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“South Central Dreams is a major contribution to both Latinx and Los Angeles Studies. By revisiting community residents in South Central Los Angeles a full generation after Latinos began moving into the area, the authors provide a nuanced and careful portrait of neighborhood life with important implications for Brown/Black spaces across the U.S.”—Laura Pulido, co-author of A People’s Guide to Los Angeles

Renowned expert on genocide Alexander Laban Hinton argues that there is a real risk of violent atrocities happening in the United States

“Hinton offers deep instruction for anyone seeking to better understand the bigotry that permeates American society […] Hinton is deeply concerned with the idea of why people hate and how that hate plays out publicly […] [W]ell-researched, readable account.”—Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review

“Misogynoir Transformed is a resounding, deftly reported manifesto centering the work of transformative Black women seeking one another in a culture that refuses to see us and center us. Moya Bailey reminds us that we are our liberators and have always had the tools to seek, see and celebrate ourselves.”—Janet Mock, New York Times bestselling author of Redefining Realness and Surpassing Certainty

“Funny, smart, engrossing. I fell head over heels for this exploration of guilty pleasures. Zibrak writes with both an academic’s acute eye for pattern and depth and the intimacy of the very works she explores. I feel like I’ve been laughing with my best friend in a closet, and I can’t wait to give a copy to every single one of my friends. I urge you to read it and give it to your friends, too.”—Barbara O’Neal, bestselling author of When We Believed in Mermaids

Cecelia Tichi takes readers on a delightful romp through America’s Golden Age of Cocktails

“This elegant cultural history of taste—literal and social—is rich with details, recipes, and little-known facts.”—Carla Kaplan, author of Miss Anne in Harlem: The White Women of the Black Renaissance