Beacon Press

On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide

A unique and irreverent take on everything that's wrong with our "national conversation about race" - and what to do about it

How to Be Less Stupid About Race is your essential guide to breaking through the......

A new collection from the renowned inaugural poet exploring immigration, gun violence, racism, LGBTQ issues, and more, in accessible and emotive verses
As presidential inaugural poet, memoirist, public speaker, educator, and advocate, Richard Blanco has crisscrossed......

Judaism, Christianity, and the Myth of Divine Chosenness

A noted biblical scholar explores how the claim of divine choice has been used from ancient times to the present to justify territorial expansion and prejudice.
The Bible describes many individuals and......

Find hope even in these dark times with this rediscovered masterpiece, a companion to his international bestseller Man's Search for Meaning.
Eleven months after he was liberated from the Nazi concentration camps, Viktor E. Frankl held a series of public lectures......

A collection of poems exploring questions of religious and linguistic authority, from medieval England to contemporary Appalachia
A National Poetry Series winner, selected and with a foreword by Tracy K. Smith

The poems in Scriptorium are primarily concerned......

From a major voice in Caribbean literature—this is a story of Gwennie Glaspole, a schoolteacher trapped in an unhappy marriage, fighting to resist Jamaican cultural expectations and for her independence

A new edition of the “remarkable first novel” from......

A new edition of a National Book Award finalist follows a black faith healer whose shrewd observations about human nature are told with the rich lyricism of the oral storytelling tradition. From the acclaimed author of Corregidora, The Healing follows Harlan Jane......

The Untold Story of the Atlanta Public Schools Cheating Scandal, Corporate Greed , and the Criminalization of Educators

An insider's account of the infamous Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal that scapegoated black employees for problems rooted in the......

How Women Can Lead the Fight for Universal Healthcare

A lively, clear explanation of the American healthcare reform movement from a noted expert—giving women the tools they need to demand fair and affordable coverage for all people

Healthcare is one of......

When Cornrows Were in Vogue... and Other Thoughts on Cultural Appropriation
Exposes the new generation of whiteness thriving at the expense and borrowed ingenuity of black people--and explores how this intensifies racial inequality.
American culture loves blackness.......

How Scientists, Entrepreneurs, and Activists Are Building an Animal-Free Food System
A bold yet realistic vision of how technology and social change are creating a food system in which we no longer use animals to produce meat, dairy, or eggs.
Michael Pollan's......

A searingly honest memoir of one young woman's journey toward self-acceptance as she comes to see her body as a symbol of rebellion and hope and chooses to live her life unapologetically.
Ever since she was little, Leah Vernon was told what to believe and how......