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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. GDBEE has her first book to be published by bloomsbury

    richardmurray,
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    richardmurray

  2. 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,
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    • 1.1k views
    richardmurray

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

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

  4. Aaliyah Bilal vs Jada Pinkett Smith

    Troy,
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    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  5. Black Writers , your thoughts?

    richardmurray,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.9k views
    Troy

  6. Jada. Smith. Book

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

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

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    • 539 views
    richardmurray

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

    aMhayes,
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    • 826 views
    aMhayes

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

    aMhayes,
    • 1 reply
    • 710 views
    Troy

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

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 745 views
    richardmurray

  11. Movies that move we, review Grey MAtter

    richardmurray,
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    • 544 views
    richardmurray

  12. Social Justice Fallacies by Thomas Sowell

    nels,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.1k views
    nels

  13. GILDA Stories

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 523 views
    harry brown

  14. Our first eBook is only Available from Amazon

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 513 views
    Troy

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

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 520 views
    richardmurray

  16. Who. Are. Your. People. ..

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 481 views
    harry brown

  17. BROWN GIRLS BOOKS- shades of brilliance

    richardmurray,
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    • 838 views
    richardmurray

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

    richardmurray,
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    • 805 views
    richardmurray

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

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 645 views
    richardmurray

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

    SarahBelle Selig,
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    • 1.1k views
    SarahBelle Selig

  21. All. Sinners. Bleed.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 505 views
    harry brown

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

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 837 views
    richardmurray

  23. A Discussion on Book contracts

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 568 views
    richardmurray

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

    richardmurray,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.8k views
    richardmurray

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

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 717 views
    richardmurray

  26. 100. Thousand. Kingdoms.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 883 views
    Dee Miller

  27. Standing

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

  28. Ma'am 

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 490 views
    richardmurray

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

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    richardmurray

  30. Nigger Career. Of. A. Troublesome. Word..

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 965 views
    harry brown

  31. The Newlyweds - blood at the altar

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    richardmurray

  32. Searching For. Whitopia Rich. Benjamin

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 845 views
    Troy

  33. LifeWriting Podcast Episode 87 - Writing Horror

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 690 views
    richardmurray

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 956 views
    Troy

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

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 563 views
    richardmurray

  36. Queer authors opportunity

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 481 views
    richardmurray

  37. Accessibility in AALBC

    richardmurray,
    • 2 replies
    • 935 views
    richardmurray

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 615 views
    Troy

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

    richardmurray,
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    • 1.2k views
    richardmurray

  40. ISO Advance readers for The Delany Bennets

    Desiree,
    • 0 replies
    • 876 views
    Desiree

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

    R. Chapman Wesley,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.6k views
    R. Chapman Wesley

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

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 843 views
    richardmurray

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

    richardmurray,
    • 7 replies
    • 3k views
    richardmurray

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

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 625 views
    richardmurray

  45. Brave. Black..First.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 457 views
    harry brown

  46. For photographers

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 516 views
    richardmurray

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

    Troy,
    • 6 replies
    • 4.9k views
    richardmurray

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

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

  49. The 33rd edition of the 2023 RMNewsletter

    richardmurray,
    • 1 reply
    • 1k views
    richardmurray

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

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 645 views
    richardmurray

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