Ashon Crawley won the 2021 nonfiction Lammy Award for The Lonely LettersBook features interventions and artwork from incarcerated writers and artistsSpeaks to those interested in connecting spiritual practices and revolutionary politicsEmphasizes the importance of spirituality and faith in cultivating hope during the COVID-19 pandemic, ecological crisis, and the violence of capitalismAbolition Collective is comprised of leading scholar...

An innovative work that explores the relationship between the Black church, the Hammond organ, and the musicians that bring it to life.The Hammond organ has long distinguished the Black church. Masters of the instrument, often Blackqueer men, invented and advanced gospel music, pioneered new modes of worship, and helped define Black life in the twentieth century. But when the AIDS crisis struck, churches vociferously rejected all forms of queerness, even as musicia...