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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. Poetry Anthologies for Sale

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 779 views
    Troy

  2. DA VOICE

    Gibran,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Gibran

  3. FIGHTING MAD

    Gibran,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Gibran

  4. Our. Time. Has. Come !

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 782 views
    Troy

  5. NEWS FLASH!

    Gibran,
    • 1 reply
    • 923 views
    Troy

  6. Black Writers Sweep $50,000 Kirkus Prize for 2nd Year Straight!

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 874 views
    Gibran

  7. Buy The Secret Lives of Church Ladies (Signed Copy) by Deesha Philyaw

    Troy,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  8. Essays from the Only Black Woman in the Room

    Guest Dawn Downey,
    • 1 reply
    • 849 views
    Gibran

  9. Requesting a book review.

    Guest Dawn Downey,
    • 0 replies
    • 707 views
    Guest
    Guest

  10. A GOOD BOOK

    Gibran,
    • 0 replies
    • 769 views
    Gibran

  11. When Writing A History Book...

    Walkman93,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.1k views
    Gibran

  12. Los Angeles Has Three Black Owned Bookstores

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 930 views
    Troy

  13. Who might support Black Reparations? Biden or Trump?

    Guest Garland Gregory,
    • 0 replies
    • 656 views
    Guest
    Guest

  14. AALBC Bestselling Books October 2020

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 780 views
    Troy

  15. We. Cast. A. Shadow !

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1k views
    Troy

  16. How do you prepare for the holiday

    Ann Bray Smith,
    • 0 replies
    • 724 views
    Ann Bray Smith

  17. Tituba The Intentional Witch of Salem

    Guest Dave Tamanini,
    • 0 replies
    • 647 views
    Guest
    Guest

  18. The 2020 National Black Writers Conference Has Gone Virtual!

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 731 views
    Troy

  19. Lets Play. White !

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 652 views
    harry brown

  20. What It’s Like to Be Black in Publishing?

    Troy,
    • 7 replies
    • 3.3k views
    Troy

  21. Who Marries More Outside Their Race Black Men or Black Women?

    Troy,
    • 9 replies
    • 3.7k views
    Pioneer1

  22. How do you choose your keywords for your book

    daniellegfny,
    • 9 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Troy

  23. The Way of the Righteous

    Guest Dayciaa Smith,
    • 0 replies
    • 812 views
    Guest
    Guest

  24. New novel, Something in Madness: "a timely tale for these troubled times."

    Guest Ed Protzel, Author,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  25. The New Breed Reparations Sanctuary

    Guest Garland Gregory,
    • 1 reply
    • 828 views
    daniellegfny

  26. Who has had Experience With The Black Writers Collective

    daniellegfny,
    • 0 replies
    • 851 views
    daniellegfny

  27. EXPOSED. Et tu, MUCKRACK .com?

    Mel Hopkins,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  28. Review Request

    Guest Amy Watkins,
    • 2 replies
    • 950 views
    MissKorang

  29. How. Sweet. It. Is. Lamont. Dozier.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 674 views
    harry brown

  30. Issa Rae's Favorite Black Owned Bookstore

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Walkman93

  31. Are Black Americans Missing Book Selling Opportunities In Africa

    daniellegfny,
    • 0 replies
    • 726 views
    daniellegfny

  32. Spicy Christian fiction with strong social topics

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

  33. The Dead Are Arising

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  34. ...Talking About Good Music, Check out I Called Him Morgan

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 895 views
    Troy

  35. The Sunset Rule

    Guest Beverly,
    • 0 replies
    • 766 views
    Guest
    Guest

  36. Black people, in American today, are the luckiest Black people to have ever lived.

    Troy,
    • 18 replies
    • 3.7k views
    Pioneer1

  37. Black author seeking review

    Guest Anton Morris,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  38. Troy on Black Authors Matter TV

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 761 views
    Troy

  39. The Roadmap Out of Our Dystopian State . . .

    artGriot,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    artGriot

  40. Black Writers Nominated for National Book Awards

    Troy,
    • 7 replies
    • 1.6k views
    Troy

  41. Book Suggestions

    Guest Jessica Vaughan,
    • 0 replies
    • 668 views
    Guest
    Guest

  42. Behind the Ink

    Guest Me Time Book Club,
    • 0 replies
    • 718 views
    Guest
    Guest

  43. What Does It Profit

    Guest G. A. Blakely,
    • 1 reply
    • 819 views
    G. A. Blakely

  44. Book review requested on novel What Does It Profit

    G. A. Blakely,
    • 0 replies
    • 812 views
    G. A. Blakely

  45. Request for Children's Lit Review: Abba & Zeke: Every child has a Heavenly Father who loves them

    Guest Chandra Owens,
    • 0 replies
    • 712 views
    Guest
    Guest

  46. The Harlem Story

    Guest Danny Holst,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  47. An Example of Amazon Inflating the Price of a New Book

    Troy,
    • 14 replies
    • 3.9k views
    Nnamdi Azikiwe

  48. Sex, Race, and Robots - New Audiobook

    Guest Dr. H,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  49. Win a free copy of Rise Up: Confronting a Country at the Crossroads by Al Sharpton

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 813 views
    Troy

  50. The Voice of a Black Independent Author

    Neal Owens,
    • 1 reply
    • 826 views
    Troy

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