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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. The NAACP Image Awards for Literature Have Been Announced

    Troy,
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    • 1k views
    Troy

  2. Review Request: Sydney's First Piggy Bank series

    Guest Ithream Auntie I Blackmon,
    • 0 replies
    • 756 views
    Guest
    Guest

  3. Other Side. Of The Pillow .

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.6k views
    Troy

  4. How Mary Walker Learned to Read at the age of 116!

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 947 views
    Troy

  5. AALBC Bestselling Books December 2019

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 896 views
    Troy

  6. For review WICKED ENCHANTMENT: Selected Poems by Wanda Coleman

    Joshua Bodwell,
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    • 1.1k views
    Joshua Bodwell

  7. Troy Johnson Interviewed by E. Ethelbert Miller

    Troy,
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    • 1.3k views
    Troy

  8. Today Only: Free eBook of Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God

    Troy,
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    • 1.3k views
    Troy

  9. The Relentless Promotion of Amazon Is Bad for Everyone

    Troy,
    • 9 replies
    • 3.6k views
    Maurice

  10. Look for Books Dealing with Colorism

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Troy

  11. Merry Christmas folks and a very prosperous new year

    Maurice,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Maurice

  12. New Book Available "Brotherhood of Secrets & Lies"

    Guest LashondaB,
    • 0 replies
    • 777 views
    Guest
    Guest

  13. An. Intellectual Portrait, Maulana Karenga !

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 993 views
    Troy

  14. The Magic March

    Guest Christie Sever,
    • 0 replies
    • 768 views
    Guest
    Guest

  15. Celebrating. Kwanzaa .

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 866 views
    harry brown

  16. My. Christmas. Bae In. Atlanta.

    harry brown,
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    • 1.1k views
    harry brown

  17. Made homeless for a wind up clock

    Guest James Matheson,
    • 0 replies
    • 663 views
    Guest
    Guest

  18. The. Black Women,An. Anthology .

    harry brown,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  19. Discover the SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE bookstore in Newark

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  20. A Book Review Request-Narrative Journeys of Young Black Women with Eating Disorders: A Hidden Community among Us

    Guest Stephanie Hawthorne,
    • 0 replies
    • 645 views
    Guest
    Guest

  21. A Balm in Gilead

    Guest R. C. Webber,
    • 0 replies
    • 932 views
    Guest
    Guest

  22. David Henderson

    Maurice,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Maurice

  23. Black Writers Sweep the 2019 Kirkus Prize Winning $50K Each!

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  24. A is for Afrika, S is for Sovereignty

    Guest Baoku Duduyemi,
    • 0 replies
    • 978 views
    Guest
    Guest

  25. First African American to win the RITA Award

    Mel Hopkins,
    • 5 replies
    • 2.2k views
    Mel Hopkins

  26. MVmedia Books Available as EPUB!

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 936 views
    Milton

  27. Between Magic and Dreams

    Guest Bryan D. Covington,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  28. The Cure For Onlyness - A Black Man's Guide To Joy, Passion & Purpose

    Coach Michael Taylor,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Coach Michael Taylor

  29. Thanksgiving Freedom - The 1841 Creole Rebellion

    Kareem,
    • 8 replies
    • 2.5k views
    Kareem

  30. Unsung. Heroes Of WW2!

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

  31. Gorillaz In The Bay Book Series

    Guest Author De'Kari,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  32. Open. Season , Ben. Crump!

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1k views
    Troy

  33. Eating the Forbidden Fruit

    Guest Roland Sato Page,
    • 1 reply
    • 928 views
    Troy

  34. Call for Literary Submission - 51st NAACP Image Awards

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  35. Grandma's Hands

    Guest Rolanda Pyle,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.3k views
    Word Lovers

  36. Author of Children's Books

    Guest Jamil McGhee,
    • 0 replies
    • 834 views
    Guest
    Guest

  37. AFRICAN MARABOUT AFRICAN SERIOUS MARABOUT AFRICAN

    Guest azael,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Guest
    Guest

  38. For your consideration: Book Review

    Guest Yvette Reid G.,
    • 0 replies
    • 917 views
    Guest
    Guest

  39. Book Review Request

    Guest Judy Fambrough Billingsley,
    • 0 replies
    • 853 views
    Guest
    Guest

  40. Dick Gregory books

    Maurice,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Maurice

  41. Debut Novel: Glory Bishop by Deborah King

    Guest Deborah L King,
    • 0 replies
    • 855 views
    Guest
    Guest

  42. New Book! MY NAME IS PRINCE, Photos of Prince Rogers Nelson

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  43. Big Monty and The Lunatic Lunch Lady

    Guest Vanessa S,
    • 0 replies
    • 794 views
    Guest
    Guest

  44. Book Review request

    Guest JoAnn Fastoff,
    • 0 replies
    • 802 views
    Guest
    Guest

  45. The Israelites Were Black!

    Guest Karen Sloan-Brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  46. Harriet. Tubman ,Demon. Slayer!

    harry brown,
    • 8 replies
    • 2.5k views
    Troy

  47. Terminus: Tales of the Black Fantastic from the ATL

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 844 views
    Milton

  48. SEESAW (A MEMOIR)

    Oneness4Real,
    • 0 replies
    • 842 views
    Oneness4Real

  49. MVmedia, LLC: The Best of the Black Fantastic!

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 887 views
    Milton

  50. Looking for Self-Published Books by African-American Authors

    Word Lovers,
    • 19 replies
    • 7k views
    Milton

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