The 1990s. African Americans achieved more influence–and faced more explosive issues–than ever before. One word captured those times. One magazine expressed them. Emerge.In those ten years, with an impressive circulation of 170,000 and more than forty national awards to its credit, Emerge became a serious part of the American mainstream. Time hailed its “uncompromising voice.” The Washington Post declared that Emerge “g...

Heart of Darkness is a complex exploration of the beliefs people hold on what constitutes a barbarian versus a civilized society and the stance on colonialism and racism that was part and parcel of European imperialism. Originally published as a three-part serial story, in Blackwood's Magazine, the novella Heart of Darkness has been variously published and translated into many languages. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked Heart of Darkness as the sixty-seventh of the hundred best novels in...

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is an 1845 memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and former slave Frederick Douglass during his time in Lynn, Massachusetts.It is generally held to be the most famous of a number of narratives written by former slaves during the same period. In factual detail, the text describes the events of ...

All About Love author bell hooks and other innovative Black thinkers explore ‘coolness’ within Black culture, in this 10th anniversary edition of Rebecca Walker’s visonary essay collection.“[This] slim anthology gives itself a formidable task: pinning down the elusive definitions of ‘Black Cool,’ an aesthetic and a philosophy that echoes across the African diaspora.” —The AtlanticOriginally published in 2012, this collecti...

The third collection of poetry from the author of Lighthead, winner of the 2010 National Book AwardWatch for the new collection of poetry from Terrance Hayes, American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin, coming in June of 2018Terrance Hayes is an elegant and adventurous writer with disarming humor, grace, tenderness, and brilliant turns of phrase. He is very much interested in what it means to be an artist and a black...

The 85th issue of IndyFest Magazine! is here.This June 2015 issue is one you need to read. Inside you will find in-depth interviews with:Seven Roman, Publisher of StarWarp ConceptsKristin Talgø, Author of Escaping The CavesJeff Marsick & Scott Barnett of Dead Man's PartyAlso included in this issue:Sneak Peek:FlashFire by Matthew Becker and Edwin DomingoCagliostro Chronicles by Ralph L. Angelo JrHumalien by J. Adam Farster

This book, newly updated, contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure!The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that work, where you'll find a new TOC that lists all the chapters and sub-chapters of that specific work.Here you will find the complete novels of Harri...

Whats the most sensitive subject in America today? That would be racism. But for the most part it has always been an issue between those of the black and white race, where whites reigned under false superiority. Though the subject is worldwide, the karma that those of the white race now suffer behind actions taken during their time of false reign has never been brought to the forefront of America and its children. Nor has the fact that it is Gods will that a black plague is now overshadowi...

The 92nd issue of IndyFest Magazine! is here.This February 2016 issue is one you need to read. Inside you will find in-depth interviews with:Jeff MarsickFrank Mula & Sal BrucculeriNanci PattendenBob MoyerMark KoningAlso included in this issue:Eitorial by Ian ShiresA Written View by Douglas OwenSneek Peek:Fleischer & The Group #1The Devil You Know #3Published by Ian Shires, Dimestore Productions...

A Souls of My Sisters BookNo woman comes into this world with all the answers, but every woman can learn from her sisters.In the Essence® #1 national bestseller Souls of My Sisters, strong, successful black women shared their unforgettable personal stories of faith, hope, and healing. Now, a dynamic new group of young sisters with hopes and dreams, fears and struggles, just like you, tells their stories of triumph over adversity for the ge...

The 99th issue of IndyFest Magazine! is here.This April 2017 issue is one you need to read.Inside you will find in-depth interviews with:James C. MunchBrad HaydenLuanga NuwameTammy GarrisonTravis WareJohan ThompsonAlso included in this issue:Eitorial by Ian ShiresA Written View by Douglas OwenMotivational Moments by Trisha SugarekHall of Fame by Ian ShiresReviews by Ian ShiresPu...

Four young men struggle to liberate themselves from the burden of being black and male in America in an assured debut "as up-to the-minute as a Kendrick Lamar track and as ruefully steeped in eternal truths as a Gogol tale" (Kirkus, starred review).Bound together by shared experience but pulled apart by their changing fortunes, four young friends coming of age in the postindustrial enclave of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, struggle to liberate themselves from th...