Donald E. Quist

Glimpses of Me and Mine

Women

“In the tradition of Audre Lorde, Lucille Clifton, and Gwendolyn Brooks, Nancy Lynne Westfield explores the real lives of Black women with keen insight and compassion. Through a bold, inventive mix of truth and fiction, verse and prose, Westfield’s artful syntax and storytelling weaves together a nuanced, multifaceted portrait of African-American womanhood.”

Not Wanting a Thing to Be the Thing

History & Biography

“In Not Wanting a Thing to Be the Thing, Mitzi J. Smith shares her deeply personal journey as a stroke survivor, weaving together the intersection of health disparities, trauma, faith, and resilience within the Black community. Written from her perspective as a Black woman, biblical scholar, and womanist writer, this creative memoir explores the profound impact of stroke on the body, mind, and soul. Smith’s story is a necessary act of survival, offering a raw, poignant reflection on healing, survival, and the fight for justice.”

Waking Up Ghosts

History & Biography

“Hong moves with the tenderness of memory and the precision of scholarship, guiding readers through ancestral shadows with a steady, compassionate hand, revealing how hauntings--personal, historical, and spiritual--can become sites of healing and reclamation. This book is a brave and necessary testament to the power of stories to return us to ourselves.”