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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. {Book for review consideration} Celebrating Black "Hair"itage through "Afro Fest"!

    Javanna,
    • 0 replies
    • 533 views
    Javanna

  2. @HICKSONHOTNESSSSS PODCAST!

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 378 views
    HICKSON

  3. ****Book Review Request for DIGITAL ASSASSINS II: Taking the fight to the Judicial Branch of Government

    DanielleSpencer,
    • 0 replies
    • 552 views
    DanielleSpencer

  4. ***Book Review Request for Debut Picture Book: Freedom at Dawn

    Leah Schanke,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.1k views
    richardmurray

  5. ***Book Review Request for Protecting Yourself: How Data Theft can Impact You

    DanielleSpencer,
    • 0 replies
    • 438 views
    DanielleSpencer

  6. **Book Review Request for Digital Assassins: Surviving Cyberterrorism and a Digital Assassination Attempt****

    DanielleSpencer,
    • 0 replies
    • 566 views
    DanielleSpencer

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

    Vince_Poet,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.3k views
    richardmurray

  8. *screaming* A new Sade album is out tomorrow!!!

    Thumper,
    • 5 replies
    • 2.9k views
    Chrishayden

  9. #1 College Planning Book for Black Families

    Guest Dr. Sonya Shuler Okoli,
    • 0 replies
    • 845 views
    Guest
    Guest

  10. #4 Top All-Time Bestselling Author: Wahida Clark

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

  11. #Black337 begins, a hashtag to honor black history about Black History Month

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 175 views
    richardmurray

  12. #BlackGirlMagic and Intersectional Feminism in Debut Slave Revolution Novel

    Guest Brooke Obie,
    • 0 replies
    • 734 views
    Guest
    Guest

  13. #MAKINGBELIEVERS

    Greg Thomas,
    • 0 replies
    • 187 views
    Greg Thomas

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

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 2k views
    Linda Chavis

  15. 01/29/2023 edition of the RMNewsletter 

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 411 views
    richardmurray

  16. 1,810 Authors Profiled on AALBC.com

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  17. 10 Books Written by Black Writers Longlisted for 2016 National Book Award

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 960 views
    Troy

  18. 10 Nat'l Black Writers Conf airs on C-SPAN2 BOOK TV

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.5k views
    Troy

  19. 100 New Audio Books You’ll Love ♥

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

  20. 100 PERCENT GHETTOHEAT®!

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 3.1k views
    HICKSON

  21. 100. Thousand. Kingdoms.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 892 views
    Dee Miller

  22. 10th African American Literary Awards Show, Sept. 27th, 2014

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.1k views
    Troy

  23. 12,,Days. Of. Christmas. Soul. Food.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 815 views
    harry brown

  24. 13th National Black Writers Conference Airs on C-SPAN Book TV

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  25. 15 Paying Creative Nonfiction Publications Seeking Submissions

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 752 views
    Troy

  26. 15th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth Black Issues Book Review

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

  27. 1919, The Year of Racial Violence: How African Americans Fought Back by David Krugler

    Kareem,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Kareem

  28. 1933: The year it all happened

    alidawriter,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.8k views
    alidawriter

  29. 1986 video of interview with Pulitzer Prize winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks with E. Ethelbert Miller

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Troy

  30. 1st Annual Bronx Literary Festival in Poe Park, May 18, 2013

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 3.5k views
    Troy

  31. 1st Annual Sacramento Black Book Fair June 2014

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 3.3k views
    Troy

  32. 2 for 1 Summer Book Promotion Special

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Troy

  33. 2 for 2 - Book Promotion Special! Over two months less than $100

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  34. 20 Finalists for the 2015 National Book Awards!

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 2k views
    Troy

  35. 20% off all Poetry Books Published by Black Classic Press

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 845 views
    Troy

  36. 200 Important Black Books Coming Out in 2023

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 709 views
    Troy

  37. 200 Letters, book recommendation

    Guest Amy Watkins,
    • 0 replies
    • 866 views
    Guest
    Guest

  38. 200+ Book Festivals and Fairs

    Troy,
    • 4 replies
    • 17.9k views
    josephinabazan

  39. 2010 Harlem Book Fair Program Guide

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  40. 2011 National Book Awards - Live webcast

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 3.2k views
    Troy

  41. 2013 Harlem Book Fair

    Troy,
    • 4 replies
    • 13.2k views
    Troy

  42. 2013 Harlem Book Fair - Schedule of Events

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 6.1k views
    Troy

  43. 2014 Leimert Park Village Book Fair

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.9k views
    Troy

  44. 2014: the Best Year for Black Literature in Decades

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 859 views
    Troy

  45. 2015 Phillis Wheatley Awards -- Harlem Book Fair

    Guest,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    CDBurns

  46. 2015 Year End Thank You From Troy

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    CDBurns

  47. 2016 National Black Writers Conference - Complete Schedule (Final)

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.8k views
    Troy

  48. 2016 Phillis Wheatley Award Finalists Announced

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.5k views
    Troy

  49. 2017 Phillis Wheatley Award Winning Books

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 910 views
    Troy

  50. 2017 Reading List for Go On Girl! Book Club Annouced

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 3.3k views
    Troy

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