Black in Literary Theory & Criticism & Fiction & Literature Audiobooks

Audiobook

Notes of a Native Son

by James Baldwin ...

Narrated by Ron Butler ...

Unabridged

5 hours 3 min

At last, a new audio edition of the book many have called James Baldwin's most influential work!Written during the 1940s and early 1950s, when Baldwin was only in his twenties, the essays collected in Notes of a Native Son capture a view of black life and black thought at the dawn of the civil rights movement and as the movement slowly gained strength through the words of one of the most ... Read more

$23.99 CAD

At last, a new audio edition of the book many have called James Baldwin's most influential work!Written during the 1940s and early 1950s, when Baldwin was only in his twenties, the essays collected in Notes of a Native Son capture a view of black life and black thought at the dawn of the civil rights movement and as the movement slowly gained strength through the words of one of the most
... Read more
Audiobook

Afrofuturism

The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture

by Ytasha L. Womack ...

Narrated by Karen Chilton ...

Unabridged

5 hours 55 min

A 2014 Locus Awards finalist, nonfiction category.Wonderfully narrated by Karen Chilton, Afrofuturism is an engaging, hip, and accessible primer to the music, literature, and art of Afrofuturism. Author Ytasha Womack introduces listeners to the burgeoning community of artists creating Afrofuturist works. She writes engagingly about the innovators from the past and the wide range of subjects they ... Read more

$48.99 CAD

A 2014 Locus Awards finalist, nonfiction category.Wonderfully narrated by Karen Chilton, Afrofuturism is an engaging, hip, and accessible primer to the music, literature, and art of Afrofuturism. Author Ytasha Womack introduces listeners to the burgeoning community of artists creating Afrofuturist works. She writes engagingly about the innovators from the past and the wide range of subjects they
... Read more
Audiobook

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (Book Analysis)

Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

by Bright Summaries ...

Narrated by Sara Wright ...

Series series BrightSummaries.com
Unabridged

21 min

Unlock the more straightforward side of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, the first part of the author's seven-volume autobiography, which recounts her life up to the age of 17, shortly after the birth of her son. Her early life was marked by adversity: ... Read more

$41.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Unlock the more straightforward side of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, the first part of the author's seven-volume autobiography, which recounts her life up to the age of 17, shortly after the birth of her son. Her early life was marked by adversity:
... Read more
Audiobook

Inspirational Quotes: Ways to Get Motivated, Avoid Procrastination, and Achieve Happiness: Special Edition Vol. 1

by Montice Harmon ...

Narrated by Montice Harmon ...

Unabridged

49 min

Inspirational Quotes by Montice Harmon - is a beautiful collection of 25+ semi-confessional quotes that speak about the poet's experiences, trials and tribulations for over a decade. The quotes are motivational for discouraged souls to rise above their problems and face the world with a positive attitude despite haters, non believer's and doubter's. Most of Harmon's quotes are motivational and ... Read more

$17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Inspirational Quotes by Montice Harmon - is a beautiful collection of 25+ semi-confessional quotes that speak about the poet's experiences, trials and tribulations for over a decade. The quotes are motivational for discouraged souls to rise above their problems and face the world with a positive attitude despite haters, non believer's and doubter's. Most of Harmon's quotes are motivational and
... Read more
Audiobook

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Book Analysis)

Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

by Bright Summaries ...

Narrated by Sara Wright ...

Series series BrightSummaries.com
Unabridged

28 min

Unlock the more straightforward side of Americanah with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, which follows Ifemelu and her first love Obinze, two young Nigerians who find themselves kept apart by geography and circumstances. Ifemelu moves to America, where she becomes aware of her blackness for the ... Read more

$41.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Unlock the more straightforward side of Americanah with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, which follows Ifemelu and her first love Obinze, two young Nigerians who find themselves kept apart by geography and circumstances. Ifemelu moves to America, where she becomes aware of her blackness for the
... Read more
Audiobook

BLACK EXPERIENCE, THE

CELERBRATING BLACK EXCELLENCE THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE

by LYRIC HAWKINS ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Madison G ...

Series Audiobook 2 - THE 14 CHAMBERS OF POWER ROOTS & RESISTANCE
Unabridged

4 hours 56 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.THE BLACK EXPERIENCECELEBRATING BLACK EXCELLENCE, THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTUREDiscover the profound journey of African-American culture, history, and achievements in “The Black Experience”. This compelling work delves into the rich tapestry of Black life, celebrating groundbreaking inventions, remarkable accomplishments, influential activists, and ... Read more

$27.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.THE BLACK EXPERIENCECELEBRATING BLACK EXCELLENCE, THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTUREDiscover the profound journey of African-American culture, history, and achievements in “The Black Experience”. This compelling work delves into the rich tapestry of Black life, celebrating groundbreaking inventions, remarkable accomplishments, influential activists, and
... Read more
Audiobook

Writing Black Panther

Ta-Nehisi Coates and Representation Struggles

by Howard Rambsy II ...

Narrated by Greg Lockett ...

Series series Black Literary and Cultural Expressions
Unabridged

7 hours 34 min

Bloomsbury presents Writing Black Panther by Howard Rambsy II, read by Greg LockettA timely look at contemporary African American creative works through the lens of Ta-Nehisi Coates's ground-breaking entry into the comic book industry.Writing Black Panther traces Ta-Nehisi Coates’s presence in comic books from 2015-2023, focusing on his contributions as the writer for Black Panther. His ambitious ... Read more

$22.99 CAD

Bloomsbury presents Writing Black Panther by Howard Rambsy II, read by Greg LockettA timely look at contemporary African American creative works through the lens of Ta-Nehisi Coates's ground-breaking entry into the comic book industry.Writing Black Panther traces Ta-Nehisi Coates’s presence in comic books from 2015-2023, focusing on his contributions as the writer for Black Panther. His ambitious
... Read more
Audiobook

BLACK FIRST LADY: CONVERSATIONS THROUGH THE YEARS

by Benjamin Bailey ...

Narrated by Liz Lovegood ...

Unabridged

1 hour 47 min

Michelle Obama legacy as FIRST LADY is sealed forever in America fabric. She exemplified strength, compassion, and beauty like any other first lady before her. When it came to social issues, people could feel her empathy and familiarity with their problems, and her honesty is what drew people to her. Michelle Obama conversations in this book show a side to the world, that I BECAME cannot compare ... Read more

$7.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Michelle Obama legacy as FIRST LADY is sealed forever in America fabric. She exemplified strength, compassion, and beauty like any other first lady before her. When it came to social issues, people could feel her empathy and familiarity with their problems, and her honesty is what drew people to her. Michelle Obama conversations in this book show a side to the world, that I BECAME cannot compare
... Read more
Audiobook

The Life of the Author: Maya Angelou

by Linda Wagner-Martin ...

Narrated by Allyson Johnson ...

Unabridged

8 hours 38 min

A comprehensive biographical and critical reading of the works of American poet and memoirist Maya Angelou (1928-2014). Linda Wagner-Martin covers all six of Angelou's autobiographies, as well as her essay and poetry collections, while also exploring Angelou's life as an African American in the United States, her career as stage and film performer, her thoughtful participation in the Civil Rights ... Read more

$21.99 CAD

A comprehensive biographical and critical reading of the works of American poet and memoirist Maya Angelou (1928-2014). Linda Wagner-Martin covers all six of Angelou's autobiographies, as well as her essay and poetry collections, while also exploring Angelou's life as an African American in the United States, her career as stage and film performer, her thoughtful participation in the Civil Rights
... Read more
Audiobook

Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, The

by Olaudah Equiano ...

Narrated by Rhett Samuel Price ...

Unabridged

8 hours 29 min

Olaudah Equiano was born in Eboe in 1745, and lived among his family and culture until he was kidnapped later, which began a chain of being sold and moved around Africa, to Barbados, and eventually to England, where he served a man as a crewmate on a ship. From there, Equiano was transferred between many owners, but was constantly seeking any advantages that would get him closer to buying his own ... Read more

$17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Olaudah Equiano was born in Eboe in 1745, and lived among his family and culture until he was kidnapped later, which began a chain of being sold and moved around Africa, to Barbados, and eventually to England, where he served a man as a crewmate on a ship. From there, Equiano was transferred between many owners, but was constantly seeking any advantages that would get him closer to buying his own
... Read more
Audiobook

Black Is the Body

Stories from My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, and Mine

by Emily Bernard ...

Narrated by Emily Bernard ...

Unabridged

5 hours 55 min

“Blackness is an art, not a science. It is a paradox: intangible and visceral; a situation and a story. It is the thread that connects these essays, but its significance as an experience emerges randomly, unpredictably. . . . Race is the story of my life, and therefore black is the body of this book.”In these twelve deeply personal, connected essays, Bernard details the experience of growing up ... Read more

$20.99 CAD

“Blackness is an art, not a science. It is a paradox: intangible and visceral; a situation and a story. It is the thread that connects these essays, but its significance as an experience emerges randomly, unpredictably. . . . Race is the story of my life, and therefore black is the body of this book.”In these twelve deeply personal, connected essays, Bernard details the experience of growing up
... Read more
Audiobook

Make Your Own History

Timeless Truths from Black American Trailblazers

by Joseph Holland ...

Narrated by Diontae Black ...

Unabridged

8 hours 40 min

Celebrating the vast breadth and scope of Black excellence, Make Your Own History spotlights the principles of success exemplified by the lives of 120 Black role models who have blazed trails throughout American history.Make Your Own History gathers together motivational quotes, historical contexts, and enlightening precepts from Black trailblazers spanning the eighteenth century to the present. ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

Celebrating the vast breadth and scope of Black excellence, Make Your Own History spotlights the principles of success exemplified by the lives of 120 Black role models who have blazed trails throughout American history.Make Your Own History gathers together motivational quotes, historical contexts, and enlightening precepts from Black trailblazers spanning the eighteenth century to the present.
... Read more
Audiobook

Black Like Who?

20th anniversary edition

by Rinaldo Walcott ...

Narrated by Nigel Williams ...

Unabridged

8 hours 57 min

Rinaldo Walcott’s groundbreaking study of black culture in Canada, Black Like Who?, caused an uproar upon its publication. With its incisive readings of hip-hop, film, literature, social unrest, sports, music, and electronic media, Walcott’s book not only assesses the role of black Canadians in defining Canada, it also argues strenuously against any notion of an essentialist Canadian blackness. As ... Read more

$32.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Rinaldo Walcott’s groundbreaking study of black culture in Canada, Black Like Who?, caused an uproar upon its publication. With its incisive readings of hip-hop, film, literature, social unrest, sports, music, and electronic media, Walcott’s book not only assesses the role of black Canadians in defining Canada, it also argues strenuously against any notion of an essentialist Canadian blackness. As
... Read more
Audiobook

I Am Love: Do You Want Some?

by Raymond Sturgis ...

Narrated by Books with Voices ...

Unabridged

50 min

Love is not complicated, and love is not problematic for those that believe in it. Marriages and relationship need to enrich their foundations with a love that stands up to impediments like jealousy, doubt, and financial complications. I AM LOVE, help individuals see the mistakes they made while dating and choose better partners for committed relationships. ... Read more

$5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Love is not complicated, and love is not problematic for those that believe in it. Marriages and relationship need to enrich their foundations with a love that stands up to impediments like jealousy, doubt, and financial complications. I AM LOVE, help individuals see the mistakes they made while dating and choose better partners for committed relationships.
... Read more
Audiobook

Spider-Man: Miles Morales

by Ytasha L. Womack ...

Narrated by Xenia Willacey ...

Series series Marvel Age of Comics
Unabridged

3 hours 51 min

Bloomsbury presents Spider-man: Miles Morales by Ytasha L. Womack, read by Xenia Willacey.Explore the Stories Behind the LegendsFirst introduced in 2011 by Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli, Miles Morales reconceived Spider-Man as African American and Latinx, and his debut marked a new direction in the saga of a beloved character.Miles Morales as Spider-Man is a coming-of-age tale of a smart, ... Read more

$20.00 CAD

Bloomsbury presents Spider-man: Miles Morales by Ytasha L. Womack, read by Xenia Willacey.Explore the Stories Behind the LegendsFirst introduced in 2011 by Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli, Miles Morales reconceived Spider-Man as African American and Latinx, and his debut marked a new direction in the saga of a beloved character.Miles Morales as Spider-Man is a coming-of-age tale of a smart,
... Read more
Audiobook

Souls of Black Folk, The

by W. E. B. Du Bois ...

Narrated by Royal Jaye ...

Unabridged

8 hours 22 min

“Herein lies the tragedy of the age: not that men are poor, — all men know something of poverty; not that men are wicked, — who is good? not that men are ignorant, — what is Truth? Nay, but that men know so little of men.”The Souls of Black Folk was published in 1903 as a collection of essays from W.E.B. Du Bois, an African-American sociologist who wrote frequently about his experiences as a Black ... Read more

$21.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

“Herein lies the tragedy of the age: not that men are poor, — all men know something of poverty; not that men are wicked, — who is good? not that men are ignorant, — what is Truth? Nay, but that men know so little of men.”The Souls of Black Folk was published in 1903 as a collection of essays from W.E.B. Du Bois, an African-American sociologist who wrote frequently about his experiences as a Black
... Read more
Audiobook

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi (Book Analysis)

Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

by Bright Summaries ...

Narrated by Sara Wright ...

Series series BrightSummaries.com
Unabridged

25 min

Unlock the more straightforward side of Homegoing with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi, which tells the story of two branches of the same family across several generations. Although Effia and Esi are sisters, they never meet, and their paths are irrevocably forced apart when Esi is sold into slavery and ... Read more

$41.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Unlock the more straightforward side of Homegoing with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi, which tells the story of two branches of the same family across several generations. Although Effia and Esi are sisters, they never meet, and their paths are irrevocably forced apart when Esi is sold into slavery and
... Read more
Audiobook

The Strange Career of Racial Liberalism

by Joseph Darda ...

Narrated by Andrew Joseph Perez ...

Unabridged

10 hours 5 min

How Americans learned to wait on time for racial changeWhat if, Joseph Darda asks, our desire to solve racism—with science, civil rights, antiracist literature, integration, and color blindness—has entrenched it further? In The Strange Career of Racial Liberalism, he traces the rise of liberal antiracism, showing how reformers' faith in time, in the moral arc of the universe, has undercut future ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

How Americans learned to wait on time for racial changeWhat if, Joseph Darda asks, our desire to solve racism—with science, civil rights, antiracist literature, integration, and color blindness—has entrenched it further? In The Strange Career of Racial Liberalism, he traces the rise of liberal antiracism, showing how reformers' faith in time, in the moral arc of the universe, has undercut future
... Read more
Audiobook

Light and Legacies

Stories of Black Girlhood and Liberation

by Janaka Bowman Lewis ...

Narrated by Janaka Bowman Lewis ...

Unabridged

7 hours 22 min

An engaging examination of Black Girl Magic and its significance in American literatureIn Light and Legacies, author Janaka Bowman Lewis examines Black girlhood in American literature from the mid-twentieth century to the present. The representation of Black girlhood in contemporary literature has long remained underexplored. Through this literary history of "Black Girl Magic," Lewis offers one of ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

An engaging examination of Black Girl Magic and its significance in American literatureIn Light and Legacies, author Janaka Bowman Lewis examines Black girlhood in American literature from the mid-twentieth century to the present. The representation of Black girlhood in contemporary literature has long remained underexplored. Through this literary history of "Black Girl Magic," Lewis offers one of
... Read more
Audiobook

The Black Box

Writing the Race

by Henry Louis Gates Jr. ...

Narrated by Dominic Hoffman ...

Unabridged

7 hours 7 min

**A New York Times Notable Book • Shortlisted for the Phi Beta Kappa Society's Christian Gauss Award for Outstanding Books in Literary Scholarship“Henry Louis Gates is a national treasure. Here, he returns with an intellectual and at times deeply personal meditation on the hard-fought evolution and the very meaning of African American identity, calling upon our country to transcend its ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

**A New York Times Notable Book • Shortlisted for the Phi Beta Kappa Society's Christian Gauss Award for Outstanding Books in Literary Scholarship“Henry Louis Gates is a national treasure. Here, he returns with an intellectual and at times deeply personal meditation on the hard-fought evolution and the very meaning of African American identity, calling upon our country to transcend its
... Read more
Audiobook

Erasing The Black Man: The New Movement of Removing Black Men from Black Women and Television

by Raymond Sturgis ...

Narrated by Books with Voices ...

Unabridged

34 min

Black men understand that no matter how much money, successes or achievement in education they obtain, white America will always see them as a threat and problem. Black men understand they are the superior race, unfortunately, seeds of hopelessness, fear, anger, and incompetence have obstructed the progress of black men. Majority of problems black men have is self-inflicted. They are destroying ... Read more

$5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Black men understand that no matter how much money, successes or achievement in education they obtain, white America will always see them as a threat and problem. Black men understand they are the superior race, unfortunately, seeds of hopelessness, fear, anger, and incompetence have obstructed the progress of black men. Majority of problems black men have is self-inflicted. They are destroying
... Read more
Audiobook

The Art of Death

Writing the Final Story

by Edwidge Danticat ...

Narrated by Edwidge Danticat ...

Series series Art of...
Unabridged

4 hours 43 min

A moving reflection on a subject that touches us all, by the bestselling author of Claire of the Sea Light Edwidge Danticat's The Art of Death: Writing the Final Story is at once a personal account of her mother dying from cancer and a deeply considered reckoning with the ways that other writers have approached death in their own work. "Writing has been the primary way I have tried to make sense ... Read more

$21.97 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

A moving reflection on a subject that touches us all, by the bestselling author of Claire of the Sea Light Edwidge Danticat's The Art of Death: Writing the Final Story is at once a personal account of her mother dying from cancer and a deeply considered reckoning with the ways that other writers have approached death in their own work. "Writing has been the primary way I have tried to make sense
... Read more
Audiobook

We're Alone

Essays

by Edwidge Danticat ...

Narrated by Edwidge Danticat ...

Unabridged

4 hours 35 min

Tracing a loose arc from Edwidge Danticat’s childhood to the COVID-19 pandemic and recent events in Haiti, the essays gathered in We’re Alone include personal narrative, reportage, and tributes to mentors and heroes such as Toni Morrison, Paule Marshall, Gabriel García Márquez, and James Baldwin that explore several abiding themes: environmental catastrophe, the traumas of colonialism, motherhood, ... Read more

$21.97 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Tracing a loose arc from Edwidge Danticat’s childhood to the COVID-19 pandemic and recent events in Haiti, the essays gathered in We’re Alone include personal narrative, reportage, and tributes to mentors and heroes such as Toni Morrison, Paule Marshall, Gabriel García Márquez, and James Baldwin that explore several abiding themes: environmental catastrophe, the traumas of colonialism, motherhood,
... Read more
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Jean Toomer

Writer for a New America

by George Hutchinson ...

Narrated by David Sadzin ...

Unabridged

11 hours 12 min

A critical biography of Harlem Renaissance writer Jean Toomer and his lifelong struggle to transcend race, by an award-winning authorThe poet and novelist Jean Toomer (1894–1967) was among the most influential figures of the Harlem Renaissance, inspiring generations of Black writers with his 1923 modernist masterwork Cane. Yet his mission was to awaken Americans to the formation of a new "American ... Read more

$34.34 CAD

A critical biography of Harlem Renaissance writer Jean Toomer and his lifelong struggle to transcend race, by an award-winning authorThe poet and novelist Jean Toomer (1894–1967) was among the most influential figures of the Harlem Renaissance, inspiring generations of Black writers with his 1923 modernist masterwork Cane. Yet his mission was to awaken Americans to the formation of a new "American
... Read more

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