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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. 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
    • 1k views
    richardmurray

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

    aMhayes,
    • 1 reply
    • 654 views
    Troy

  3. Jada. Smith. Book

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  4. Black Writers , your thoughts?

    richardmurray,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.8k views
    Troy

  5. Aaliyah Bilal vs Jada Pinkett Smith

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

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

    Yvonne Blackwood,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.5k views
    josephinabazan

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

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 506 views
    richardmurray

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

    cdwilliams,
    • 9 replies
    • 3.6k views
    cdwilliams

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

    aMhayes,
    • 0 replies
    • 746 views
    aMhayes

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

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 721 views
    richardmurray

  11. Movies that move we, review Grey MAtter

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 509 views
    richardmurray

  12. GILDA Stories

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 475 views
    harry brown

  13. Our first eBook is only Available from Amazon

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 493 views
    Troy

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

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 495 views
    richardmurray

  15. Who. Are. Your. People. ..

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 442 views
    harry brown

  16. BROWN GIRLS BOOKS- shades of brilliance

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 809 views
    richardmurray

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

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 757 views
    richardmurray

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

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 615 views
    richardmurray

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

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

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

    richardmurray,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.8k views
    richardmurray

  21. All. Sinners. Bleed.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 458 views
    harry brown

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

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 806 views
    richardmurray

  23. A Discussion on Book contracts

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 528 views
    richardmurray

  24. 100. Thousand. Kingdoms.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 836 views
    Dee Miller

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

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 677 views
    richardmurray

  26. Standing

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

  27. Ma'am 

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 443 views
    richardmurray

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

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 986 views
    richardmurray

  29. Nigger Career. Of. A. Troublesome. Word..

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 923 views
    harry brown

  30. The Newlyweds - blood at the altar

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    richardmurray

  31. Searching For. Whitopia Rich. Benjamin

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 793 views
    Troy

  32. LifeWriting Podcast Episode 87 - Writing Horror

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 642 views
    richardmurray

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

    Troy,
    • 6 replies
    • 4.8k views
    richardmurray

  34. Accessibility in AALBC

    richardmurray,
    • 2 replies
    • 891 views
    richardmurray

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 927 views
    Troy

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

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 529 views
    richardmurray

  37. Queer authors opportunity

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 456 views
    richardmurray

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 579 views
    Troy

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

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    richardmurray

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

    richardmurray,
    • 7 replies
    • 2.4k views
    richardmurray

  41. ISO Advance readers for The Delany Bennets

    Desiree,
    • 0 replies
    • 827 views
    Desiree

  42. Request for a review of my debut novel The Well - the quest for eternal life

    R. Chapman Wesley,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.5k views
    R. Chapman Wesley

  43. As I Listened to KWL episode 323 - the self publishing show

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 807 views
    richardmurray

  44. The 34th edition of the Richard Murray Newsletter in 2023

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 585 views
    richardmurray

  45. Brave. Black..First.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 417 views
    harry brown

  46. For photographers

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 485 views
    richardmurray

  47. Trilingual Haitian Creole Children's Book + Request for Review

    The Black Diaspora,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.7k views
    Troy

  48. The 33rd edition of the 2023 RMNewsletter

    richardmurray,
    • 1 reply
    • 1k views
    richardmurray

  49. The 32nd edition of the 2023 Richard Murray Newsletter.

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 611 views
    richardmurray

  50. Chain. Gang. All. Stars

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 449 views
    harry brown

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