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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 Review Request

    Guest Tylor Carr,
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    • 863 views
    Guest
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  2. The Gospel According to a Black Woman

    Guest Ebony Adedayo,
    • 0 replies
    • 875 views
    Guest
    Guest

  3. My children hate African-American history and so did I.

    Guest Donna Bassette,
    • 3 replies
    • 983 views
    daniellegfny

  4. Sneak Peek At Mommy Be So Mean She Takes My Money

    daniellegfny,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    daniellegfny

  5. Miles Davis : Collected Artwork

    Guest Dalib,
    • 0 replies
    • 775 views
    Guest
    Guest

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

    daniellegfny,
    • 0 replies
    • 864 views
    daniellegfny

  7. Countdown To 2021 and then BlastOff 2021

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

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

    Author Brian Nelson,
    • 2 replies
    • 924 views
    Gibran

  9. Poetry Anthologies for Sale

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 794 views
    Troy

  10. DA VOICE

    Gibran,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Gibran

  11. FIGHTING MAD

    Gibran,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Gibran

  12. Our. Time. Has. Come !

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 799 views
    Troy

  13. NEWS FLASH!

    Gibran,
    • 1 reply
    • 948 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 888 views
    Gibran

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

    Troy,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  16. Essays from the Only Black Woman in the Room

    Guest Dawn Downey,
    • 1 reply
    • 867 views
    Gibran

  17. Requesting a book review.

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

  18. A GOOD BOOK

    Gibran,
    • 0 replies
    • 783 views
    Gibran

  19. When Writing A History Book...

    Walkman93,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.2k views
    Gibran

  20. Los Angeles Has Three Black Owned Bookstores

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 963 views
    Troy

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

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

  22. AALBC Bestselling Books October 2020

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 794 views
    Troy

  23. We. Cast. A. Shadow !

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  24. How do you prepare for the holiday

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

  25. Tituba The Intentional Witch of Salem

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

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 742 views
    Troy

  27. Lets Play. White !

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 671 views
    harry brown

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

    Troy,
    • 7 replies
    • 3.3k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 9 replies
    • 3.8k views
    Pioneer1

  30. How do you choose your keywords for your book

    daniellegfny,
    • 9 replies
    • 1.9k views
    Troy

  31. The Way of the Righteous

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

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

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

  33. The New Breed Reparations Sanctuary

    Guest Garland Gregory,
    • 1 reply
    • 853 views
    daniellegfny

  34. Who has had Experience With The Black Writers Collective

    daniellegfny,
    • 0 replies
    • 865 views
    daniellegfny

  35. EXPOSED. Et tu, MUCKRACK .com?

    Mel Hopkins,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  36. Review Request

    Guest Amy Watkins,
    • 2 replies
    • 971 views
    MissKorang

  37. How. Sweet. It. Is. Lamont. Dozier.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 691 views
    harry brown

  38. Issa Rae's Favorite Black Owned Bookstore

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Walkman93

  39. Are Black Americans Missing Book Selling Opportunities In Africa

    daniellegfny,
    • 0 replies
    • 752 views
    daniellegfny

  40. Spicy Christian fiction with strong social topics

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

  41. The Dead Are Arising

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 908 views
    Troy

  43. The Sunset Rule

    Guest Beverly,
    • 0 replies
    • 778 views
    Guest
    Guest

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

    Troy,
    • 18 replies
    • 3.8k views
    Pioneer1

  45. Black author seeking review

    Guest Anton Morris,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  46. Troy on Black Authors Matter TV

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 774 views
    Troy

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

    artGriot,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    artGriot

  48. Black Writers Nominated for National Book Awards

    Troy,
    • 7 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Troy

  49. Book Suggestions

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

  50. Behind the Ink

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

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