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Otis Redding and Steve Cropper's timeless ode to never-ending days is given fresh new life in this heartwarming picture book. Sittin' in the mornin' sun I'll be sittin' when the evening comes...

Joyce Carol Oates assembles an outstanding cast of authors-including Margaret Atwood, Tananarive Due, and Megan Abbott-to explore, subvert, and reinvent one of the most vital subgenres of horror...

The inspiration for the Merchant Ivory film starring Kris Kristofferson, Barbara Hershey, and Leelee Sobieski, A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries is a rich and poignant family story from the daughter...

"Everett's talent is multifaceted, sparked by a satiric brilliance that could place him alongside Richard Wright and Ralph Ellison . . ." --Publishers WeeklyChris Abani has developed his...

Alabama Noir (Akashic Noir)Author: Don NoblePublisher: Akashic BooksPublication Date: Apr 07, 2020Number of Pages: 256 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1617758086ISBN-13: 9781617758089

Odd-mannered, obsessive, withdrawn, Aster has little to offer folks in the way of rebuttal when they call her ogre and freak. She's used to the names; she only wishes there was more truth to them. If...

--Winner of the 2014 OCM Bocas Prize"A bittersweet coming-of-age tale of tragedy, chicanery, high ideals, harsh realities, and the hard choice between love and family duty, As Flies to Whatless Boys...

Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each story is set in a distinct neighbourhood or location within the city of the...

Austin joins Dallas and Houston in Akashic's deep dive into the Lone Star State's darkest dimensions Featuring brand-new stories by: Gabino Iglesias, Ace Atkins, Amanda Moore, Jeff Abbott, Scott...

Now, one of the world's most war-torn cities is portrayed though a noir lens in this chilling story collection.Author: Samuel Shimon, Samuel ShimonPublisher: Akashic BooksPublication Date: Aug 07,...

Berkeley Noir (Akashic Noir)Author: Jerry Thompson, Owen HillPublisher: Akashic BooksPublication Date: May 05, 2020Number of Pages: 256 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

This edition marks the 40th anniversary of the original publication of Kovic's American antiwar classic.Author: Ron KovicPublisher: Akashic BooksPublication Date: July 04, 2016Number of Pages: 224...

Cleveland Noir joins Columbus Noir as the Akashic Noir Series continues its tour of Ohio, and navigates the dregs of the North Shore Featuring brand-new stories by: Jill Bialosky, Thrity Umrigar,...

Black Goat is an independent poetry imprint of Akashic Books created and curated by award-winning Nigerian author Chris Abani (author of Becoming Abigail and Song for Night). Black Goat is committed...

Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each story is set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the...

Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each story is set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the...

In East Jerusalem Noir--published simultaneously with West Jerusalem Noir--the Akashic Noir Series turns its gaze to one of the world's most complicated locales, in this volume from the perspective...

"An imaginative and honest epic, weaving together biblical stories, fantasy, poetry, and fairy tales with a touch of realism . . . Allen asks us to question the assumptions, -isms, and contradictions...

Author: Akashic BooksPublisher: Akashic BooksPublication Date: Sep 13, 2022Number of Pages: 272 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1636140335ISBN-13: 9781636140339

Fuck, Now There Are Two Of You (Go The Fuck To Sleep #3)Author: Adam MansbachPublisher: Akashic BooksPublication Date: Oct 01, 2019Number of Pages: 32 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: HardcoverISBN-10:...

Glorious is set against the backdrops of the Jim Crow South, the Harlem Renaissance, and the Civil Rights era. Blending fact and fiction, Glorious is the story of Easter Venetta Bartlett, a fictional...

Go De Rass To Sleep: (A Jamaican Translation)Author: Adam MansbachPublisher: Akashic BooksPublication Date: Jun 10, 2014Number of Pages: 32 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: HardcoverISBN-10:...

Go the F**k to SleepAuthor: Adam MansbachPublisher: Akashic BooksPublication Date: June 14, 2011Number of Pages: 32 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: HardcoverISBN-10: 1617750255ISBN-13: 9781617750250

With an introduction by Bunny Wailer.Doctor Dread has committed his life to producing reggae music and releasing it on his label, RAS Records. He has become one of the world's foremost reggae...

In 1997, a series of bombs rocked Havana--a city already deep in an economic and spiritual depression. In Havana Libre, the anxiety of the time is palpable. Robert Arellano gives us a detailed and...

Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each story is set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the...

Introducing the new winner of the Paz Prize for Poetry, given by the National Poetry Series, featuring an introduction by Rigoberto González, and presented in both Spanish and English.Author: Johanny...

Selected as WLRN's Sundial's January 2019 Book Club PickAllen has created a consummate tragicomedy of African American family secrets and sorrows, and of faith under duress and wide open to...

Hitoshi Nagano takes a cell phone that a young man named Daiki Hiyama accidentally put on his tray at McDonald's. Hitoshi uses the phone to call Daiki's mother, pretending he is Daiki, and convinces...

Brand-new stories by: Paco Ignacio Taibo II, Eugenio Aguirre, Eduardo Antonia Parra, Bernardo Fern?ndez Bef, ?scar de la Borbolla, Rolo D?ez, Victor Luiz Gonz?lez, F.G. Haghenbeck, Juan Hern?ndez...