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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. If. I. Had. A. Hammer. Hank. Aaron .

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    harry brown

  2. Book Review Request For My Children's Book

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    daniellegfny

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

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  4. Economic and Carol Anniversaries

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  5. Amazon.com and Oprah--the real powers in the publishing industry.

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    Thumper

  6. Book Awards

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    Troy

  7. SUMMER READING SIZZLES WITH GHETTOHEAT®!

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    HICKSON

  8. THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE HER by Junot Díaz

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    Troy

  9. Required Reading with Patrik Henry Bass

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 2k views
    Troy

  10. An Interesting New Literary Startup

    CDBurns,
    • 6 replies
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    CDBurns

  11. FIRE NEXT TIME, JAMES BALDWIN

    harry brown,
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    harry brown

  12. EXCERPT FROM HICKSONBELIKE...: A GHETTOHEAT PRODUCTION!

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    • 1 reply
    • 1.8k views
    HICKSON

  13. Our Top 100 Bestselling Authors: How Many Do You Know?

    Troy,
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    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  14. Book by former AALBC poster

    Cynique,
    • 3 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

  15. Newsletter Reader Says I should research and verify OR How this of forum makes you tough

    Troy,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

  16. Race Rules,Eric. Dyson

    harry brown,
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    • 733 views
    harry brown

  17. Passion The Art Of Making Love and War

    Guest Kendal-Valentino,
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    • 1.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  18. My 2022 Art Summary

    richardmurray,
    • 2 replies
    • 854 views
    richardmurray

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

    richardmurray,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.8k views
    richardmurray

  20. Father's Day literature

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    • 401 views
    richardmurray

  21. These. Black. Christian. Authors. ...

    harry brown,
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    • 492 views
    harry brown

  22. A Palmetto Christmas: A Story of Love and Family

    Milton,
    • 3 replies
    • 513 views
    Milton

  23. Poetry fans! Cento series episode 87

    richardmurray,
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    • 164 views
    richardmurray

  24. Do you have a favorite Al Jarreau lyric?

    richardmurray,
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    • 129 views
    richardmurray

  25. Diversity - Does it apply to the AA reading audience?

    Thumper,
    • 10 replies
    • 3k views
    daniellegfny

  26. I've had an E. Lynn Harris Weekend

    Thumper,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Thumper

  27. Iyanla's Vanzants book now #1 NY Times bestseller

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.6k views
    Troy

  28. REDEEMER: Glitch Part 2

    Balogun,
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    Balogun

  29. Marcus Books the oldest continuously running bookstore in the country on the brink of closure

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.5k views
    Troy

  30. 23th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth Wallace Thurman author of "The Blacker the Berry..."

    Troy,
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    • 745 views
    Troy

  31. Bob Dylan Wins Nobel Prize for Literature?!

    Troy,
    • 12 replies
    • 2.5k views
    Troy

  32. 20% off all Poetry Books Published by Black Classic Press

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 799 views
    Troy

  33. Giving Voice to Poems

    Guest Verdelle Lambert,
    • 0 replies
    • 881 views
    Guest
    Guest

  34. Stacey Abrams, the Democratic Candidate for Governor for Georgia is a Romance Novelist.

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Mel Hopkins

  35. How. Sweet. It. Is. Lamont. Dozier.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 663 views
    harry brown

  36. Introducing Our First Judge - Joy Monique

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    • 877 views
    daniellegfny

  37. 01/29/2023 edition of the RMNewsletter 

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    • 0 replies
    • 373 views
    richardmurray

  38. Authorization to Defend Humanity joint resolution

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    • 0 replies
    • 528 views
    richardmurray

  39. Before The World Moves On

    Nathaniel Terrell,
    • 0 replies
    • 516 views
    Nathaniel Terrell

  40. Examples of the "promised land" in African-American Literature

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    • 3 replies
    • 3.6k views
    breathebooks

  41. Which books are celebrities reading now?

    Troy,
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    Troy

  42. DESPERATE BLACK WOMEN/STUPID BLACK MEN//

    harry brown,
    • 10 replies
    • 3.6k views
    Pioneer1

  43. The Pastor’s Lover 2 – Unholy Triangle - Free Limited Time

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    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    hen81

  44. Cracked Glass, Part One: The Whole Damned Family

    Guest,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  45. GHETTOHEAT CELEBRATES BLACK MUSIC MONTH 2016!

    HICKSON,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.5k views
    HICKSON

  46. Win a Free Ebook Contest for Kleptomaniac: Who's Really Robbing God Anyway?

    Frank,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Frank

  47. Book review request: Born from weeds & rats

    MAFOOMBAY,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    MAFOOMBAY

  48. New Author

    Guest Shelly Lee,
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    • 779 views
    Guest
    Guest

  49. 2019 Coretta Scott King Award Winning Books

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 802 views
    Troy

  50. Three Classic AALBC Bestselling Books for Sale

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    • 591 views
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