Black History Makers: Happy Birthday James Baldwin
James Baldwin — the grandson of a slave — was born in Harlem on August 2, 1924. He was the oldest of nine children growing up in poverty. Throughout his life, Baldwin was recognized not […]
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Celebrate National Girlfriends Day with these Fantastic Books
On August 1, we celebrate National Girlfriends Day, a day to thank the female friends that help us keep it all together. Whether it’s a girl squad of one or a sisterhood of many, these […]
It’s a Summer Reading Spectacular featuring MahoganySpines
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT We are excited to launch MahoganySpines, a special summer reading bookclub for kids 10 & up in partnership with our friends at Spines & Vines! Thanks to their generous donation of 25 books, […]
April 2018 MahoganyBooks Bestsellers
Bestsellers lists are simply tools to help inform publishers how they should ration out their marketing and publicity budget to a short list of their author roster. There’s nothing wrong with that from a strictly […]
New Books in May 2018
May 2018…a major literary event of seismic proportion. Is that hyperbolic? Yes, but how else do you respond when new literary content from Zora Neale Hurston is being published for the world to enjoy. Get […]
Book Deserts Leave Low-Income Neighborhoods Thirsty for Reading Material
We’re extremely thankful to all of the media outlets who’ve covered our story the thirty days. On December 29, 2017, NBC BLK published their story about MahoganyBooks, book deserts, and how the presence of bookstores […]
Author Favorites with Mychal Denzel Smith
Author and professor, Melissa Harris-Perry, said of Mychal Denzel Smith’s Invisible Man, Got The Whole World Watching, “[it] answers the pressing but unasked question, what would happen if all those black boys felled by bullets had […]
New Books in October 2017
Life is meant to be lived. Books are meant to be read. And the words within reveals the wide range of human experience, imagination, and potential. These new October books are a great example of […]
Genius, Jesmyn…
“Ward chronicles the stories of poor, rural Southerners, invoking racial history and examining present racial divides, in lyrical novels and nonfiction rooted in Mississippi’s Gulf Coast, where she was raised and still lives.” – The […]
The Authors of The 2017 Root 100
The Root 100 is the annual list of the most influential African Americans, ages 25 to 45 created by theroot.com. The Root used a unique algorithm calculating the persons reach, substance, and influence to determine the top […]