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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. Accessibility in AALBC

    richardmurray,
    • 2 replies
    • 979 views
    richardmurray

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 636 views
    Troy

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

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    richardmurray

  4. ISO Advance readers for The Delany Bennets

    Desiree,
    • 0 replies
    • 939 views
    Desiree

  5. 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

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

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 873 views
    richardmurray

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

    richardmurray,
    • 7 replies
    • 3.1k views
    richardmurray

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

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 652 views
    richardmurray

  9. Brave. Black..First.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 474 views
    harry brown

  10. For photographers

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 557 views
    richardmurray

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

    Troy,
    • 6 replies
    • 5k views
    richardmurray

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

    The Black Diaspora,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.8k views
    Troy

  13. The 33rd edition of the 2023 RMNewsletter

    richardmurray,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    richardmurray

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

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 661 views
    richardmurray

  15. Chain. Gang. All. Stars

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 494 views
    harry brown

  16. The 31st edition of the 2023 Richard Murray Newsletter

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 606 views
    richardmurray

  17. FINALLY A CURE FOR INCELS from Steven Barnes of Lifewriting

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 794 views
    richardmurray

  18. More Black Children’s Books Than Ever!

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 766 views
    Troy

  19. History. Of Rap. Hip. Hop. Music. ,Chuck. D ...

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 860 views
    harry brown

  20. Request for review

    Biff Barnes,
    • 0 replies
    • 735 views
    Biff Barnes

  21. Would love to be consider for a book review

    The Black Magician,
    • 0 replies
    • 957 views
    The Black Magician

  22. For science fiction writers

    richardmurray,
    • 1 reply
    • 676 views
    richardmurray

  23. Who are the Leaders of the Black Community?

    Troy,
    • 9 replies
    • 5.3k views
    josephinabazan

  24. Earliest Secondphase AfricanFuturism

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 603 views
    richardmurray

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

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 591 views
    richardmurray

  26. The Pros and cons of glueless lace wigs

    rellyisee,
    • 0 replies
    • 635 views
    rellyisee

  27. RMNewsletter issue 29

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 461 views
    richardmurray

  28. Lee & Low 2023 Titles for Review Consideration

    Lee and Low Books,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.1k views
    Troy

  29. Book Reviews

    Jean2021,
    • 5 replies
    • 2.5k views
    Jean2021

  30. RMNewsletter issue 28

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 528 views
    richardmurray

  31. Incomplete Labors of Judasa

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 564 views
    richardmurray

  32. My name is AJ Sam, author and publisher of A Journey Far: Ibere (Beginnings). I am requesting consideration for the African American Literature Book Club to review my novel.

    AJ Sam,
    • 0 replies
    • 669 views
    AJ Sam

  33. Harriet. Tubman Books

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 566 views
    harry brown

  34. test

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 593 views
    Troy

  35. 27th edition of the 2023 Richard Murray Newsletter

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 629 views
    richardmurray

  36. Firedance in Lifewriting with Steven Barnes

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 466 views
    richardmurray

  37. All About Audio books

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 573 views
    richardmurray

  38. Does Mixed Race Marriage Produce Better Babies?

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 908 views
    richardmurray

  39. The 26th edition of the 2023 Richard Murray Newsletter 

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 824 views
    richardmurray

  40. Black. Father. Books !

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 831 views
    harry brown

  41. The Ancestral Tree- a Juneteenth poem

    richardmurray,
    • 1 reply
    • 951 views
    richardmurray

  42. Raleigh Mom Opening N.C.'s First Black-Owned Children's Bookstore

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.6k views
    Troy

  43. [Book Review Request]—TWELVE STORIES HIGH by Actress-Author Bever-leigh Banfield

    Twinkle,
    • 0 replies
    • 911 views
    Twinkle

  44. Motown. Books

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 800 views
    harry brown

  45. 23rd Edition  of the RMNewsletter

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 688 views
    richardmurray

  46. 200+ Book Festivals and Fairs

    Troy,
    • 4 replies
    • 18.5k views
    josephinabazan

  47. Some thoughts to AMHayes

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 539 views
    richardmurray

  48. The Nigerwife

    richardmurray,
    • 2 replies
    • 942 views
    richardmurray

  49. {Book for review consideration} Celebrating Black "Hair"itage through "Afro Fest"!

    Javanna,
    • 0 replies
    • 543 views
    Javanna

  50. Muscadine Wine: Magic Realism and More from the Deep South

    Milton,
    • 1 reply
    • 876 views
    Kathleen

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