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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. Interest In Book Review

    Guest Star Jackson,
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    • 741 views
    Guest
    Guest

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

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.4k views
    Maurice

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 895 views
    Troy

  5. Between. The. World. And. Me.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 769 views
    harry brown

  6. Their Eyes Were Watching God

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

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 941 views
    Troy

  8. Requesting That My Children's Book Be Reviewed

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

  9. INTERESTED IN HAVING MY BOOK REVIEWED

    Guest VANESSA "FLUFFY" MURRAY,
    • 0 replies
    • 701 views
    Guest
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  10. New black author

    Guest Dajon Powell,
    • 0 replies
    • 902 views
    Guest
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  11. The Other Madisons: The Lost History of A President's Black Family

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

  12. Book review

    Guest Rolanda,
    • 0 replies
    • 771 views
    Guest
    Guest

  13. Catherine Latimer

    Maurice,
    • 0 replies
    • 810 views
    Maurice

  14. More Than. Love.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 761 views
    harry brown

  15. BLACK SUPERNATURAL HORROR/

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

  16. Controversial YA Topics

    Walkman93,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.6k views
    Walkman93

  17. Uplifting Reads During The Time of COVID-19

    Marion Hill,
    • 0 replies
    • 947 views
    Marion Hill

  18. Asante Tales

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

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

    YLong,
    • 0 replies
    • 891 views
    YLong

  20. Book Review Request

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

  21. Hood. Supreme .

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

  22. A Very Brief History of These Discussion Forums

    Troy,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  23. The Dark Universe

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 822 views
    Milton

  24. Amber and The Hidden City Novel Study Guide

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 905 views
    Milton

  25. Book Review Request for Just Before Too Late

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

  26. Soul trilogy

    Maurice,
    • 29 replies
    • 4.7k views
    Maurice

  27. Black Self-Published works

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

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

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

  29. Cape Town Curios available now!

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 903 views
    Milton

  30. Life through the Eyes of a Woman

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

  31. AALBC's Book Database is Down

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 814 views
    Troy

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

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

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

    Troy,
    • 5 replies
    • 2k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Troy

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

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  36. Tonya Bolden Three Book Deal

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  37. AALBC Mourns the Passing of B. Smith

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 882 views
    Troy

  39. Have you read THE MIS-EDUCATION OF THE NEGRO?

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  40. STUBBS: BLACK HISTORY--GHETTOHEAT STYLE

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    HICKSON

  41. HICKSON: BLACK HISTORY--GHETTOHEAT STYLE

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 970 views
    HICKSON

  42. A. Hitta Valentine.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 963 views
    harry brown

  43. EXCERPT FROM MR. GHETTOHEAT, A MEMOIR BY HICKSON!

    HICKSON,
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    • 1.8k views
    HICKSON

  44. Decisions by Caillen Fort

    Guest Caillen Fort,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.6k views
    Guest
    Guest

  45. THE ADVENTURES OF HICKSON: GHETTOHEAT

    HICKSON,
    • 132 replies
    • 28.4k views
    HICKSON

  46. Cape Town Curios available for pre-order!

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Milton

  47. Book Review Request

    Guest Shinita Kimbrough Miles,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.5k views
    Guest
    Guest

  48. New Picture Book Oh Brother, Little Brother

    Guest Candid Brandon,
    • 0 replies
    • 922 views
    Guest
    Guest

  49. The Introduction of Body and Soul

    David doc Robertson,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    David doc Robertson

  50. Black Man. Preferred.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    harry brown

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