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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. For Immediate Release: Production of Clarence the Cabbie Confidential Begins

    daniellegfny,
    • 0 replies
    • 858 views
    daniellegfny

  2. Countdown To 2021 and then BlastOff 2021

    daniellegfny,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.4k views
    Ann Bray Smith

  3. What is the primary tool for success in the indie publishing world.

    Author Brian Nelson,
    • 2 replies
    • 913 views
    Gibran

  4. Poetry Anthologies for Sale

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 787 views
    Troy

  5. DA VOICE

    Gibran,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Gibran

  6. FIGHTING MAD

    Gibran,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Gibran

  7. Our. Time. Has. Come !

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 788 views
    Troy

  8. NEWS FLASH!

    Gibran,
    • 1 reply
    • 935 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 881 views
    Gibran

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

    Troy,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  11. Essays from the Only Black Woman in the Room

    Guest Dawn Downey,
    • 1 reply
    • 857 views
    Gibran

  12. Requesting a book review.

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

  13. A GOOD BOOK

    Gibran,
    • 0 replies
    • 777 views
    Gibran

  14. When Writing A History Book...

    Walkman93,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.1k views
    Gibran

  15. Los Angeles Has Three Black Owned Bookstores

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 945 views
    Troy

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

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

  17. AALBC Bestselling Books October 2020

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 788 views
    Troy

  18. We. Cast. A. Shadow !

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1k views
    Troy

  19. How do you prepare for the holiday

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

  20. Tituba The Intentional Witch of Salem

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

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 736 views
    Troy

  22. Lets Play. White !

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 660 views
    harry brown

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

    Troy,
    • 7 replies
    • 3.3k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 9 replies
    • 3.7k views
    Pioneer1

  25. How do you choose your keywords for your book

    daniellegfny,
    • 9 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Troy

  26. The Way of the Righteous

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

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

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

  28. The New Breed Reparations Sanctuary

    Guest Garland Gregory,
    • 1 reply
    • 841 views
    daniellegfny

  29. Who has had Experience With The Black Writers Collective

    daniellegfny,
    • 0 replies
    • 858 views
    daniellegfny

  30. EXPOSED. Et tu, MUCKRACK .com?

    Mel Hopkins,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  31. Review Request

    Guest Amy Watkins,
    • 2 replies
    • 961 views
    MissKorang

  32. How. Sweet. It. Is. Lamont. Dozier.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 680 views
    harry brown

  33. Issa Rae's Favorite Black Owned Bookstore

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Walkman93

  34. Are Black Americans Missing Book Selling Opportunities In Africa

    daniellegfny,
    • 0 replies
    • 735 views
    daniellegfny

  35. Spicy Christian fiction with strong social topics

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

  36. The Dead Are Arising

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 900 views
    Troy

  38. The Sunset Rule

    Guest Beverly,
    • 0 replies
    • 772 views
    Guest
    Guest

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

    Troy,
    • 18 replies
    • 3.7k views
    Pioneer1

  40. Black author seeking review

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

  41. Troy on Black Authors Matter TV

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 766 views
    Troy

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

    artGriot,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    artGriot

  43. Black Writers Nominated for National Book Awards

    Troy,
    • 7 replies
    • 1.6k views
    Troy

  44. Book Suggestions

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

  45. Behind the Ink

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

  46. What Does It Profit

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

  47. Book review requested on novel What Does It Profit

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

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

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

  49. The Harlem Story

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

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

    Troy,
    • 14 replies
    • 3.9k views
    Nnamdi Azikiwe

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