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Black Literature

Readers tell us about your favorite and not-so-favorite books. Authors and Publishers share information about your books. This forum is open to everyone interested in discussing anything related to books by, or about, Black people.

  1. BLK Bestsellers List: America’s Bestselling Books Written by Black Writers

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.9k views
    Troy

  2.  The 15th edition of the 2024 Richard Murray Newsletter

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 406 views
    richardmurray

  3.  The 22nd edition of the 2024 Richard Murray Newsletter

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 499 views
    richardmurray

  4.  The 3rd edition of the 2024 Richard Murray Newsletter.

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 620 views
    richardmurray

  5. : BLACK AMERICANS CANNOT JUST BLAME WHITE AMERICANS FOR ALLEGED RACISTS ACTS OF VIOLENCE THERE IS ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ALL PEOPLE INVOLVED

    Guest FreedomJournal,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Bev

  6. ...And Amazon Is Now A Book Agent/Publisher/Distributor...again

    CDBurns,
    • 5 replies
    • 2.1k views
    Troy

  7. ...looking for a light humorous read by a new author. Any suggestions?

    Anonymous,
    • 3 replies
    • 4.8k views
    Troy

  8. ...Talking About Good Music, Check out I Called Him Morgan

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 882 views
    Troy

  9. 'FOR COLORED GIRLS' AND THE IMAGE OF BLACK MEN

    John H,
    • 18 replies
    • 6.9k views
    Cynique

  10. 'FOR COLORED GIRLS', TYLER PERRY, AND STEPIN FETCHIT

    John H,
    • 3 replies
    • 5.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  11. 'I Bet She Called Me Sugar Plum'-children's book

    Guest Jessea Gabbin,
    • 1 reply
    • 1k views
    Troy

  12. 'The Lamentations of Willie McElroy

    Guest Roy McElroy,
    • 0 replies
    • 819 views
    Guest
    Guest

  13. ’Cause I know Y’all Don’t Read the Newsletter Forum

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 701 views
    Troy

  14. "2236" Review of the best novel by an African American I've read in years...

    Escritor19145,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.1k views
    writerjohnb

  15. "A Child Raising A Child"

    Guest Odessa White,
    • 0 replies
    • 830 views
    Guest
    Guest

  16. "A Lively BEA" Reported by Publishers Weekly

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 4.7k views
    Troy

  17. "Black People Don't Read"

    Troy,
    • 10 replies
    • 5.9k views
    Troy

  18. "Contagious" - A Nipsey recommendation

    Guest Splat 154,
    • 0 replies
    • 783 views
    Guest
    Guest

  19. "Data Processing"

    Cynique,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.5k views
    Troy

  20. "Death of the Author"

    Erzulie_Danto,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.9k views
    Erzulie_Danto

  21. "Frankie Finds the Blues" (Foreword by Taj Mahal)

    Guest Joel Harper,
    • 1 reply
    • 839 views
    Troy

  22. "Growing titties takes focus."

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.3k views
    Mel Hopkins

  23. "Help" is on the way

    Cynique,
    • 12 replies
    • 4.8k views
    careycarey

  24. "Henry's Going to an HBCU"

    Guest Kyle McMurtry,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  25. "Indeed, AALBC.com looks very much like a website from the late 90s"

    Troy,
    • 8 replies
    • 3.5k views
    Troy

  26. "It's the Poor Who Face the Savagery of the US 'Justice" System: The Cuban Five talk of their lives within the US working class

    Guest Jim Altenberg,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Guest
    Guest

  27. "Rising Above Statistics: Success Against All Odds". A Book for anyone determined to succeed.

    Guest LaWann Moses,
    • 0 replies
    • 885 views
    Guest
    Guest

  28. "Something in Madness" Novel Illuminates Reconstruction, the Roots of America's Racial Divide

    Guest Ed Protzel,
    • 0 replies
    • 759 views
    Guest
    Guest

  29. "Success Stories, Insights by African American Men" Released

    Guest Reginald Grant,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  30. "The Classroom and The Cell: Conversations on Black Life in America"

    Waterstar,
    • 2 replies
    • 2k views
    Waterstar

  31. "The House that God Built" ($23.95) and "Handfuls of Purpose" ($19.95) - $24

    Guest Handfuls of Purpose,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  32. "The Little-Known Heroes: Claudette Colvin" - Bringing an Unknown Black Hero to Children

    Guest Kaushay Ford,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Guest
    Guest

  33. "Triangulum" by Masande Ntshanga (Two Dollar Radio, May 2019)

    Guest Eric Obenauf,
    • 0 replies
    • 990 views
    Guest
    Guest

  34. "TURN ON, TUNE OUT" REVIEW REQUEST

    Guest CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD,
    • 0 replies
    • 930 views
    Guest
    Guest

  35. "W-A-T-ER" children's picture book

    Guest Ronald Fontenot,
    • 0 replies
    • 826 views
    Guest
    Guest

  36. “A Year to Exhale” - BOOK ALERT

    Guest Kia Harris,
    • 1 reply
    • 982 views
    Word Lovers

  37. “Barack X” Obama Appropriates Malcolm X’s Iconic Imagery

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 4.9k views
    Guest
    Guest

  38. “Daddy and Roger and ’em shot ’em a nigger.”

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  39. “Foot Wash” & Fair Hope Christian Benevolent Society

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 15.7k views
    Troy

  40. “How to Talk to Your Kids About Charlottesville”

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 2k views
    Troy

  41. “I am a fan of reality as opposed to hypocritism”

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 3k views
    Troy

  42. “If I am so much of a slut, why don’t you keep your husband out of my bed?”

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  43. “The Two Foot Shelf of Negro Literature”

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  44. “Uninformed men make unsafe leaders.”

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  45. “What is AALBC like as far as pricing and visitors to their site actually making purchases?”

    Troy,
    • 4 replies
    • 3.4k views
    Cynique

  46. (BUBF)BALTIMORE URBAN BOOK FESTIVAL(EARLY REGISTRATION)

    Chris Hicks,
    • 1 reply
    • 3.3k views
    Chris Hicks

  47. [Book Review Request]—TWELVE STORIES HIGH by Actress-Author Bever-leigh Banfield

    Twinkle,
    • 0 replies
    • 789 views
    Twinkle

  48. [For book review consideration] COLEMAN HILL by Kim Coleman Foote (SJP Lit, Sept 2023)

    Sara Hayet,
    • 4 replies
    • 2k views
    ireneearoyo

  49. [kalamu] E-DRUM - MAR 24, 2010

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 2k views
    Troy

  50. [New Book] Passing Through the World, by Amin George Forji

    amingeorge,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.7k views
    amingeorge

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