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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. Looming Supreme Court Decision Regarding Voting Redistricting

    aMhayes,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.1k views
    richardmurray

  2. Politics and History Intersect?

    aMhayes,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.5k views
    richardmurray

  3. Social Justice Fallacies by Thomas Sowell

    nels,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.1k views
    nels

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

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

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

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 504 views
    richardmurray

  6. Writing Opportunity Fiyah Lit

    richardmurray,
    • 2 replies
    • 903 views
    richardmurray

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

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 422 views
    richardmurray

  8. 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

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

    aMhayes,
    • 1 reply
    • 664 views
    Troy

  10. Jada. Smith. Book

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  11. Black Writers , your thoughts?

    richardmurray,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.8k views
    Troy

  12. Aaliyah Bilal vs Jada Pinkett Smith

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

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

    Yvonne Blackwood,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.5k views
    josephinabazan

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

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 515 views
    richardmurray

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

    cdwilliams,
    • 9 replies
    • 3.6k views
    cdwilliams

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

    aMhayes,
    • 0 replies
    • 762 views
    aMhayes

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

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 731 views
    richardmurray

  18. Movies that move we, review Grey MAtter

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 521 views
    richardmurray

  19. GILDA Stories

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 487 views
    harry brown

  20. Our first eBook is only Available from Amazon

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 498 views
    Troy

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

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 505 views
    richardmurray

  22. Who. Are. Your. People. ..

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 454 views
    harry brown

  23. BROWN GIRLS BOOKS- shades of brilliance

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 818 views
    richardmurray

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

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 773 views
    richardmurray

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

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 624 views
    richardmurray

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

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

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

    richardmurray,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.8k views
    richardmurray

  28. All. Sinners. Bleed.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 469 views
    harry brown

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

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 812 views
    richardmurray

  30. A Discussion on Book contracts

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 541 views
    richardmurray

  31. 100. Thousand. Kingdoms.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 844 views
    Dee Miller

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

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 687 views
    richardmurray

  33. Standing

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

  34. Ma'am 

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 456 views
    richardmurray

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

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 998 views
    richardmurray

  36. Nigger Career. Of. A. Troublesome. Word..

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 937 views
    harry brown

  37. The Newlyweds - blood at the altar

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    richardmurray

  38. Searching For. Whitopia Rich. Benjamin

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 804 views
    Troy

  39. LifeWriting Podcast Episode 87 - Writing Horror

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 654 views
    richardmurray

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

    Troy,
    • 6 replies
    • 4.8k views
    richardmurray

  41. Accessibility in AALBC

    richardmurray,
    • 2 replies
    • 906 views
    richardmurray

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 935 views
    Troy

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

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 544 views
    richardmurray

  44. Queer authors opportunity

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 463 views
    richardmurray

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 592 views
    Troy

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

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    richardmurray

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

    richardmurray,
    • 7 replies
    • 2.5k views
    richardmurray

  48. ISO Advance readers for The Delany Bennets

    Desiree,
    • 0 replies
    • 836 views
    Desiree

  49. 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

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

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 822 views
    richardmurray

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