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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. We Write, Publish, and Read for Freedom

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Gibran

  2. Writer Beware: 2020 in Review

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    daniellegfny

  3. Submitting for Review Consideration

    Guest Kyra Ann,
    • 0 replies
    • 865 views
    Guest
    Guest

  4. Become A MVmedia Black Speculative Fiction Bookseller

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 950 views
    Milton

  5. WHO'S YOUR DADDY by Arisa White (March 1, Augury Books)

    Guest Lauren Cerand,
    • 0 replies
    • 841 views
    Guest
    Guest

  6. Submitting for Review Consideration

    Guest Mbinguni,
    • 0 replies
    • 791 views
    Guest
    Guest

  7. 29th Annual African American Children’s Book Fair

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  8. Where are all the Publishers of Color

    Guest Lucinda Clark,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
    Milton

  9. The Best African American Children’s Picture Books for 2020

    Troy,
    • 6 replies
    • 2.4k views
    Troy

  10. Where is the YA Christian Fiction for our girls?

    dlgrowe,
    • 7 replies
    • 9.2k views
    Troy

  11. Anyia, It Begins

    Guest JMcManus,
    • 0 replies
    • 910 views
    Guest
    Guest

  12. Nine Coretta Scott King Award Winning and Honored Books for 2021

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 903 views
    Troy

  13. ALA announces 2021 Youth Media Awards

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.9k views
    Troy

  14. Passion The Art Of Making Love and War

    Guest Kendal-Valentino,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Guest
    Guest

  15. If. I. Had. A. Hammer. Hank. Aaron .

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    harry brown

  16. Outstanding Black Women of Yalobusha

    Guest Dottie Chapman Reed,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Guest
    Guest

  17. Dark Universe: The Bright Empire

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Milton

  18. Dark Universe: An Afrocentric Space Opera Anthology

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Milton

  19. Who Fears Death and The Secret Lives of Church Ladies to be Adapted into Film

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  20. The Journey To The Promised Land Requires A Divine Consciousness

    artGriot,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    artGriot

  21. Where. Do. We. Go. From. Here. ???

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 843 views
    harry brown

  22. AALBC’s Top 10 Bestselling Books for 2020

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 3.1k views
    Maurice

  23. Gunman's Peace - A Post Apocalyptic Adventure

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Milton

  24. What Libro.fm are you listening to?

    daniellegfny,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    daniellegfny

  25. Amber and the Enchanted Sword

    Milton,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.5k views
    Troy

  26. Ngolo Diaspora: Book One

    Milton,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  27. TODAY at 1 p.m. A Conversation on the History of the AABLC!

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 891 views
    Troy

  28. Get a Free Audiobook of Their Eyes Were Watching God -- Today Only

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1k views
    daniellegfny

  29. Changa and The Jade Obelisk #1

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 938 views
    Milton

  30. Lettuce Turnip at the Farmers Market: A story encouraging healthy foods and communities

    Danielle M. Jackson,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Danielle M. Jackson

  31. Novelist Eric Jerome Dickey Passes January 3, 2021

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 840 views
    Troy

  32. New Book New Author (Book about racism and how one racist act separated my family for over 100 years)

    Shanelljss,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Shanelljss

  33. Children's Picture Book Review Request

    Guest Ta'Shay Mason,
    • 0 replies
    • 970 views
    Guest
    Guest

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

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Troy

  35. Together. For. Kwanzaa.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 804 views
    harry brown

  36. Ghetto. Christmas. With. You.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 893 views
    harry brown

  37. Alphabet of Black Cultures (Children's book)

    Jeffrey,
    • 14 replies
    • 3.2k views
    Troy

  38. Why Don't Video Programs Featuring Black Books Work?

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 833 views
    Troy

  39. Random House Launched New Imprint with JAY-Z: Roc Lit 101

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 993 views
    Troy

  40. We Don't Need Amazon - Over 1,500 Audiobooks Added to AALBC

    Troy,
    • 19 replies
    • 4.8k views
    Troy

  41. New Author New Book

    Guest Dollypopp,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
    Lisa Washington

  42. How to Support a Black-Owned Bookstore

    Troy,
    • 25 replies
    • 6.8k views
    Lisa Washington

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

    Guest T. M. Jackson,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Campaign Justice

  44. The next Two Countdown 2021 Guest

    daniellegfny,
    • 0 replies
    • 852 views
    daniellegfny

  45. I would like a book review

    Guest Charles R Harris,
    • 0 replies
    • 807 views
    Guest
    Guest

  46. Book Review Request

    R.A.St.James,
    • 0 replies
    • 814 views
    R.A.St.James

  47. Am. I. Ready. For. Christmas. .

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 998 views
    harry brown

  48. The Future Still Belongs to Us . . .

    artGriot,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.7k views
    artGriot

  49. Book review request, please

    Guest Obelia Akanke,
    • 0 replies
    • 785 views
    Guest
    Guest

  50. I. Got. The. Christmas Spirit. !

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 788 views
    harry brown

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