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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. Sisters of the Spear!

    Milton,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.4k views
    richardmurray

  2. Eda Blessed - A Ki Khanga Adventure

    Milton,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Milton

  3. HAPPY... Conjuring up African Good Vibes...

    Chevdove,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Chevdove

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

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.5k views
    Troy

  6. Remembering Slavery

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Guest
    Guest

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

    richardmurray,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.8k views
    richardmurray

  8. 59th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: Nella Larsen Died March 30, 1964

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.6k views
    Troy

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

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

  10. GHETTOHEAT HOTNESS: STUBBS

    HICKSON,
    • 2 replies
    • 3.8k views
    HICKSON

  11. Body and Soul; a New Novel

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

  12. Lee & Low Spring 2024 Titles for Review Consideration

    Lee and Low Books,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.1k views
    richardmurray

  13. GHETTOHEAT® IS 10!!!

    HICKSON,
    • 2 replies
    • 4.3k views
    HICKSON

  14. O.W. Showe

    Slaise,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Slaise

  15. OCCUPY GHETTOHEAT®!

    HICKSON,
    • 2 replies
    • 5k views
    HICKSON

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

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

  17. Becoming,Michelle. Obama

    harry brown,
    • 2 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

  18. Nfasu's Braid. A Ki Khanga Adventure

    Milton,
    • 2 replies
    • 323 views
    Milton

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

    Donya,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Donya

  20. Read My Blog

    Ken,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  21. Self-Publishing Platforms Are Distributors Not Publishers 

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  22. Whine menu

    Cynique,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.2k views
    Cynique

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

    richardmurray,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    richardmurray

  24. DEFINE GHETTOHEAT®: JAY BEY

    HICKSON,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.4k views
    HICKSON

  25. BEFORE COLUMBUS, AFRICANS IN THE AMERICAS/

    harry brown,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.6k views
    Troy

  26. Iconic Poet & Author Mari Evans Turns 95!

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 4.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

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

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.4k views
    Troy

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

    harry brown,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  29. THE CROSS AND THE LYNCHING TREE/

    harry brown,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.6k views
    Pioneer1

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

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 2k views
    Erzulie_Danto

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

    aMhayes,
    • 2 replies
    • 825 views
    richardmurray

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

    Vince_Poet,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    richardmurray

  34. eBooks now cost more than paperback books?!

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  35. Relevant but Not Black Literature

    umbrarchist,
    • 2 replies
    • 609 views
    umbrarchist

  36. Claude McKay Novel Manuscript Discovered

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.7k views
    Troy

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

    hen81,
    • 2 replies
    • 3k views
    Troy

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

    harry brown,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.2k views
    Cynique

  39. Answers to Book Industry Questions Posed 17 Years Ago

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.3k views
    CDBurns

  40. Gotta Story to Tell Book Signing Launch

    Guest Authors of Gotta Story to,
    • 2 replies
    • 1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  41. RE: reality check for carey carey

    Cynique,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Chrishayden

  42. Book Review Request: Lalibela (Poetry Collection)

    Regina Shepherd,
    • 2 replies
    • 755 views
    Regina Shepherd

  43. AALBC Review request

    Rosey Lee,
    • 2 replies
    • 918 views
    Rosey Lee

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

    Alexis,
    • 2 replies
    • 850 views
    Alexis

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

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  46. Black-Unity! Terrance Amen.

    harry brown,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  47. Just saying hello

    Guest Always_Lurking,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Troy

  48. Coming together Coming to Get Her

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

  49. Agent needed

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

  50. The Lurking Place: A Novel by Clarence Major

    Guest Fania,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

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