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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's Your Advice For Aspiring Writers

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

  2. Young, Black, Talented, and Alone

    Guest Nathan Alexander,
    • 1 reply
    • 859 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

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

    Amari,
    • 0 replies
    • 753 views
    Amari

  5. 200 Letters, book recommendation

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

  6. Burning Desire.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 716 views
    harry brown

  7. Burning Desire.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 682 views
    harry brown

  8. Life. Upon These. Shores.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 827 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 16 replies
    • 4.9k views
    Yvonne

  10. Book recommendation for 2020 Reading List

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

  11. Join the Black Writers Facebook Group

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

  12. An Improbably Journey from Compton to Oxford

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

  13. Interest In Book Review

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

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

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.4k views
    Maurice

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 914 views
    Troy

  17. Between. The. World. And. Me.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 782 views
    harry brown

  18. Their Eyes Were Watching God

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

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 949 views
    Troy

  20. Requesting That My Children's Book Be Reviewed

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

  21. INTERESTED IN HAVING MY BOOK REVIEWED

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

  22. New black author

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

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

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

  24. Book review

    Guest Rolanda,
    • 0 replies
    • 783 views
    Guest
    Guest

  25. Catherine Latimer

    Maurice,
    • 0 replies
    • 834 views
    Maurice

  26. More Than. Love.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 776 views
    harry brown

  27. BLACK SUPERNATURAL HORROR/

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

  28. Controversial YA Topics

    Walkman93,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.6k views
    Walkman93

  29. Uplifting Reads During The Time of COVID-19

    Marion Hill,
    • 0 replies
    • 966 views
    Marion Hill

  30. Asante Tales

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

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

    YLong,
    • 0 replies
    • 913 views
    YLong

  32. Book Review Request

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

  33. Hood. Supreme .

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

  34. A Very Brief History of These Discussion Forums

    Troy,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  35. The Dark Universe

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 841 views
    Milton

  36. Amber and The Hidden City Novel Study Guide

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 927 views
    Milton

  37. Book Review Request for Just Before Too Late

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

  38. Soul trilogy

    Maurice,
    • 29 replies
    • 4.8k views
    Maurice

  39. Black Self-Published works

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

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

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

  41. Cape Town Curios available now!

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 922 views
    Milton

  42. Life through the Eyes of a Woman

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

  43. AALBC's Book Database is Down

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 833 views
    Troy

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

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

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

    Troy,
    • 5 replies
    • 2k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Troy

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

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  48. Tonya Bolden Three Book Deal

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  49. AALBC Mourns the Passing of B. Smith

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  50. FRONTLINE: Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 901 views
    Troy

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