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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. Horror roundtable

    richardmurray,
    • 1 reply
    • 857 views
    richardmurray

  2. Underground Railroad,Colson Whitehead.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  3. Caldecott Medals and Honors Books Bestowed to Black Artists

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 5.4k views
    Troy

  4. THE BOOK LOOK ROCKED BY SCANDAL!

    TheBookLook,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.4k views
    Milton

  5. Muscadine Wine: A Short Story Collection

    Milton,
    • 1 reply
    • 1k views
    richardmurray

  6. Exclusive Interview: Steve Harvey and Bishop Eddie Long

    careycarey,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.9k views
    Linda Chavis

  7. African American Literary Tea--THE WRITE STUFF

    Guest Sheila Morris,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  8. Can You Feel The Excitement? Winners to Be Announced Soon

    daniellegfny,
    • 1 reply
    • 869 views
    Troy

  9. The Bestselling E-books of 2012

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.7k views
    Nah'Sun

  10. Authors and Illustrators Who Passed Away in 2021

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 6k views
    Troy

  11. Book It Literary Event Fall/Winter 2016

    Guest Anita Davis aka A.D.,
    • 1 reply
    • 876 views
    Troy

  12. The Two Bestselling Books on Amazon...

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.6k views
    CDBurns

  13. THE H MAN BRINGS THE HEAT: GHETTOHEAT

    HICKSON,
    • 1 reply
    • 3.1k views
    HICKSON

  14. "Growing titties takes focus."

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.4k views
    Mel Hopkins

  15. FOR REVIEW: 3 nonfiction books about Black history from Black authors

    Guest Joe Walters,
    • 1 reply
    • 938 views
    Troy

  16. YOU-KNOW-IT-LIKE-A-POET: HICKSON!

    HICKSON,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.8k views
    HICKSON

  17. The “Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth” Interview

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.1k views
    Cynique

  18. Reading dialect aloud

    Guest Linda B.,
    • 1 reply
    • 940 views
    Troy

  19. am*zon Limits Book Purchases??!

    Guest Gloria J. Browne-Marshall,
    • 1 reply
    • 840 views
    Troy

  20. Bullets in the Fire-The Saga of New York Red

    Guest Edward Roy,
    • 1 reply
    • 843 views
    Troy

  21. Book Review Request: Black Power, Gender and the Black Panther Party in Oakland

    Guest Robyn C. Spencer,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

  22. Surviving The Murder Capital Of The World: Life & Times Of Legend Lawson. For book review.

    Guest Legend Lawson,
    • 1 reply
    • 958 views
    Troy

  23. National African American Read-In

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 939 views
    daniellegfny

  24. A Palmetto Christmas

    Milton,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
    richardmurray

  25. Fiction Title for Review - "There's Only One Sin in Hollywood," by Rasheed Newson

    JWW1980,
    • 1 reply
    • 246 views
    admin

  26. Sending the Month Off Right- The Book Look Episode 7

    TheBookLook,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.1k views
    alidawriter

  27. Hot for Teacher by Aunt Georgia Lee

    Guest Onyx Lee Publications,
    • 1 reply
    • 1k views
    Onyx Lee Publications

  28. The Mosaic Literary Conference. MLC2012 i

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.5k views
    Black Writers for Peace

  29. Celebrating Gwendolyn Brooks and June Jordan - March 25, 2017

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.1k views
    Troy

  30. DAMON "AMIN" MEADOWS INTERVIEW: GHETTOHEAT

    HICKSON,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.3k views
    HICKSON

  31. Libro.fm Sharing 100% of Fees between all Black-owned partner bookstores.

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1k views
    Troy

  32. Barbara E. Pope - Short Stories (Request for Review)

    Alan Eisen,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.3k views
    Alan Eisen

  33. GHETTOHEAT® ON REEL & UNCUT POP CULTURE CABLE SHOW: PART 2!

    HICKSON,
    • 1 reply
    • 3.4k views
    HICKSON

  34. The Impact of Prior Knowledge or Lack thereof on Writing

    Shirley Gale,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.5k views
    Shirley Gale

  35. African-American Book Collecting

    Yalonda Neff,
    • 1 reply
    • 652 views
    richardmurray

  36. how. Not. To Get. Shot.D. L. Hughly!

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

  37. Alex Haley Admitted Parts of Roots was Plagerized

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 8.8k views
    Honoree

  38. HICKSON: CEO OF GHETTOHEAT® TV INTERVIEW: PART 1!

    HICKSON,
    • 1 reply
    • 2k views
    HICKSON

  39. Song Yet Sung by James McBride

    bookfan,
    • 1 reply
    • 3.6k views
    Cynique

  40. YOU-KNOW-IT-LIKE-A-POET: ANPU!

    HICKSON,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.4k views
    HICKSON

  41. I just posted about 15 new videos

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.3k views
    Guest
    Guest

  42. Leonard Pitts, Jr. - Pulitzer Prize winning commentator and novelist

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.5k views
    careycarey

  43. The Power Of The Black Writer Today

    Antonio Ingram,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  44. New Author New Book

    Guest Dollypopp,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.3k views
    Lisa Washington

  45. MVmedia Holiday Sale!

    Milton,
    • 1 reply
    • 594 views
    richardmurray

  46. My Reply to an artistic cliche

    richardmurray,
    • 1 reply
    • 658 views
    richardmurray

  47. GHETTOHEAT: TANTRUM

    HICKSON,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.9k views
    HICKSON

  48. A Fortune for Your Disaster

    Guest Will,
    • 1 reply
    • 879 views
    Troy

  49. Black Comic Book Festival in Harlem, NY Jan 16, 2016

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.5k views
    Rochelle Spencer

  50. “A Year to Exhale” - BOOK ALERT

    Guest Kia Harris,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Word Lovers

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