2024 NAACP Image Award Nominees

BLUFF

Poems

By: Danez Smith
Narrated by: Danez Smith
Length: 2 hours 28 minutes

Written after two years of artistic silence, during which the world came to a halt due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Minneapolis became the epicenter of protest following the murder of George Floyd, Bluff is Danez Smith's powerful reckoning with their role and responsibility as a poet and with their hometown of the Twin Cities. This is a book of... Read more

Swift River

A Read with Jenna Pick

By: Essie Chambers
Narrated by: Shayna Small, Janina Edwards & Robin Miles
Length: 10 hours 17 minutes

“Diamond is such a raw and worthy character, I loved every minute of her. Read more

A Kind of Madness

Stories

By: Uche Okonkwo
Narrated by: Nene Nwoko
Length: 8 hours 4 minutes

A searing, unflinching collection of stories set in Nigeria that explores themes of community expectations, familial strife, and the struggle for survival.



A teenage girl from a poor family is dazzled by her rich, vivacious friend, but as the friend's behavior grows unstable and dangerous, she must decide whether to cover for her or risk telling... Read more

By the Time You Read This

The Space between Cheslie's Smile and Mental Illness—Her Story in Her Own Words

By: Cheslie Kryst & April Simpkins
Narrated by: April Simpkins & Emana Rachelle
Length: 6 hours 7 minutes

By the Time You Read This is the story former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst was about to publish before her tragic suicide. Her mother, April, wraps up the narrative by exploring the mental illness and depression that took her daughter’s life.The text read, “By the time you get this …” This is the story of Cheslie Kryst, a former Miss USA, in her own... Read more