BLACK EMBER PRESS
Stories with depth. Books with purpose.
Black Ember Press is an independent publishing house creating and stewarding emotionally honest work rooted in humanity and lived experience.
We publish books that explore what shapes us, what we carry, and what becomes possible when we tell the truth.
STORIES THAT STAY WITH YOU
Our growing catalog includes memoir, poetry, and guided reflection, exploring family, identity, faith, resilience, survival, healing, and the human experience.
Different voices. Different forms. A shared commitment to honesty, depth, and work that matters.
FEATURED BOOK
Permission to Break
A Memoir of Strength, Silence, and Softness
By Rashida Saunders
For years, strength was survival.
In Permission to Break, Rashida Saunders explores what happens when the person everyone depends on begins to question the cost of always holding everything together.
A story of grief, motherhood, identity, service, silence, and the difficult work of becoming whole.
FROM THE CATALOG
Reflections of a Black Woman’s Heart
Poems of Faith, Fire, and Resilience
By Doris Drew
A collection of poetry rooted in lived experience, faith, family, and resilience. Written with honesty and quiet strength, these poems move through love, hardship, healing, and the enduring spirit of a woman who has carried much and still found grace.
Permission to Break Workbook
A Guided Journey of Reflection, Release, and Softness
By Rashida Saunders
A companion for readers ready to move beyond recognition and into reflection through guided prompts and intentional exercises.
BLACK EMBER PRESS
Black Ember Press is building a focused catalog grounded in lived experience, emotional honesty, and human truth.
We believe meaningful work deserves more than publication. It deserves care, intention, and stewardship.