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

    Amari,
    • 0 replies
    • 803 views
    Amari

  2. 200 Letters, book recommendation

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

  3. Burning Desire.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 761 views
    harry brown

  4. Burning Desire.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 716 views
    harry brown

  5. Life. Upon These. Shores.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 872 views
    Troy

  6. Book recommendation for 2020 Reading List

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

  7. Join the Black Writers Facebook Group

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

  8. An Improbably Journey from Compton to Oxford

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

  9. Interest In Book Review

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

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.5k views
    Maurice

  12. The Clan of the Cave Bear

    Troy,
    • 6 replies
    • 2k views
    Chevdove

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 990 views
    Troy

  14. Between. The. World. And. Me.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 848 views
    harry brown

  15. Their Eyes Were Watching God

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

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 991 views
    Troy

  17. Requesting That My Children's Book Be Reviewed

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

  18. INTERESTED IN HAVING MY BOOK REVIEWED

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

  19. Excerpt entitled "Black America"

    Guest Roy McElroy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.4k views
    wc.edwards

  20. New black author

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

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

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

  22. Book review

    Guest Rolanda,
    • 0 replies
    • 811 views
    Guest
    Guest

  23. Catherine Latimer

    Maurice,
    • 0 replies
    • 886 views
    Maurice

  24. More Than. Love.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 819 views
    harry brown

  25. Uplifting Reads During The Time of COVID-19

    Marion Hill,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Marion Hill

  26. Controversial YA Topics

    Walkman93,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Walkman93

  27. Asante Tales

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

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

    YLong,
    • 0 replies
    • 981 views
    YLong

  29. Book Review Request

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

  30. Hood. Supreme .

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

  31. The Dark Universe

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 911 views
    Milton

  32. Amber and The Hidden City Novel Study Guide

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 991 views
    Milton

  33. Book Review Request for Just Before Too Late

    Mel-Robert,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Mel-Robert

  34. A Very Brief History of These Discussion Forums

    Troy,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

  35. Black Self-Published works

    Guest Sean Allen,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.5k views
    Troy

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

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

  37. Cape Town Curios available now!

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 982 views
    Milton

  38. Life through the Eyes of a Woman

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

  39. AALBC's Book Database is Down

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 880 views
    Troy

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

    Guest Jay Jay Jones,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Guest
    Guest

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.9k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 5 replies
    • 2.1k views
    Troy

  43. Tonya Bolden Three Book Deal

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  44. AALBC Mourns the Passing of B. Smith

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 979 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  47. STUBBS: BLACK HISTORY--GHETTOHEAT STYLE

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    HICKSON

  48. THE ADVENTURES OF HICKSON, SERIES 2: GHETTOHEAT

    HICKSON,
    • 25 replies
    • 5.2k views
    HICKSON

  49. HICKSON: BLACK HISTORY--GHETTOHEAT STYLE

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    HICKSON

  50. A. Hitta Valentine.

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

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