This new collection brings together plays and monologues from the National Black Theatre Festival, one of the most historic and culturally significant events—not only in the history of Black theater but in American theater. Held every two years in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, this gathering of Black theater companies and artists from around the country and across the globe features an extraordinary array of performances, workshops, films, spoken-word poetry, and more. Established in 1989...

**'Inspiring. Emotionally charged. Ground-breaking' BERNARDINE EVARISTO'A revelation. I am so thankful to Ntozake Shange for seeing us, reflecting us and showing us how beautiful we can be' JESMYN WARD'Encompassing, it seems, every feeling and experience a woman has ever had' NEW YORKER**The Lady in Red has adored her lover for eight months, 2 weeks and a day, but now she is leaving. The Lady in Blue has an abortion, all alone. The Lady in Brown can read fi...

Bestselling author Bob Phillips (combined sales of more than 9 million copies!) has done it again. This wild collection of knock–knock jokes is sure to keep the kids giggling and Gramps chuckling—the whole household will be in stitches!Keep this book in the car for some rib–tickling fun on long road trips. Keep it in the playroom for a quick smile. Keep it on a nearby shelf for a surefire icebreaker at the party. Filled to the brim with funny and just plain silly riddles, this is a...

Bum Rush the Page is a groundbreaking collection, capturing the best new work from the poets who have brought fresh energy, life, and relevance to American poetry.“Here is a democratic orchestration of voices and visions, poets of all ages, ethnicities, and geographic locations coming together to create a dialogue and to jam–not slam. This is our mouth on paper, our hearts on our sleeves, our refusal to shut up and swallow our silence. These poems are tough, honest...

Can you call yourself a fan of Written in My Own Heart's Blood by Diana Gabaldon?Take the challenge yourself and share it with family and friends for a time of trivia fun!In the latest book in the Outlander series we follow the story of Jamie Fraser, who was supposedly dead but comes back to discover that her wife Claire and his best friend are now married. Meanwhile, Claire finds herself in 1778 fearing that one of her husbands has murdered the other. In...

(Fake Book). This super collection features 366 more well-known songs arranged for ukulele from the 1950s through today, by artists such as Carole King, Elton John, the Bee Gees, Stevie Wonder, the Beatles, Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson and others, plus favorites from movies, Broadway, Motown and more! Just like the first Daily Ukulele book, all arrangements feature melody, lyrics and ukulele chord grids in uke-friendly keys. A special "Ukulele 101" section, a chord chart, and vin...

Audition monologues for female characters selected from recent works by American playwrights including Tony Kushner, Jon Robin Baitz, Constance Congdon, Paula Vogel, Donald Margulies, Emily Mann, Eric Bogosian, Nicky Silver, and others. Unique to the TCG monologue series is a bibliography of other works by the playwrights included.

(Fake Book). Since the 1970s, The Real Book has been the most popular book for gigging jazz musicians. Hal Leonard is proud to publish completely legal and legitimate editions of the original volumes as well as exciting new volumes to carry on the tradition to new generations of players in all styles of music! All the Real Books feature hundreds of time-tested songs in accurate arrangements in the famous easy-to-read, hand-written notation. Now even guitarists can enjoy The Real Book forma...

In this inspiring memoir—that Jane Fonda raves “will make you braver...want to live your life better and make a difference”—the award-winning playwright and bestselling author of What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day reminisces on the art of juggling marriage, motherhood, and politics while working to hone her craft as a writer.Before she become one of America’s most popular playwrights and a bestselling author with a novel endorsed by Oprah’s Book Club...

‘For most exhausted mums, their idea of “working out” is a good, energetic lie-down.’ Kathy LetteWISE WORDS FOR MOTHERSYou’ve got the best job in the world, apparently, but some days, when you’re sleep deprived and the kids are driving you crazy, you wish you could have a day off. No chance!This book is packed with witty and uplifting quotations to help you get through those manic moments and keep smiling, as only a mum can.

"Much of the novel is an expression of the intellectual and moral lost motion of the age...the special agony of the American Negro."--New York Times Book Review"A fevered and impressionistic riff on the struggles of blacks in the urban North and rural South, as told through the prism of The Inferno....Other writers addressed race more directly, but for all its linguistic slipperiness, Baraka's language conveys the feelings of fear, violatio...

A powerfully moving book that “could make graspable why today’s prisons are contemporary slave plantations” (Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple), giving voice to the poorest among us and laying bare the cruelty of a penal system that too often defines their lives. A searing look at mass incarceration, prison education, and criminal justice reform, it offers a human portrait of those too often ignored by American society.Pulitzer Prize–winning journal...