The most respected and storied African-American imprint in publishing, Amistad was founded in 1986 to specialize in the works of authors who honor and consecrate the memory of those who fought—and continue to fight—for freedom. Now publishing titles such as Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson; Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man by Steve Harvey; Open Season by Ben Crump; and Barracoon by Zora Neale Hurston, Amistad’s original publishing program included works by tennis legend and activist Arthur Ashe, tastemaker Susan L. Taylor, and literary gatekeeper Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Amistad aims to educate, entertain, and empower readers interested in the past, present, and future of Black people throughout the diaspora. Through the exemplary work of extraordinary authors, Amistad publishes stories that have seldom been told, expanding historical narratives in new and surprising ways, while driving conversations that provide solutions and direction for people in their everyday lives.
FEATURED BOOKS
In this bold hybrid collection of poetry, flash fiction, and Afrofuturism sci-fi, the award-winning interdisciplinary writer and author of Side Notes from the Archivist explores what happens when god is a Black woman in a town. What happens when there are multiple universes in the middle of nowhere?
Joining the ranks of Evicted and The New Jim Crow, a former caseworker’s searing, clear-eyed investigation of the child welfare system—from foster care to incarceration—that exposes the deep-rooted biases shaping the system, witnessed through the lives of several Black families.
A visceral and candid portrait of today’s Ghanaian youth, told in interconnected short stories by acclaimed spoken-word artist and author of the poetry collection Woman, Eat Me Whole Ama Asantewa Diaka.
With echoes of Audre Lorde’s The Cancer Journals and Susan Sontag’s Illness as Metaphor, an extraordinary debut collection from a prize-winning poet that chronicles a Black woman’s journey through disability, the byzantine healthcare system, life-giving, taking, and sacrifice.
As urgent, resonant, and essential as The Fire Next Time and Between the World and Me, a poetic, raw, and inspirational love letter from the bestselling author of Buck, written to a nephew who was shot nine times and survived—a reflection on life, overcoming odds, finding your voice, and the power of music and family.
Set in a foreboding Gothic mansion and infused with the heightened paranoia and creeping horror of novels like Catherine House and Crimson Peak, a spine-chilling debut historical thriller from a fresh voice in the genre that will leave you questioning who, or what, you can trust . . . including your own sanity.
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JUDITH CURR,
PRESIDENT & PUBLISHER OF HARPERONE GROUP
ABBY WEST,
VP, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR
PAUL OLSEWSKI,
VP OF PUBLICITY
TARA PARSONS,
VP, DEPUTY PUBLISHER
PATRIK BASS,
EXECUTIVE EDITOR
COURTNEY NOBILE,
DIRECTOR OF PUBLICITY
ASHLEY YEPSEN,
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF PUBLICITY
BRIEANA GARCIA,
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF MARKETING
FRANCESCA WALKER,
ASSISTANT EDITOR
MAKAYLA TABRON,
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
STEPHEN BRAYDA,
ART DIRECTOR
ALICIA TATONE,
SENIOR DESIGNER
JUDITH CURR,
PRESIDENT AND PUBLISHER OF HARPERONE GROUP
ABBY WEST,
VP, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR
PAUL OLSEWSKI,
VP OF PUBLICITY
TARA PARSONS,
VP, DEPUTY PUBLISHER
PATRIK BASS,
EXECUTIVE EDITOR
COURTNEY NOBILE,
DIRECTOR OF PUBLICITY
ASHLEY YEPSEN,
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF PUBLICITY
BRIEANA GARCIA,
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF MARKETING
FRANCESCA WALKER,
ASSISTANT EDITOR
MAKAYLA TABRON,
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
STEPHEN BRAYDA,
ART DIRECTOR
ALICIA TATONE,
SENIOR DESIGNER
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