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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. Just saying hello

    Guest Always_Lurking,
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    • 1.8k views
    Troy

  2. Coming together Coming to Get Her

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

  3. Agent needed

    Guest Cherese Thomas,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.5k views
    Troy

  4. The Lurking Place: A Novel by Clarence Major

    Guest Fania,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  5. My Bondage,My. Freedom! Frederick. Douglass!

    harry brown,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Maurice

  6. I take it back

    Crystal,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.2k views
    Crystal

  7. Photos from the 2012 Black Pack Party

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.6k views
    Troy

  8. New Kwanzaa Book: Released Date March 15, 2025

    New World Press, In.,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  9. Few Black writers have won Pulitzer Prizes

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 4.4k views
    Troy

  10. DAMON "AMIN" MEADOWS: URBAN LIT WITH A TWIST!

    HICKSON,
    • 2 replies
    • 3.6k views
    HICKSON

  11. A great ad position available in next AALBC.com eNewsletter

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.3k views
    Troy

  12. NORTH JERSEY LITERARY FESTIVAL

    Guest CHANELLE ALEXANDRIA,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.4k views
    njlitfestival

  13. My First Zane Book...

    bookfan,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.9k views
    bookfan

  14. Black Women Booted off a Train for Laughing

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Cynique

  15. Interested in a Book Review

    L. Cox,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    L. Cox

  16. White History It's Even Worse Than I Thought

    aMhayes,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    nels

  17. Hack! Donna Brazile .

    harry brown,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Pioneer1

  18. The Impact of Dr. King's Legacy on Black Art

    Kevin Reeves,
    • 2 replies
    • 3k views
    Troy

  19. Children's Picture Book Request (Topic: Severe Mental Illness)

    Guest T. M. Jackson,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Campaign Justice

  20. History of Creation: The Announcement

    jkm Mbdw,
    • 2 replies
    • 360 views
    jkm Mbdw

  21. GHETTOHEAT: SONZ OF DARKNESS

    HICKSON,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.3k views
    HICKSON

  22. Black. No. More

    harry brown,
    • 2 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

  23. What fiction story you will like to see told through a different philosophical perspective?

    richardmurray,
    • 2 replies
    • 973 views
    richardmurray

  24. Second Kiss - A Black Love Day Romance Story

    Milton,
    • 2 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

  25. DOROTHY HEIGHT, OPEN WIDE THE FREEDOM GATE

    harry brown,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.1k views
    Cynique

  26. Cassava Republic Press: A Bright Star in the World of Black Books

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Troy

  27. Equality, Opportunity, and the American Dream--is Bull Crap!

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Cynique

  28. An excerpt from my novel, "Poetry: The story of His will vs our will"

    Tyran Jr,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.9k views
    Tyran Jr

  29. GHETTOHEAT: HARDER

    HICKSON,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.6k views
    HICKSON

  30. Black Classic Press partners with the Association for the Study of African American Life and History

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.6k views
    Troy

  31. CCLS Indie Author Day 2019

    Guest ClayCo Library,
    • 2 replies
    • 971 views
    Milton

  32. How They NYT Bestsellers List Is Manipulated

    hen81,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.1k views
    Troy

  33. Free eBooks – Great Reads Available for Download Now

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 3.7k views
    Troy

  34. Autographed Copies of John Lewis Book Available

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 3.3k views
    Troy

  35. Black Pack Party 10th Anniversary Celebration (May 2016)

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 947 views
    Troy

  36. EXCERPT: The Unmaking Of The Black Man

    Gibran,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

  37. Running to Fall: A Novel by Kalisha Buckhanon Audio Book Excerpt

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 895 views
    Troy

  38. International Impact Book Awards

    richardmurray,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.5k views
    richardmurray

  39. #read - twitter folks let us know what you are reading

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 2k views
    Linda Chavis

  40. How Do You Define Philanthropy?

    Valaida,
    • 2 replies
    • 3.1k views
    Valaida

  41. White reviewers reviewing black books

    Guest Karen Sloan-Brown,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Guest
    Guest

  42. GHETTOHEAT® BLAZES AT PHILADELPHIA BLACK GAY PRIDE 2010

    HICKSON,
    • 2 replies
    • 4.1k views
    HICKSON

  43. Wisconsin's Last Black-owned Bookstore Closed

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  44. Requiem for an Era

    Cynique,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.4k views
    Troy

  45. Writing About Past Relationships

    Our Legaci,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.8k views
    K. L. Brady

  46. Book Hooks

    Cynique,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.3k views
    Balogun

  47. GHETTOHEATHOTNESS BOOK CLUB MEETS 2/13 ON FACEBOOK!

    HICKSON,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.6k views
    HICKSON

  48. Racist Book About a White Teacher and Black Students

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Troy

  49. Sex, Race, and Robots - New Audiobook

    Guest Dr. H,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Troy

  50. A Promised Land: Deluxe Signed Edition by Barack Obama $350

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Troy

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