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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. Maine & The Middle East

    aMhayes,
    • 0 replies
    • 652 views
    aMhayes

  2. How. Long. To Black. Future. Month..

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 466 views
    harry brown

  3. Book Review

    SymoneSmith,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    SymoneSmith

  4. Looming Supreme Court Decision Regarding Voting Redistricting

    aMhayes,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    richardmurray

  5. Politics and History Intersect?

    aMhayes,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.5k views
    richardmurray

  6. Social Justice Fallacies by Thomas Sowell

    nels,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.1k views
    nels

  7. Book review request for Reflections! Looking In The Mirror

    Terry Wells-Jones,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.9k views
    Terry Wells-Jones

  8. The 43rd edition of the 2023 Richard Murray Newsletter.

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 510 views
    richardmurray

  9. Writing Opportunity Fiyah Lit

    richardmurray,
    • 2 replies
    • 906 views
    richardmurray

  10. GDBEE has her first book to be published by bloomsbury

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 425 views
    richardmurray

  11. Chronicles' Review: I have read quite a few books on the Civil War but none that told the daily life & appalling conditions that slaves had to endure. I see this is the first book in a series & I cannot wait to get the next book. Well done, Mr. Hayes!

    aMhayes,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    richardmurray

  12. The whileBlack Chronicles' When Strong Black Families Encounter Powerful Whites What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

    aMhayes,
    • 1 reply
    • 669 views
    Troy

  13. Jada. Smith. Book

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  14. Black Writers , your thoughts?

    richardmurray,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.9k views
    Troy

  15. Aaliyah Bilal vs Jada Pinkett Smith

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  16. College Life of a Retired Senior: A Memoir of Perseverance, Faith, and Finding the Way

    Yvonne Blackwood,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.6k views
    josephinabazan

  17. The 42nd edition of the 2023 Richard Murray Newsletter

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 518 views
    richardmurray

  18. For book review: Blues Highway, a work of historical fiction

    cdwilliams,
    • 9 replies
    • 3.7k views
    cdwilliams

  19. The whileBlack Chronicles' When Strong Black Families Encounter Powerful Whites What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

    aMhayes,
    • 0 replies
    • 778 views
    aMhayes

  20. The 41st edition of the 2023 Richard Murray Newsletter

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 734 views
    richardmurray

  21. Movies that move we, review Grey MAtter

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 524 views
    richardmurray

  22. GILDA Stories

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 497 views
    harry brown

  23. Our first eBook is only Available from Amazon

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 502 views
    Troy

  24. The 40th edition of the 2023 Richard Murray Newsletter

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 509 views
    richardmurray

  25. Who. Are. Your. People. ..

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 462 views
    harry brown

  26. BROWN GIRLS BOOKS- shades of brilliance

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 820 views
    richardmurray

  27. TEN SECRETS OF HOLLYWOOD SCREENWRITERS from Tananarive Due side Steven Barnes of Lifewriting

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 783 views
    richardmurray

  28. The 39th edition of the 2023 Richard Murray Newsletter.

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 630 views
    richardmurray

  29. NDIMA NDIMA Book Review Request--Motherhood & war in a new Zimbabwe

    SarahBelle Selig,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    SarahBelle Selig

  30. The 38th edition of the 2023 Richard Murray Newsletter

    richardmurray,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.8k views
    richardmurray

  31. All. Sinners. Bleed.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 473 views
    harry brown

  32. The Fall That Saved Us Cover Reveal in Thistle and Verse, author Tamara Jeree

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 818 views
    richardmurray

  33. A Discussion on Book contracts

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 546 views
    richardmurray

  34. 100. Thousand. Kingdoms.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 852 views
    Dee Miller

  35. Firedance from Tananarive Due side Steven Barnes of Lifewriting 09/16/2023

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 691 views
    richardmurray

  36. Standing

    Greg Thomas,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.2k views
    Greg Thomas

  37. Ma'am 

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 469 views
    richardmurray

  38. The 37th edition of the 2023 Richard Murray Newsletter

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    richardmurray

  39. Nigger Career. Of. A. Troublesome. Word..

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 941 views
    harry brown

  40. The Newlyweds - blood at the altar

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    richardmurray

  41. Searching For. Whitopia Rich. Benjamin

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 809 views
    Troy

  42. LifeWriting Podcast Episode 87 - Writing Horror

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 659 views
    richardmurray

  43. AALBC at the 19th Annual Tulisoma South Dallas Book Festival

    Troy,
    • 6 replies
    • 4.8k views
    richardmurray

  44. Accessibility in AALBC

    richardmurray,
    • 2 replies
    • 913 views
    richardmurray

  45. Video: Troy Johnson at the Dock Bookshop in Ft. Worth Texas

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 939 views
    Troy

  46. The 35th edition of the 2023 Richard Murray Newsletter

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 552 views
    richardmurray

  47. Queer authors opportunity

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 467 views
    richardmurray

  48. Erasure by Percival Everett the First Great Manifesto for Literature by African Americans in the 21st Century

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 601 views
    Troy

  49. TEN WRITER’S SECRETS TO BREAKING INTO HOLLYWOOD from Tananarive Due + Steven Barnes

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    richardmurray

  50. How AI-Generated Books Could Hurt Self-Publishing Authors

    richardmurray,
    • 7 replies
    • 2.8k views
    richardmurray

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