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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. Review of The Savion Sequence

    Cynique,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.1k views
    Cynique

  2. Interesting Videos on African American Literature

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.6k views
    CDBurns

  3. Muhammad Ali

    Dr T,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.6k views
    Troy

  4. We're Accepting Book Review Requests

    Word Lovers,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  5. Bernice McFadden's Glorious and J. D. Mason's Take Your Pleasure Where You Find It

    Thumper,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.5k views
    Troy

  6. The Sun came out Last Night

    Guest Dee Miller,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  7. Walter Mosley Recommends AALBC's Self-Publishing Services

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.6k views
    Marcus Dee

  8. Why I can't sell Trevor Noah's Latest Audiobook - Yes Amazon is to Blame

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

  9. New book series reflects the darker side of the Underground Railroad

    PeytonFarquhar,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.5k views
    PeytonFarquhar

  10. RESTED WATERS - KINDLE EBOOK SALE

    DebbyM,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Troy

  11. Book Awards

    Guest Dan,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.5k views
    Troy

  12. Book by former AALBC poster

    Cynique,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  13. Iyanla's Vanzants book now #1 NY Times bestseller

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.7k views
    Troy

  14. Stacey Abrams, the Democratic Candidate for Governor for Georgia is a Romance Novelist.

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Mel Hopkins

  15. Examples of the "promised land" in African-American Literature

    student5,
    • 3 replies
    • 3.7k views
    breathebooks

  16. Black Book Websites Going, Going....

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 4.6k views
    Troy

  17. Daughter of City Sun Publisher starts journalist training program

    Delano,
    • 3 replies
    • 928 views
    Troy

  18. To Kill a Mockingbird is 50 years old

    Thumper,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.3k views
    bookfan

  19. A Very Good Indie Author Publishing Panel

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.7k views
    Guest
    Guest

  20. Keep Hope Alive

    Neal Owens,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.1k views
    daniellegfny

  21. The Black Russian: Vladimir Alexandrov

    MAFOOMBAY,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.6k views
    Troy

  22. Buy a book, not a slave

    careycarey,
    • 3 replies
    • 3.1k views
    Troy

  23. BLACK SUPERNATURAL HORROR/

    harry brown,
    • 3 replies
    • 2k views
    Jaws R.

  24. A Great Piece of Harlem Renaissance Literature Comes to Netflix

    anonymous50,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  25. Pick Troy Johnson as "Literary Activist of the Year." 

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Troy

  26. Bringing back the Black Fantastci

    Milton,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Guest
    Guest

  27. Are Black Women 'Always' so Angry? Hmmmm

    Guest Dee Miller,
    • 3 replies
    • 1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  28. Holiday Books Giving & Receiving

    Crystal,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.1k views
    Anonymous

  29. 31st Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: AALBC.com Launches

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Pioneer1

  30. Lawrence Olivier as Othello

    Chrishayden,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.1k views
    Cynique

  31. Harlem Mosaics -- Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes

    Guest Whit Frazier,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.4k views
    whitfrazier

  32. Help! This Website Redesign is Kicking my Butt

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.2k views
    zaji

  33. Things You Can’t Tell Mama – Her Man Was Once Yours – Free Limited Time

    hen81,
    • 3 replies
    • 2k views
    Troy

  34. Author of "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" Opens a Bookstore

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.2k views
    CDBurns

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

    Anonymous,
    • 3 replies
    • 4.9k views
    Troy

  36. The Price of Exclusion: The Pursuit of Healthcare in a Segregated Nation (Pre-order Today!)

    Nicole Carr,
    • 3 replies
    • 593 views
    Nicole Carr

  37. Waiting to Exhale is on President Obama’s Bookshelf

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 7.4k views
    CDBurns

  38. Third World Press Foundation Bookstore is Online

    Guest Floyd Webb,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Jeffrey

  39. When Writing A History Book...

    Walkman93,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.1k views
    Gibran

  40. In Memoriam, Lucille Clifton

    Guest Ruth-Miriam Garnett,
    • 3 replies
    • 5.1k views
    Crystal

  41. GHETTOHEAT TV PRESENTS: A GHETTOHEAT CHRISTMAS 2015!

    HICKSON,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.9k views
    HICKSON

  42. Readers & REEL Folk - EPISODE 2 Run with Maud

    Amari,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Amari

  43. 2013 Harlem Book Fair - Schedule of Events

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 6k views
    Troy

  44. ***Book Review Request for Debut Picture Book: Freedom at Dawn

    Leah Schanke,
    • 3 replies
    • 997 views
    richardmurray

  45. The Harlem Book Fair 2000 and Events from 20 Years Ago

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Slaise

  46. Looking for New Releases by Indie Authors

    Word Lovers,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.9k views
    Word Lovers

  47. JET Magazine Goes From Print to Digital Only

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 5.8k views
    Troy

  48. No More Lies: The Myth and Reality of American History by Dick Gregory

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Maurice

  49. Book Review by Cynique

    Cynique,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.9k views
    Cynique

  50. eBooks is the thing this year

    Thumper,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.5k views
    Guest
    Guest

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