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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. Ouch! A One Star Review

    Slaise,
    • 6 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Troy

  2. Readers & REEL Folk - EPISODE 2 Run with Maud

    Amari,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Amari

  3. Bringing Your Audience Outside of the Book

    Slaise,
    • 0 replies
    • 855 views
    Slaise

  4. Sisters. Of. The. Yam

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

  5. 2020 Pulitzer Prize Winnering Books

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 863 views
    Troy

  6. What exactly is an immersive novel?

    Slaise,
    • 0 replies
    • 888 views
    Slaise

  7. Sista. Vegan

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 925 views
    harry brown

  8. A Debut Picture Book About Dance

    Guest Valerie Bolling,
    • 1 reply
    • 889 views
    Slaise

  9. What's Your Advice For Aspiring Writers

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

  10. Young, Black, Talented, and Alone

    Guest Nathan Alexander,
    • 1 reply
    • 879 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

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

    Amari,
    • 0 replies
    • 769 views
    Amari

  13. 200 Letters, book recommendation

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

  14. Burning Desire.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 735 views
    harry brown

  15. Burning Desire.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 695 views
    harry brown

  16. Life. Upon These. Shores.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 848 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 16 replies
    • 5k views
    Yvonne

  18. Book recommendation for 2020 Reading List

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

  19. Join the Black Writers Facebook Group

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

  20. An Improbably Journey from Compton to Oxford

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

  21. Interest In Book Review

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

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

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.5k views
    Maurice

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 946 views
    Troy

  25. Between. The. World. And. Me.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 804 views
    harry brown

  26. Their Eyes Were Watching God

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

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 969 views
    Troy

  28. Requesting That My Children's Book Be Reviewed

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

  29. INTERESTED IN HAVING MY BOOK REVIEWED

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

  30. New black author

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

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

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

  32. Book review

    Guest Rolanda,
    • 0 replies
    • 797 views
    Guest
    Guest

  33. Catherine Latimer

    Maurice,
    • 0 replies
    • 861 views
    Maurice

  34. More Than. Love.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 796 views
    harry brown

  35. BLACK SUPERNATURAL HORROR/

    harry brown,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.1k views
    Jaws R.

  36. Controversial YA Topics

    Walkman93,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.6k views
    Walkman93

  37. Uplifting Reads During The Time of COVID-19

    Marion Hill,
    • 0 replies
    • 990 views
    Marion Hill

  38. Asante Tales

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

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

    YLong,
    • 0 replies
    • 937 views
    YLong

  40. Book Review Request

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

  41. Hood. Supreme .

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

  42. A Very Brief History of These Discussion Forums

    Troy,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  43. The Dark Universe

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 863 views
    Milton

  44. Amber and The Hidden City Novel Study Guide

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 948 views
    Milton

  45. Book Review Request for Just Before Too Late

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

  46. Soul trilogy

    Maurice,
    • 29 replies
    • 5k views
    Maurice

  47. Black Self-Published works

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

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

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

  49. Cape Town Curios available now!

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 942 views
    Milton

  50. Life through the Eyes of a Woman

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

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