Legacy Lit Books

Legacy Lit Books An imprint celebrating social justice, underserved and overlooked voices.

📚✨ at her first tour stop last night for A MORE PERFECT PARTY ! Swipe to see where she’ll be next!
01/17/2025

📚✨ at her first tour stop last night for A MORE PERFECT PARTY ! Swipe to see where she’ll be next!

🥳🎉Happy Publication Day to A MORE PERFECT PARTY by Juanita Tolliver!This riveting account of the legendary party hosted ...
01/14/2025

🥳🎉Happy Publication Day to A MORE PERFECT PARTY by Juanita Tolliver!

This riveting account of the legendary party hosted by Diahann Carroll for Shirley Chisholm’s 1972 presidential campaign, is a "beautifully written political-social page turner, full of hope, glamour, the triumphs and failures of race and gender allyship," says Joy-Ann Reid.

Learn more and order now at https://bit.ly/3XwPpPI 📖🔗

2024 was one for the books 😉📚We published some of the best, most anticipated, and exciting books of the year — everythin...
12/23/2024

2024 was one for the books 😉📚

We published some of the best, most anticipated, and exciting books of the year — everything from powerful, transformative non-fiction, and investigative historical deep-dives, to yummy cookbooks, joyful AF self-help, and 1 of 1 memoirs! We had New York Times, USA Today, Amazon AND Indie bestsellers. We had book club favorites, ’s and award winners. Whew! 💅🏽

Just wait until you see what’s in-store for 2025 😎 and from Legacy Lit!

12/19/2024

"We are not defined by our origin stories. We choose who we become." OF MY OWN MAKING by Daria Burke hits a book shelf near you this spring 🌸🌱

Part memoir, part methodology, OF MY OWN MAKING it is a fearless rallying cry inspiring us to excavate and examine the stories that define our lives. After being forced to confront the parts of her childhood she had avoided, Burke dives headfirst into an exploration of her trauma, grappling with the enduring grip of the past on the present and the mind's influence over the body.

A soulful and scientific exploration of the power to shape one's destiny, she reminds us that every moment demands a choice, and that we owe it to ourselves to reparent our inner child and reclaim the lives we deserve.

On sale April 22 | Pre-Order at the link https://bit.ly/4fukk6u 🔗🫶🏽

📖😎 Starting the weekend with Juanita Tolliver's A MORE PERFECT PARTY, hanging with Shirley Chisholm, Diahann Carroll, an...
12/13/2024

📖😎 Starting the weekend with Juanita Tolliver's A MORE PERFECT PARTY, hanging with Shirley Chisholm, Diahann Carroll, and the guests at their EPIC 1972 Hollywood fundraiser for Chisholm's history presidential campaign. RIVETING.

And don't just take my word for it ::SWIPE:: to see some of the amazing praise from Joy-Ann Reid, Congresswoman Barbara Lee and more!

A MORE PERFECT PARTY is on sale January 12, 2025! https://bit.ly/3OUFZd5

Happy Publication Day to BLUES IN STEREO by Langston Hughes, curated by Danez Smith! This stunning collection of early w...
11/19/2024

Happy Publication Day to BLUES IN STEREO by Langston Hughes, curated by Danez Smith!

This stunning collection of early works by Hughes (all written before the age of 25 🤯) with added insights from Smith has been praised by Jericho Brown, Hanif Abdurraqib AND Clint Smith as a gift to any readers bookshelf 📖✨

AL ROKER'S RECIPES TO LIVE BY by Al Roker and Courtney Roker-Laga is a USA Today Bestseller! 🎉👨🏾‍🍳👩🏽‍🍳
11/15/2024

AL ROKER'S RECIPES TO LIVE BY by Al Roker and Courtney Roker-Laga is a USA Today Bestseller! 🎉👨🏾‍🍳👩🏽‍🍳

🥳 MADNESS by Antonia Hylton is a Goodreads Choice Awards nominee for History & Biography! Vote at https://bit.ly/3CldMck
11/13/2024

🥳 MADNESS by Antonia Hylton is a Goodreads Choice Awards nominee for History & Biography! Vote at https://bit.ly/3CldMck

ICYMI announced her new book, JOY PRESCRIPTIONS in ! On sale 5.9.25 and available for pre-order now ✨Read the full arti...
11/11/2024

ICYMI announced her new book, JOY PRESCRIPTIONS in ! On sale 5.9.25 and available for pre-order now ✨

Read the full article and order now at the link in bio 🔗

We had such a beautiful evening last night celebrating AL ROKER'S RECIPES TO LIVE BY with Al Roker and Courtney Roker-La...
11/08/2024

We had such a beautiful evening last night celebrating AL ROKER'S RECIPES TO LIVE BY with Al Roker and Courtney Roker-Laga at the GORGEOUS Delish Kitchen Studios chatting about all things food and family with BEM books & more co-owners! 🥳👩🏽‍🍳👨🏾‍🍳

Special thanks to Breville, Tormek, and Victoria Cookware for providing our epic raffle prizes!

Anyone who pre-orders a copy of BLUES IN STEREO by Langston Hughes (curated by Danez Smith!) and completes this form h...
10/28/2024

Anyone who pre-orders a copy of BLUES IN STEREO by Langston Hughes (curated by Danez Smith!) and completes this form https://bit.ly/3YDiP0q gets a limited edition broadside print of “Our Land” by Langston Hughes - perfect for framing or gifting as a keepsake! 🖼🎁

::SWIPE:: to see our BLUES IN STEREO pre-order gift! Anyone who pre-orders a copy of BLUES IN STEREO and completes the f...
10/22/2024

::SWIPE:: to see our BLUES IN STEREO pre-order gift!
 
Anyone who pre-orders a copy of BLUES IN STEREO and completes the form at the link in our bio gets a limited edition broadside print of “Our Land” by Langston Hughes - perfect for framing or gifting as a keepsake! 🖼🎁
 
BLUES IN STEREO by Langston Hughes, Curated by is available for pre-order now! On sale November 19th

Delicious Roker family recipes ✅ Perfect for novice cooks AND experts ✅ Funny, heartwarming stories ✅ Signed book & cu...
10/18/2024

Delicious Roker family recipes ✅ Perfect for novice cooks AND experts ✅ Funny, heartwarming stories ✅ Signed book & custom potholder __ 👀
 
In honor of the publication of AL ROKER’S RECIPES TO LIVE BY by and , we’re giving 5 lucky winners a signed copy of the book and a custom potholder! 
 
Here’s how to enter for a chance to win:
• Like this post
• Follow  and 
• Tag a friend who’s your go-to recipe taster!

Contest ends 10/25/24 at 11:59 EST. 5 prizes available. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY; US residents only, 18+, official rules apply; link in bio.

🎉📖 Happy Publication Day to WILD FAITH by Talia Lavin!Called a "must read..both an investigative triumph and a warning,"...
10/15/2024

🎉📖 Happy Publication Day to WILD FAITH by Talia Lavin!

Called a "must read..both an investigative triumph and a warning," by Bestselling author David Corn and "well-researched, powerfully argued and urgent," by the Boston Globe — Talia Lavin, the acclaimed author of 'Culture Warlords,' investigates the rise of the Christian Right over the last half-century that lays out the grim vision evangelicals are enforcing on our democracy.

Order now at https://bit.ly/40721jE

🎉📖👨🏾‍🍳👩🏽‍🍳Happy Publication Day to AL ROKER'S RECIPES TO LIVE BY by Al Roker and Courtney Roker-Laga!This stunning cookb...
10/15/2024

🎉📖👨🏾‍🍳👩🏽‍🍳Happy Publication Day to AL ROKER'S RECIPES TO LIVE BY by Al Roker and Courtney Roker-Laga!

This stunning cookbook features 100 mouth-watering Roker family favorites for every meal and was named one of Barnes & Nobles Most Anticipated Comfort Food Books! Order now at https://bit.ly/4c8Xtwa

👑 THE AUDACITY TO BE QUEEN by Gina DeVee is your guide to embrace the endless possibilities that are rightfully yours—...
09/24/2024

👑 THE AUDACITY TO BE QUEEN by Gina DeVee is your guide to embrace the endless possibilities that are rightfully yours—financially, romantically, physically, and socially.

Through steps, exercises, meditations, prayers, and journal prompts women’s empowerment coach Divine Living by Gina DeVee invites readers to release all forms of self-doubt and self-sabotage so you can fulfill your calling. YOUR EPIC LIFE STARTS HERE. https://bit.ly/47xZTTT

📖✨ In 1972, THE Diahann Carroll hosted a once-in-an-era party for THE Shirley Chisholm’s historic 1972 presidential ca...
09/19/2024

📖✨ In 1972, THE Diahann Carroll hosted a once-in-an-era party for THE Shirley Chisholm’s historic 1972 presidential campaign, with guests like Huey P. Newton, Berry Gordy, and Goldie Hawn! Together they left behind a powerful coalition-building model.

In A MORE PERFECT PARTY, MSNBC political analyst Juanita Tolliver revisits this monumental night that presents a path to people-centered politics through the lens of this soiree, with surprising parallels to our current electoral reality. The result is a blueprint to return the power to the people and level the playing field for Black women in politics.

Pre-order at https://bit.ly/3XwPpPI! On sale January 14, 2025.

09/17/2024

🥳📖 Happy Publication Day to GANGS OF ZION by Ron Stallworth, an Amazon Editors' Picks for Best Biographies & Memoirs of September!

New York Times Bestselling author of Black Klansman and inspiration for the Oscar-winning film directed by Spike Lee, Ron Stallworth returns with another firsthand account from the most unlikely of places for a Black cop in the ’90s — Mormon Country Utah. We pick up with Ron facing off with skinheads, white kids claiming to be Crips, and community leaders paranoid over an imaginary race war in what Publishers Weekly calls "gripping drama...Readers will be astounded." https://bit.ly/4gu5yOy

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"We are not defined by our origin stories. We choose who we become." OF MY OWN MAKING by Daria Burke hits a book shelf near you this spring 🌸🌱 Part memoir, part methodology, OF MY OWN MAKING it is a fearless rallying cry inspiring us to excavate and examine the stories that define our lives. After being forced to confront the parts of her childhood she had avoided, Burke dives headfirst into an exploration of her trauma, grappling with the enduring grip of the past on the present and the mind's influence over the body. A soulful and scientific exploration of the power to shape one's destiny, she reminds us that every moment demands a choice, and that we owe it to ourselves to reparent our inner child and reclaim the lives we deserve. On sale April 22 | Pre-Order at the link https://bit.ly/4fukk6u 🔗🫶🏽

🥳📖 Happy Publication Day to GANGS OF ZION by Ron Stallworth, an Amazon Editors' Picks for Best Biographies & Memoirs of September! New York Times Bestselling author of Black Klansman and inspiration for the Oscar-winning film directed by Spike Lee, Ron Stallworth returns with another firsthand account from the most unlikely of places for a Black cop in the ’90s — Mormon Country Utah. We pick up with Ron facing off with skinheads, white kids claiming to be Crips, and community leaders paranoid over an imaginary race war in what Publishers Weekly calls "gripping drama...Readers will be astounded." https://bit.ly/4gu5yOy

👩🏼‍🍳👨🏾‍🍳⏲ Coming to a kitchen near you this fall! AL ROKER'S RECIPES TO LIVE BY is a dive into the yummy Roker family recipe box featuring 100 mouth-watering recipes from Today Show host Al Roker and his daughter Chef and food stylist Courtney Roker Laga, for every time of day, skill level, and member of the family– and the family dog too! Pre-order now at https://bit.ly/4c8Xtwa - On sale October 15!

When Malcolm "MJ" Harris said that Terrell & Jarius "are ‘bae’ and family goals for us all—whether you are parent by birth or by love," we could not have agreed more! 🥰🙌🏽 Their book LOVE OUT LOUD, on sale JUNE 4, is the roadmap to how they built such a beautiful family and relationship — challenges and all! #PreOrderNow #LoveOutLoud

#UNDIPLOMATIC is @deedyer267's story and road map of going from imposter to impact. 💪🏿✨

We couldn't let #NationalPoetryMonth go by without taking a moment to revisit SING A BLACK GIRL SONG by THE Ntozake Shange, one of the world's most masterful and prolific poets, and curated by the genius that is Imani Perry. 👂🏾🎧 Listen to the start of Shange's fantastic poem "to become a more discerning self," read by Erika Dickerson-Despenza, playwright, creator and steward of the Ntozake Shange Social Justice Playwriting Residency.

📖🥳🎊Happy Publication Day to THE STOLEN WEALTH OF SLAVERY by David Montero! This groundbreaking Amazon.com #EditorsPick for Best History books tracks the massive wealth amassed from slavery from pre-Civil War to today, showing how our modern economy was built on the backs of enslaved Black people. With a powerful forward by Michael Eric Dyson, Montero lays out a clear argument for reparations that shows exactly what was stolen, who stole it, and to whom it is owed.

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