is a leading antiracist scholar based at Howard University and author of several #1 NYT Bestsellers, including the newly-released Chain of Ideas.

IS A #1 NYT AND PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY BESTSELLING CARTOONIST WHO ILLUSTRATES FOR SCHOLASTIC, GOOGLE, WASHINGTON POST, CARTOON NETWORK, AND BOOM! STUDIOS.

is the author of the novel Lush Lives; Audible Original The Groves; a memoir in essays, Blackness Thirteen Ways: Art, Life, and the Revisions of a Mulatta Lesbian; and the forthcoming Garland650, a poetry collection in conversation with the surviving work of Sappho.

is the author of the forthcoming The Black Shield, an intimate family memoir and sweeping history that confronts the contradictions of Black policing in America. 

is the author of several bestselling books, including the new novel MAJESTIC HILLS, a gripping novel about race, class, and the hidden fault lines beneath the American dream.

is the author of the Goodreads Editors’ Book Pick "HUNGERED” perfect for readers of The House on Mango Street and We the Animals,