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Reverse-Gentrification of the Literary World

Akashic Books

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Subject: Forthcoming

Hunters in High Heels

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Forthcoming: 1/7/25

Internationally celebrated musician/filmmaker Omar Rodríguez-López presents his first book of photographs, a sublime alternative to traditional rock-and-roll imagery.

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Interficial ARTelligence: The Moments That Met Me

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Forthcoming: 2/4/25

Legendary hip-hop artist Chuck D (Public Enemy, Prophets of Rage) details and illustrates his encounters with some of society’s most influential musicians, entertainers, politicians, athletes, and public figures.

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Monument Eternal

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Forthcoming: 2/4/25

The long-awaited reissue of Alice Coltrane’s original spiritual teachings and reflections, which provide powerful insight into her transcendent music, cherished by millions across the globe.

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Fearless Vampire Killers: The Bad Brains Photographs

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Forthcoming: 4/1/25

This collection includes Glen E. Friedman’s most iconic images of Bad Brains, as well as many never-before-seen photographs and endsheet art by Shepard Fairey.

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My Own Dear People

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Forthcoming: 4/1/25

A young Jamaican man struggles to overcome toxic masculinity—his culture’s and his own—in this Caribbean coming-of-age novel.

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Felony Juggler

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Forthcoming: 5/6/25

From Penn Jillette of the legendary magic duo Penn & Teller: a street performer finds himself enmeshed in a crime and must outwit his fellow conspirators in his greatest juggling act yet.

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Paradise Once

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Forthcoming: 6/3/25

A historical novel that brings to life the resiliency of the indigenous Taíno people in the Caribbean whose culture was virtually destroyed within two generations of their “discovery” by Christopher Columbus in 1492.

Now available for preorder. All preorders will ship on or before June 3, 2025.

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Hamburg Noir

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Forthcoming: 8/5/25

The historic northern port city Hamburg joins Berlin as the Akashic Noir Series continues its foray into one of Western Europe’s most storied nations