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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. How White Folks Got So Rich

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  2. I Met Two Sexual Predators One Evening (or Power Corrupts)

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 892 views
    Troy

  3. Kasi Lemmons to Write and Direct Film Adaptation of Maaza Mengiste’s the Shadow King

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 978 views
    Troy

  4. The Dead Are Arising

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  5. Annual Coloring Contest Announcement

    daniellegfny,
    • 0 replies
    • 819 views
    daniellegfny

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

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    richardmurray

  7. Finding Peace by Shakira Rivers

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 481 views
    richardmurray

  8. Review of The Savion Sequence

    Cynique,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.2k views
    Cynique

  9. STREET LIT GOES LEGIT: GHETTOHEAT

    HICKSON,
    • 1 reply
    • 3k views
    HICKSON

  10. LEDISI! on THE BOOK LOOK!

    TheBookLook,
    • 0 replies
    • 989 views
    TheBookLook

  11. WHEN KEEPIN’ IT REAL GOES WRONG: Is Fiction More Powerful than Nonfiction?

    Balogun,
    • 6 replies
    • 4.3k views
    Troy

  12. Queen of Pain – Free Limited Time

    hen81,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.6k views
    hen81

  13. Interesting Videos on African American Literature

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.7k views
    CDBurns

  14. Introducing Author Chris Burns

    Troy,
    • 19 replies
    • 4k views
    Troy

  15. Muhammad Ali

    Dr T,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Troy

  16. Eddie Green The Rise of an Early 1900s Black American Entertainment Pioneer

    Guest Elva D. Green,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  17. Fiyah: Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 811 views
    Troy

  18. Third World Press Foundation 50th Anniversary

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.7k views
    Troy

  19. Black Authors and Readers Rock Weekend

    Guest Sharon Lucas,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Guest
    Guest

  20. We're Accepting Book Review Requests

    Word Lovers,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

  21. Issa Rae's Favorite Black Owned Bookstore

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Walkman93

  22. Who Fears Death and The Secret Lives of Church Ladies to be Adapted into Film

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  23. Mama Dee and Merchants of Souls

    Guest Earl Lynn,
    • 0 replies
    • 798 views
    Guest
    Guest

  24. RMNewsletter 4th Version March 30th

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 381 views
    richardmurray

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

    Thumper,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.6k views
    Troy

  26. READ MY LIPS: MIKA MILLER--GHETTOHEAT

    HICKSON,
    • 1 reply
    • 4k views
    HICKSON

  27. What We Can Learn From The Chinese

    Balogun,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.1k views
    Balogun

  28. Brenda Jackson Celebrates Her 100th Novel

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.9k views
    Troy

  29. Fundraising for The Black Authors & Readers Rock Weekend

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

  30. Evidence Facebook's Revenue is Based on Fake Likes.

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 13k views
    CDBurns

  31. Paperbooks Make a Comeback as People Put Down eBooks...

    Troy,
    • 5 replies
    • 2.7k views
    Troy

  32. New Black Owned Publishing Company

    Guest T. Stanley,
    • 0 replies
    • 779 views
    Guest
    Guest

  33. Javaka Steptoe Reads from Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  34. The Clan of the Cave Bear

    Troy,
    • 6 replies
    • 2k views
    Chevdove

  35. Dark Universe: An Afrocentric Space Opera Anthology

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Milton

  36. Prooofread Carefully to See if You Got it Write

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
    Delano

  37. My Soul's Journey by W.C. Aldridge

    Guest AmadorBooks,
    • 1 reply
    • 960 views
    Guest
    Guest

  38. THIRD WORLD PRESS 55th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 872 views
    Troy

  39. Ma'am 

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 506 views
    richardmurray

  40. Hamilton Heights and Sugar Hill: Book Review Request

    DeeSiwisa,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.6k views
    richardmurray

  41. Happy Besooned Juneteenth music

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 428 views
    richardmurray

  42. The Tenth National Black Writers' Conference

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.7k views
    Troy

  43. AALBC.com eNewsletter has been published! - November 22nd 2011

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 3.1k views
    Troy

  44. Miko Branch, Best Selling Author to Appear at La Casa Azul Bookstore

    Troy,
    • 4 replies
    • 5.2k views
    Troy

  45. The Sun came out Last Night

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

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

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.6k views
    Marcus Dee

  47. The Mississippi Book Festival — “Where are my people at?”

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Guest
    Guest

  48. Book Review Request-Christian Fiction

    SHERABIM JOY,
    • 0 replies
    • 820 views
    SHERABIM JOY

  49. F@ck Amazon and Their "Amazon Original Stories"

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.5k views
    Maurice

  50. Boston Globe journalist turns to fiction

    Hiawatha Bray,
    • 0 replies
    • 845 views
    Hiawatha Bray

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