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

The Black Romantic Revolution

Abolitionist Poets at the End of Slavery

by Matt Sandler ...

Narrated by Bill Andrew Quinn ...

Unabridged

7 hours 29 min

The prophetic poetry of slavery and its abolitionDuring the pitched battle over slavery in the United States, Black writers—enslaved and free—allied themselves with the cause of abolition and used their art to advocate for emancipation and to envision the end of slavery as a world-historical moment of possibility.These Black writers borrowed from the European tradition of Romanticism—lyric poetry, ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

The prophetic poetry of slavery and its abolitionDuring the pitched battle over slavery in the United States, Black writers—enslaved and free—allied themselves with the cause of abolition and used their art to advocate for emancipation and to envision the end of slavery as a world-historical moment of possibility.These Black writers borrowed from the European tradition of Romanticism—lyric poetry,
... Read more
Audiobook

Souls Of Black Folk, The

by W. E. B. Duu Bois ...

Narrated by Cyril Taylor-Carr, The Cliff ...

Unabridged

8 hours 2 min

The creator was an American humanist, communist, history specialist and Skillet Africanist social equality lobbyist. Brought into the world in Extraordinary Barrington, Massachusetts, he experienced childhood in a somewhat lenient and coordinated local area, and subsequent to finishing graduate work at the College of Berlin and Harvard, where he was the main African American to procure a doctorate ... Read more

$23.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

The creator was an American humanist, communist, history specialist and Skillet Africanist social equality lobbyist. Brought into the world in Extraordinary Barrington, Massachusetts, he experienced childhood in a somewhat lenient and coordinated local area, and subsequent to finishing graduate work at the College of Berlin and Harvard, where he was the main African American to procure a doctorate
... Read more
Audiobook

Donald Writes No More

The Life of Donald Goines, the Godfather of Street Lit

by Eddie Stone ...

Narrated by Leon Nixon ...

Unabridged

5 hours 48 min

For the fiftieth anniversary of his murder, this gritty, engrossing, definitive biography of the legendary Black writer Donald Goines—the Godfather of Urban Street Lit and "one of hip hop's greatest inspirations" (The Source Magazine)—is back.Addict, thief, pimp, pusher, player—and most notably, groundbreaking writer. Donald Goines was all of these.As a kid, Donald Goines was the product of a ... Read more

$26.10 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

For the fiftieth anniversary of his murder, this gritty, engrossing, definitive biography of the legendary Black writer Donald Goines—the Godfather of Urban Street Lit and "one of hip hop's greatest inspirations" (The Source Magazine)—is back.Addict, thief, pimp, pusher, player—and most notably, groundbreaking writer. Donald Goines was all of these.As a kid, Donald Goines was the product of a
... Read more
Audiobook

Becoming Human

Matter and Meaning in an Antiblack World

by Zakiyyah Iman Jackson ...

Narrated by Diana Blue ...

Unabridged

10 hours 43 min

Rewriting the pernicious, enduring relationship between blackness and animality in the history of Western science and philosophy, Becoming Human: Matter and Meaning in an Antiblack World breaks open the rancorous debate between black critical theory and posthumanism. Through the cultural terrain of literature by Toni Morrison, Nalo Hopkinson, Audre Lorde, and Octavia Butler, the art of Wangechi ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

Rewriting the pernicious, enduring relationship between blackness and animality in the history of Western science and philosophy, Becoming Human: Matter and Meaning in an Antiblack World breaks open the rancorous debate between black critical theory and posthumanism. Through the cultural terrain of literature by Toni Morrison, Nalo Hopkinson, Audre Lorde, and Octavia Butler, the art of Wangechi
... Read more
Audiobook

Some of My Best Friends

And other white lies I've been told

by Tajja Isen ...

Narrated by Tajja Isen ...

Unabridged

7 hours 29 min

A fearless and darkly comic essay collection about race, justice and the limits of good intentions from the editor in chief of Catapult.In this stunning debut collection, award-winning voice actor and cultural critic Tajja Isen explores the absurdity of living in a world that has grown fluent in the language of social justice but doesn’t always follow through.These nine daring essays explore the ... Read more

$32.99 CAD

A fearless and darkly comic essay collection about race, justice and the limits of good intentions from the editor in chief of Catapult.In this stunning debut collection, award-winning voice actor and cultural critic Tajja Isen explores the absurdity of living in a world that has grown fluent in the language of social justice but doesn’t always follow through.These nine daring essays explore the
... Read more
Audiobook

Daddy Was a Number Runner

A Novel

by Louise Meriwether ...

Narrated by Karen Murray ...

Unabridged

7 hours 5 min

This modern classic is "a tough, tender, bitter novel of a black girl struggling towards womanhood" in 1930s Harlem—with a foreword by James Baldwin (Publishers Weekly).Depression-era Harlem is home for twelve-year-old Francie Coffin and her family, and it's both a place of refuge and the source of untold dangers for her and her poor, working class family. The beloved "daddy" of the title indeed ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

This modern classic is "a tough, tender, bitter novel of a black girl struggling towards womanhood" in 1930s Harlem—with a foreword by James Baldwin (Publishers Weekly).Depression-era Harlem is home for twelve-year-old Francie Coffin and her family, and it's both a place of refuge and the source of untold dangers for her and her poor, working class family. The beloved "daddy" of the title indeed
... Read more
Audiobook

EMOTIONALLY SCARRED

Conquering Demons, Embracing Life | Trials, Tribulations & Transformations

by LYRIC HAWKINS ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Madison G ...

Series Audiobook 4 - WALL STREET THUG CHRONICLES
Unabridged

3 hours 4 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.EMOTIONALLY SCARREDCONQUERING DEMONS, EMBRACING LIFE TRIALS, TRIBULATIONS & TRANSFORMATIONS"EMOTIONALLY SCARRED"A Powerful Story of Resilience and Redemption in the Face of Life’s Darkest TrialsDive into an intense, unforgettable journey where the grit of survival meets the transformative power of love. "Emotionally Scarred" is m... ... Read more

$27.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.EMOTIONALLY SCARREDCONQUERING DEMONS, EMBRACING LIFE TRIALS, TRIBULATIONS & TRANSFORMATIONS"EMOTIONALLY SCARRED"A Powerful Story of Resilience and Redemption in the Face of Life’s Darkest TrialsDive into an intense, unforgettable journey where the grit of survival meets the transformative power of love. "Emotionally Scarred" is m...
... Read more
Audiobook

Remembering Roots

How an American Classic Transformed the World

by Lucas L. Johnson II ...

Narrated by James Shippy ...

Unabridged

5 hours 37 min

**"**Remembering Roots highlights the indomitability of the human spirit; and reminds us that, like our ancestors, as long as we continue to breathe, there's hope."—LEVAR BURTON, award-winning actor, director, author, and original cast member of RootsDiscover how the book and TV miniseries Roots became a cultural phenomenon that has shaped our understanding of her... ... Read more

$26.99 CAD

**"**Remembering Roots highlights the indomitability of the human spirit; and reminds us that, like our ancestors, as long as we continue to breathe, there's hope."—LEVAR BURTON, award-winning actor, director, author, and original cast member of RootsDiscover how the book and TV miniseries Roots became a cultural phenomenon that has shaped our understanding of her...
... 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

The Origin of Others

by Toni Morrison ...

Narrated by Robin Miles ...

Unabridged

2 hours 25 min

“The Origin of Others combines Toni Morrison’s accustomed eloquence with meaning for our times as citizens of the world.” —Nell Irvin Painter, New RepublicAvailable for the first time in audio, America’s most revered novelist reflects on the themes that preoccupy her work and increasingly dominate national and world politics: race, fear, borders, the mass movement of peoples, the desire for ... Read more

$20.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

“The Origin of Others combines Toni Morrison’s accustomed eloquence with meaning for our times as citizens of the world.” —Nell Irvin Painter, New RepublicAvailable for the first time in audio, America’s most revered novelist reflects on the themes that preoccupy her work and increasingly dominate national and world politics: race, fear, borders, the mass movement of peoples, the desire for
... 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
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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

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

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