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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. Bell. Hook Dies

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 684 views
    Troy

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

    Alexis,
    • 2 replies
    • 848 views
    Alexis

  3. MVmedia Best Sellers Spotlight: Terminus - Tales of The Black Fantastic From The ATL

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 578 views
    Milton

  4. Book review Request: LOL...You Can't make this stuff UP!!

    Dee Miller,
    • 1 reply
    • 959 views
    Guest
    Guest

  5. MVmedia 2021 Best Sellers!

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 613 views
    Milton

  6. Can You Feel The Excitement? Winners to Be Announced Soon

    daniellegfny,
    • 1 reply
    • 756 views
    Troy

  7. Book Review Request: Sloppy (Pre-Release)

    Guest Jasmine Farrell,
    • 0 replies
    • 731 views
    Guest
    Guest

  8. Sermon. Of. The. Cradle .

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 951 views
    harry brown

  9. A Great Piece of Harlem Renaissance Literature Comes to Netflix

    anonymous50,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  10. Book Review Request: White Minority by Talia Clay

    tccbutterfly,
    • 2 replies
    • 759 views
    tccbutterfly

  11. Book Review request: VALLEY OF THE KINGS: The 18th Dynasty

    Terry Coffey,
    • 7 replies
    • 3.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  12. JUDICIAL DISCRIMINATION

    JUDICIAL DISCRIMINATION,
    • 2 replies
    • 1k views
    JUDICIAL DISCRIMINATION

  13. Dr. Marvellus Djinn's Odd Scholars

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 721 views
    Milton

  14. Meji Special Edition Signed Books!

    Milton,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Troy

  15. Black People in Prison Requesting Books

    Guest tqcovington@gmail.com,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Milton

  16. Cyber Monday Special at MVmedia!

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 562 views
    Milton

  17. Interesting Reaction to The 1619 Project: Born on the Water Picture Book

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

  18. My Soul's Journey by W.C. Aldridge

    Guest AmadorBooks,
    • 1 reply
    • 895 views
    Guest
    Guest

  19. New Children's Book About a Transgender Child

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 615 views
    Troy

  20. Gilda Stories

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  21. "The Little-Known Heroes: Claudette Colvin" - Bringing an Unknown Black Hero to Children

    Guest Kaushay Ford,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Guest
    Guest

  22. The Sweetness of Water Wins 2021 Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Troy

  23. Read. Until. You. Understand.

    harry brown,
    • 2 replies
    • 786 views
    Troy

  24. Winners and Finalists of the 2021 Legacy Awards

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  25. Cover Art Sneak Peak

    daniellegfny,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.2k views
    daniellegfny

  26. The Little Girl With the Big Voice

    Guest Adam Reingold,
    • 0 replies
    • 799 views
    Guest
    Guest

  27. Kindred ,Octavia. Butler

    harry brown,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.6k views
    Mary Hill-Wagner

  28. Girlz 'N the Hood: A Memoir of Mama in South Central Los Angeles

    Mary Hill-Wagner,
    • 0 replies
    • 795 views
    Mary Hill-Wagner

  29. Boston Globe journalist turns to fiction

    Hiawatha Bray,
    • 0 replies
    • 787 views
    Hiawatha Bray

  30. Jerry Pinkney, Caldecott Medal–Winning Illustrator, 1939–2021

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.4k views
    Mzuri

  31. Another Pandemic Surprise: A Mini Indie Bookstore Boom

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 779 views
    Troy

  32. What is the Objective of a Book Review?

    Troy,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Guest
    Guest

  33. Does Black Man's Burden Qualify as Black Lit

    Guest umbrarchist,
    • 0 replies
    • 977 views
    Guest
    Guest

  34. Please consider reviewing Civil Rights Baby

    Guest Nita Wiggins,
    • 0 replies
    • 842 views
    Guest
    Guest

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

    HICKSON,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.8k views
    HICKSON

  36. GHETTOHEAT: BROTHERS BEHIND BARS

    HICKSON,
    • 1 reply
    • 3.1k views
    HICKSON

  37. Winning Submissions for Change Sings Contest

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 725 views
    Troy

  38. Texas School District Pulls Books by Children's Author Jerry Craft Over Critical Race Theory Claims

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 785 views
    Troy

  39. What It Would Take to Disrupt the Publishing Industry?

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  40. Advanced Review Copies of The EBOOK version of 6 Magic Cans of Happiness Danielle The Girl From NY are now available

    daniellegfny,
    • 0 replies
    • 650 views
    daniellegfny

  41. Did you hear what the Judges had to say

    daniellegfny,
    • 0 replies
    • 686 views
    daniellegfny

  42. BOOK REVIEW: Black in Blue: Lessons on Leadership, Breaking Barriers, and Racial Reconciliation

    Guest Meredith LeJeune,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  43. NY Times Bestselling Author of God Don't Like Ugly Endorses RUTHLESS PAMELA JEAN by Carol Denise Mitchell

    Guest CD Mitchell,
    • 0 replies
    • 752 views
    Guest
    Guest

  44. Mystery, Murder & Mayhem Featuring Walter Mosley and Others

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

  45. She was one of America's greatest Daughters. She conquered herself and then her times.

    Guest Lewaro Road,
    • 0 replies
    • 573 views
    Guest
    Guest

  46. Introducing my ooks

    Guest Tamakia Carter,
    • 0 replies
    • 748 views
    Guest
    Guest

  47. MacArthur “Genius” Books and a Literary Activist Transitions

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 686 views
    Troy

  48. The Long Walk: A Rite of Passage Story

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 786 views
    Milton

  49. Go On Girl! Book Club Co-Founder Lynda M. Johnson Passes

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  50. Black. Boy. Celebrating. Boyhood.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 625 views
    harry brown

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