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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. The Twelve Tribes of Hattie is All the Rage

    Troy,
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    Troy

  2. GHETTOHEAT TV PRESENTS: THUMPIN' THANKSGIVING!

    HICKSON,
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    • 1.3k views
    HICKSON

  3. Press Release/Book Review Consideration

    P. Nagual,
    • 0 replies
    • 885 views
    P. Nagual

  4. Book Review Request: Love Is Not Black or White (Author Mary Rodwell)

    Guest Mary Rodwell,
    • 0 replies
    • 849 views
    Guest
    Guest

  5. Baby Jesus,Like My Brother.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 941 views
    harry brown

  6. Author of Children's Books

    Guest Jamil McGhee,
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    • 832 views
    Guest
    Guest

  7. Are Black Americans Missing Book Selling Opportunities In Africa

    daniellegfny,
    • 0 replies
    • 791 views
    daniellegfny

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

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    harry brown

  9. Book Review Request For My Children's Book

    Guest Elizabeth Bailey,
    • 1 reply
    • 862 views
    daniellegfny

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

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 734 views
    richardmurray

  11. Economic and Carol Anniversaries

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 177 views
    richardmurray

  12. RMNewsletter 5th format 08022026

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 118 views
    richardmurray

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

    Thumper,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Thumper

  14. Book Awards

    Guest Dan,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.6k views
    Troy

  15. SUMMER READING SIZZLES WITH GHETTOHEAT®!

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.4k views
    HICKSON

  16. THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE HER by Junot Díaz

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.1k views
    Troy

  17. Required Reading with Patrik Henry Bass

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.1k views
    Troy

  18. An Interesting New Literary Startup

    CDBurns,
    • 6 replies
    • 2k views
    CDBurns

  19. FIRE NEXT TIME, JAMES BALDWIN

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 977 views
    harry brown

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

    HICKSON,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.9k views
    HICKSON

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  22. Book by former AALBC poster

    Cynique,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Troy

  24. Race Rules,Eric. Dyson

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 811 views
    harry brown

  25. Passion The Art Of Making Love and War

    Guest Kendal-Valentino,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Guest
    Guest

  26. My 2022 Art Summary

    richardmurray,
    • 2 replies
    • 945 views
    richardmurray

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

    richardmurray,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.9k views
    richardmurray

  28. Father's Day literature

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 461 views
    richardmurray

  29. These. Black. Christian. Authors. ...

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 558 views
    harry brown

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

    Milton,
    • 4 replies
    • 800 views
    Tesa

  31. Poetry fans! Cento series episode 87

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 199 views
    richardmurray

  32. Do you have a favorite Al Jarreau lyric?

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 206 views
    richardmurray

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

    Thumper,
    • 10 replies
    • 3.2k views
    daniellegfny

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

    Thumper,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.6k views
    Thumper

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

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.7k views
    Troy

  36. REDEEMER: Glitch Part 2

    Balogun,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Balogun

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

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.5k views
    Troy

  38. 23th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth Wallace Thurman author of "The Blacker the Berry..."

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 794 views
    Troy

  39. Bob Dylan Wins Nobel Prize for Literature?!

    Troy,
    • 12 replies
    • 2.7k views
    Troy

  40. 20% off all Poetry Books Published by Black Classic Press

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 845 views
    Troy

  41. Giving Voice to Poems

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

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

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Mel Hopkins

  43. How. Sweet. It. Is. Lamont. Dozier.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 722 views
    harry brown

  44. Introducing Our First Judge - Joy Monique

    daniellegfny,
    • 0 replies
    • 924 views
    daniellegfny

  45. 01/29/2023 edition of the RMNewsletter 

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 411 views
    richardmurray

  46. Authorization to Defend Humanity joint resolution

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 567 views
    richardmurray

  47. Before The World Moves On

    Nathaniel Terrell,
    • 0 replies
    • 568 views
    Nathaniel Terrell

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

    student5,
    • 3 replies
    • 3.7k views
    breathebooks

  49. Which books are celebrities reading now?

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  50. DESPERATE BLACK WOMEN/STUPID BLACK MEN//

    harry brown,
    • 10 replies
    • 3.7k views
    Pioneer1

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