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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. What exactly is an immersive novel?

    Slaise,
    • 0 replies
    • 882 views
    Slaise

  2. Sista. Vegan

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 911 views
    harry brown

  3. A Debut Picture Book About Dance

    Guest Valerie Bolling,
    • 1 reply
    • 878 views
    Slaise

  4. What's Your Advice For Aspiring Writers

    Guest O.W. Showe,
    • 0 replies
    • 825 views
    Guest
    Guest

  5. Young, Black, Talented, and Alone

    Guest Nathan Alexander,
    • 1 reply
    • 867 views
    Troy

  6. The ISIS Papers: The Keys to the Colors by Frances Cress Welsing, is Back in Stock!

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

  7. Readers & REEL Folk - EPISODE 1 IT'S TIME 4 SOME R&R!

    Amari,
    • 0 replies
    • 762 views
    Amari

  8. 200 Letters, book recommendation

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

  9. Burning Desire.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 721 views
    harry brown

  10. Burning Desire.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 686 views
    harry brown

  11. Life. Upon These. Shores.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 834 views
    Troy

  12. The Importance of the “Literary Chitlin' Circuit”

    Troy,
    • 16 replies
    • 5k views
    Yvonne

  13. Book recommendation for 2020 Reading List

    Guest Veronica A. Davis, Author,
    • 0 replies
    • 719 views
    Guest
    Guest

  14. Join the Black Writers Facebook Group

    Michelle D. Jackson,
    • 0 replies
    • 692 views
    Michelle D. Jackson

  15. An Improbably Journey from Compton to Oxford

    Guest Shea Nolan,
    • 0 replies
    • 737 views
    Guest
    Guest

  16. Interest In Book Review

    Guest Star Jackson,
    • 0 replies
    • 761 views
    Guest
    Guest

  17. F@ck Amazon and Their "Amazon Original Stories"

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.4k views
    Maurice

  18. The New York Public Library Kicks off Immigrant Heritage Week 2020

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

  19. Kasi Lemmons to Write and Direct Film Adaptation of Maaza Mengiste’s the Shadow King

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 925 views
    Troy

  20. Between. The. World. And. Me.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 790 views
    harry brown

  21. Their Eyes Were Watching God

    Guest Marea D. Cole,
    • 0 replies
    • 883 views
    Guest
    Guest

  22. Discussion of Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi on the Black Syllabus

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 957 views
    Troy

  23. Requesting That My Children's Book Be Reviewed

    Guest Jennifer Miller-Joseph,
    • 1 reply
    • 785 views
    Guest
    Guest

  24. INTERESTED IN HAVING MY BOOK REVIEWED

    Guest VANESSA "FLUFFY" MURRAY,
    • 0 replies
    • 714 views
    Guest
    Guest

  25. New black author

    Guest Dajon Powell,
    • 0 replies
    • 912 views
    Guest
    Guest

  26. The Other Madisons: The Lost History of A President's Black Family

    Guest Bettye Kearse (Author),
    • 0 replies
    • 913 views
    Guest
    Guest

  27. Book review

    Guest Rolanda,
    • 0 replies
    • 791 views
    Guest
    Guest

  28. Catherine Latimer

    Maurice,
    • 0 replies
    • 843 views
    Maurice

  29. More Than. Love.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 785 views
    harry brown

  30. BLACK SUPERNATURAL HORROR/

    harry brown,
    • 3 replies
    • 2k views
    Jaws R.

  31. Controversial YA Topics

    Walkman93,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.6k views
    Walkman93

  32. Uplifting Reads During The Time of COVID-19

    Marion Hill,
    • 0 replies
    • 975 views
    Marion Hill

  33. Asante Tales

    Guest Patrick Dua,
    • 0 replies
    • 724 views
    Guest
    Guest

  34. Book Review Request - African American History: The Untold Stories

    YLong,
    • 0 replies
    • 926 views
    YLong

  35. Book Review Request

    Guest Tonya Duncan Ellis,
    • 0 replies
    • 806 views
    Guest
    Guest

  36. Hood. Supreme .

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    harry brown

  37. A Very Brief History of These Discussion Forums

    Troy,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  38. The Dark Universe

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 852 views
    Milton

  39. Amber and The Hidden City Novel Study Guide

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 937 views
    Milton

  40. Book Review Request for Just Before Too Late

    Mel-Robert,
    • 0 replies
    • 965 views
    Mel-Robert

  41. Soul trilogy

    Maurice,
    • 29 replies
    • 4.9k views
    Maurice

  42. Black Self-Published works

    Guest Sean Allen,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  43. Miles' Stuffy Nose (board book) - BOOK REVIEW REQUEST

    Guest Janice Robinson-Celeste,
    • 0 replies
    • 844 views
    Guest
    Guest

  44. Cape Town Curios available now!

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 929 views
    Milton

  45. Life through the Eyes of a Woman

    Guest Eyquionette Latin,
    • 0 replies
    • 799 views
    Guest
    Guest

  46. AALBC's Book Database is Down

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 837 views
    Troy

  47. Black America's Guide to: Financial Peace of Mind Yo!

    Guest Jay Jay Jones,
    • 0 replies
    • 982 views
    Guest
    Guest

  48. Is this what Dr. Frances Cress Welsing would want?

    Troy,
    • 5 replies
    • 2k views
    Troy

  49. National Black Writers Conference: November 11 – 14, 2020

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Troy

  50. Mamba Mentality ,How. I Play! Kobe Bryant!

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

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