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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. GHETTOHEAT TV PRESENTS: THUMPIN' THANKSGIVING!

    HICKSON,
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    • 1.3k views
    HICKSON

  2. Press Release/Book Review Consideration

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

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

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

  4. Baby Jesus,Like My Brother.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 922 views
    harry brown

  5. Author of Children's Books

    Guest Jamil McGhee,
    • 0 replies
    • 823 views
    Guest
    Guest

  6. Are Black Americans Missing Book Selling Opportunities In Africa

    daniellegfny,
    • 0 replies
    • 746 views
    daniellegfny

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

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    harry brown

  8. Book Review Request For My Children's Book

    Guest Elizabeth Bailey,
    • 1 reply
    • 828 views
    daniellegfny

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

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 695 views
    richardmurray

  10. Economic and Carol Anniversaries

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 138 views
    richardmurray

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

    Thumper,
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    • 1.8k views
    Thumper

  12. Book Awards

    Guest Dan,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.5k views
    Troy

  13. SUMMER READING SIZZLES WITH GHETTOHEAT®!

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.3k views
    HICKSON

  14. THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE HER by Junot Díaz

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.1k views
    Troy

  15. Required Reading with Patrik Henry Bass

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 2k views
    Troy

  16. An Interesting New Literary Startup

    CDBurns,
    • 6 replies
    • 1.9k views
    CDBurns

  17. FIRE NEXT TIME, JAMES BALDWIN

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 949 views
    harry brown

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

    HICKSON,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.9k views
    HICKSON

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  20. Book by former AALBC poster

    Cynique,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  22. Race Rules,Eric. Dyson

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 774 views
    harry brown

  23. Passion The Art Of Making Love and War

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

  24. My 2022 Art Summary

    richardmurray,
    • 2 replies
    • 875 views
    richardmurray

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

    richardmurray,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.8k views
    richardmurray

  26. Father's Day literature

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 431 views
    richardmurray

  27. These. Black. Christian. Authors. ...

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 516 views
    harry brown

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

    Milton,
    • 4 replies
    • 671 views
    Tesa

  29. Poetry fans! Cento series episode 87

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 181 views
    richardmurray

  30. Do you have a favorite Al Jarreau lyric?

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 157 views
    richardmurray

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

    Thumper,
    • 10 replies
    • 3.1k views
    daniellegfny

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

    Thumper,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.6k views
    Thumper

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

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.7k views
    Troy

  34. REDEEMER: Glitch Part 2

    Balogun,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Balogun

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

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.5k views
    Troy

  36. 23th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth Wallace Thurman author of "The Blacker the Berry..."

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 776 views
    Troy

  37. Bob Dylan Wins Nobel Prize for Literature?!

    Troy,
    • 12 replies
    • 2.6k views
    Troy

  38. 20% off all Poetry Books Published by Black Classic Press

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 829 views
    Troy

  39. Giving Voice to Poems

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

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

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Mel Hopkins

  41. How. Sweet. It. Is. Lamont. Dozier.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 686 views
    harry brown

  42. Introducing Our First Judge - Joy Monique

    daniellegfny,
    • 0 replies
    • 901 views
    daniellegfny

  43. 01/29/2023 edition of the RMNewsletter 

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 391 views
    richardmurray

  44. Authorization to Defend Humanity joint resolution

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 543 views
    richardmurray

  45. Before The World Moves On

    Nathaniel Terrell,
    • 0 replies
    • 533 views
    Nathaniel Terrell

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

    student5,
    • 3 replies
    • 3.7k views
    breathebooks

  47. Which books are celebrities reading now?

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  48. DESPERATE BLACK WOMEN/STUPID BLACK MEN//

    harry brown,
    • 10 replies
    • 3.7k views
    Pioneer1

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

    hen81,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    hen81

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

    Guest,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Guest
    Guest

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