A graphic novel adaptation of #1 New York Times bestselling author N. K. Jemisin’s acclaimed short story Red Dirt WitchIn this graphic novel adaptation of the #1 New York Times bestselling author N. K. Jemisin’s short story “Red Dirt Witch”—which was featured in the 2018 short story collection *How Long ’Til Black Future Month?—*we are introduced to Emma, a single Black mother of three in a backwater Alabama town in segregated 1940s America. In this alter...

Searching for Sycorax highlights the unique position of Black women in horror as both characters and creators. Kinitra D. Brooks creates a racially gendered critical analysis of African diasporic women, challenging the horror genre’s historic themes and interrogating forms of literature that have often been ignored by Black feminist theory. Brooks examines the works of women across the African diaspora, from Haiti, Trinidad, and Jamaica, to England and the United States, looking a...

The Renaissance Reader: Beyoncé and Black Queer Popular Culture offers a groundbreaking exploration of Beyoncé’s acclaimed album Renaissance, examining its celebration of Black queer aesthetics through disco, house, and bounce music.Building on the success of The Lemonade Reader, this interdisciplinary collection brings together popular culture writers and scholars to analyse the album’s profound impact on contemporary culture and artistic expression. Thr...

The Lemonade Reader is an interdisciplinary collection that explores the nuances of Beyoncé’s 2016 visual album, Lemonade. The essays and editorials present fresh, cutting-edge scholarship fueled by contemporary thoughts on film, material culture, religion, and black feminism.Envisioned as an educational tool to support and guide discussions of the visual album at postgraduate and undergraduate levels, The Lemonade Reader critiques Lemonade’s mul...