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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. I Am a Triathlete - A new book changing the narrative ! * Please support*

    Guest Nia Obotette,
    • 2 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

  2. Sisters of the Spear!

    Milton,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.5k views
    richardmurray

  3. Eda Blessed - A Ki Khanga Adventure

    Milton,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Milton

  4. HAPPY... Conjuring up African Good Vibes...

    Chevdove,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Chevdove

  5. Acclaimed Poet, Author bell hooks Passes December 15, 2021

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Troy

  6. AALBC.com's best selling eBooks list for 2011

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.6k views
    Troy

  7. Remembering Slavery

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Guest
    Guest

  8. The Secret Life of Bees 2008 reviewed by Movies That Move We

    richardmurray,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.9k views
    richardmurray

  9. 59th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Nella Larsen Died March 30, 1964

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Troy

  10. Book Review Request: "Daddy's Bedtime Adventures"

    Guest Kida Brino,
    • 2 replies
    • 986 views
    KIDA BRINO

  11. GHETTOHEAT HOTNESS: STUBBS

    HICKSON,
    • 2 replies
    • 3.9k views
    HICKSON

  12. Body and Soul; a New Novel

    David doc Robertson,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.1k views
    David doc Robertson

  13. Lee & Low Spring 2024 Titles for Review Consideration

    Lee and Low Books,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    richardmurray

  14. GHETTOHEAT® IS 10!!!

    HICKSON,
    • 2 replies
    • 4.3k views
    HICKSON

  15. O.W. Showe

    Slaise,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Slaise

  16. OCCUPY GHETTOHEAT®!

    HICKSON,
    • 2 replies
    • 5.1k views
    HICKSON

  17. Stories About 80-Year-Old Bridge Players In The Washington Bridge Unit

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  18. Becoming,Michelle. Obama

    harry brown,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  19. Nfasu's Braid. A Ki Khanga Adventure

    Milton,
    • 2 replies
    • 377 views
    Milton

  20. Book Review Request - Comes to The Light: Learning About the Entangled Families of Edgefield, South Carolina

    Donya,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Donya

  21. Read My Blog

    Ken,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  22. Self-Publishing Platforms Are Distributors Not Publishers 

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Guest
    Guest

  23. Whine menu

    Cynique,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.3k views
    Cynique

  24. How Scifi/Afrofuturism can help us survive( the next four years) from Tananarive Due + Steven Barnes

    richardmurray,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.4k views
    richardmurray

  25. DEFINE GHETTOHEAT®: JAY BEY

    HICKSON,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.5k views
    HICKSON

  26. BEFORE COLUMBUS, AFRICANS IN THE AMERICAS/

    harry brown,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.6k views
    Troy

  27. Iconic Poet & Author Mari Evans Turns 95!

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 4.3k views
    Guest
    Guest

  28. The Highest Concentration of Black Owned Bookstores in the United States

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.4k views
    Troy

  29. Beyond. Uhura And. Other. Memoirs. Michelle. Nichols.

    harry brown,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Troy

  30. THE CROSS AND THE LYNCHING TREE/

    harry brown,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Pioneer1

  31. This might sound bigoted, racist, and homophobic but...

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  32. NY Times Article on Nat'l Black Writers' Conf

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.1k views
    Erzulie_Danto

  33. If You are who I think you are, it should scare all of us

    aMhayes,
    • 2 replies
    • 904 views
    richardmurray

  34. **Book Review Request for Picture Book, "At the Edge of a Leaf"

    Vince_Poet,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.3k views
    richardmurray

  35. eBooks now cost more than paperback books?!

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Troy

  36. Relevant but Not Black Literature

    umbrarchist,
    • 2 replies
    • 710 views
    umbrarchist

  37. Claude McKay Novel Manuscript Discovered

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.8k views
    Troy

  38. Fifty Shades of Plaid – The Elder Erotica Series - Free Limited Time

    hen81,
    • 2 replies
    • 3.1k views
    Troy

  39. BOOKS BY DR. BEN CARSON, BLACK TEA PARTY//

    harry brown,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.3k views
    Cynique

  40. Answers to Book Industry Questions Posed 17 Years Ago

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.5k views
    CDBurns

  41. Gotta Story to Tell Book Signing Launch

    Guest Authors of Gotta Story to,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  42. RE: reality check for carey carey

    Cynique,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.9k views
    Chrishayden

  43. Book Review Request: Lalibela (Poetry Collection)

    Regina Shepherd,
    • 2 replies
    • 826 views
    Regina Shepherd

  44. AALBC Review request

    Rosey Lee,
    • 2 replies
    • 991 views
    Rosey Lee

  45. Book Review Request: Made specifically for black children!

    Alexis,
    • 2 replies
    • 905 views
    Alexis

  46. Wendy Jones: "I will do my best to deal with the objections to a boycott [Amazon].

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  47. Black-Unity! Terrance Amen.

    harry brown,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Troy

  48. Just saying hello

    Guest Always_Lurking,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Troy

  49. Coming together Coming to Get Her

    Guest Walter I. Johnson III,
    • 2 replies
    • 965 views
    daniellegfny

  50. Agent needed

    Guest Cherese Thomas,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.4k views
    Troy

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