Remembered Forever

Our family's devastating story of domestic abuse and murder

by Luke Hart, Ryan Hart ...

Narrated by Joe Jameson ...

Unabridged

7 hours 24 min

Praise for Luke and Ryan Hart's memoir:'A powerful, searing account from incredible brothers and an important contribution to our understanding of domestic abuse' Victoria Derbyshire'... a courageous account of domestic abuse and the devasting impact it has on families' Jeremy Corbyn MP'Relevant and inspiring' Chris Green, White Ribbon UKOn 19 July 2016, Claire and Charlotte Hart were murdered, in ... Read more

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Praise for Luke and Ryan Hart's memoir:'A powerful, searing account from incredible brothers and an important contribution to our understanding of domestic abuse' Victoria Derbyshire'... a courageous account of domestic abuse and the devasting impact it has on families' Jeremy Corbyn MP'Relevant and inspiring' Chris Green, White Ribbon UKOn 19 July 2016, Claire and Charlotte Hart were murdered, in
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