Left of Black Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Left of Black on X
@LeftOfBlack, now in its 13th season, is a video podcast hosted by @DukeAAAS Chair Dr. Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan) and produced by @fhi_duke #BlackStudies

Hip Hop Heresies: Queer Aesthetics in New York City
Shanté Paradigm Smalls
This week, @ShanteParadigm joins @NewBlackMan to discuss their new book, "Hip Hop Heresies: Queer Aesthetics in New York City.” Check it out!! 👀👀 Left of Black | Queer Aesthetics in Hip Hop and Beyond with Shanté Parad... https://t.co/4EDMrRGAaL via @YouTube https://t.co/JIgywTkLQS
Paperback, 2022
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Book of Jose: A Memoir
Fat Joe
In 'The Book of Jose,' Fat Joe Remembers His Rise in Hiphop via @nprbooks https://t.co/ICLmlJJnnB https://t.co/pqr0pSqn0m
Paperback, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Energy Never Dies: Afro-Optimism and Creativity in Chicago
Ayana Contreras
Author & podcast host of @ReclaimedSoul Ayana Contreras on #AfroPessimism as an ineffective lens to view the world as she discusses her new book, "Energy Never Dies: Afro-Optimism and Creativity in Chicago," from @IllinoisPress. Watch the full convo: https://t.co/vYQa908PeE https://t.co/mfy0p94IXg
Hardcover, 2021
$110.00$85.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
The Souls of Black Folk
W. E. B. Du Bois
W.E.B. Du Bois’ Prescient Masterpiece ‘The Souls of Black Folk: A Graphic Interpretation’ https://t.co/uYQo0SghZv via @PopMatters https://t.co/eDCkDwU09J
Paperback, 2009
$12.95$6.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America
Keisha N. Blain
'Award-winning historian and New York Times best-selling author @KeishaBlain joins The Takeaway to discuss her new book, Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer’s Enduring Message to America and the relevance of the civil and voting rights icon today.' 'https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2021/10/fannie-lou-hamers-enduring-message.html
Paperback, 2022
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Claude McKay: The Making of a Black Bolshevik
Winston James
Millennials Are Killing Capitalism: "If We Must Die, Let It Not Be Like Hogs" – Winston James on Claude McKay: The Making of a Black Bolshevik https://t.co/2dRxHUUeiD https://t.co/Am8VRCEjbB
Paperback, 2022
$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Harlem Shuffle
Colson Whitehead
'Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Colson Whitehead (The Underground Railroad, The Nickel Boys) opens the Poetry Center’s 83rd season in conversation about his new novel, Harlem Shuffle with Vinson Cunningham. https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2021/11/colson-whitehead-harlem-shuffle-in.html
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Real Life
Brandon Taylor
'Taylor talks with It's Been a Minute with Sam Sanders about his focus on the tensions of everyday relationships, writing from a Black and queer perspective and his intended audience of just a couple close friends.'https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2021/09/brandon-taylor-wrote-real-life-and.html
Paperback, 2021
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Apocalypse: Diary of a Survivor 2
Matt J. Pike
'Rita Dove, Pulitzer Prize Winner for Poetry and former Poet Laureate to the Library of Congress and the State of Virginia, joins All Of It to discuss her newest collection of poems, Playlist for the Apocalypse.' https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2021/10/rita-doves-playlist-for-apocalypse.html
Paperback, 2017
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Man Among Other Men: The Crisis of Black Masculinity in Racial Capitalism
Jordanna C. Matlon
NEW EPISODE! This week, Dr. Jordanna Matlon joins @NewBlackMan to discuss her new book, “A Man among Other Men: The Crisis of Black Masculinity in Racial Capitalism.”#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackExcellence Left of Black | Dr. Jordanna Matlon https://t.co/hzdO9tjjmu via @YouTube https://t.co/W3nSoiQ9Sn
Hardcover, 2022
$130.00$105.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)