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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. Where is the Participation via Input, comments, suggestions?

    Shirley Gale,
    • 8 replies
    • 2.6k views
    Troy

  2. BLACK PRESENCE IN THE BIBLE

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

  3. Book Review

    Yasheca LaSha,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Yasheca LaSha

  4. Discovery,Black People In. The Bible.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 844 views
    harry brown

  5. Announcing our New Audiobook Voice

    daniellegfny,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Slaise

  6. How do you prepare for the holiday

    Ann Bray Smith,
    • 0 replies
    • 764 views
    Ann Bray Smith

  7. How. Sweet. It. Is. Lamont. Dozier.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 800 views
    harry brown

  8. My entry to All Hallows Tales 

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 774 views
    richardmurray

  9. [Book Review Request]—TWELVE STORIES HIGH by Actress-Author Bever-leigh Banfield

    Twinkle,
    • 0 replies
    • 889 views
    Twinkle

  10. Connecting Writers To Agents of Color from Regina Brooks of Serendipity Literary Agency

    richardmurray,
    • 4 replies
    • 2.2k views
    richardmurray

  11. RMNewsletter 4th Version May 4th

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 403 views
    richardmurray

  12. LET'S GO: GHETTOHEAT POWER!

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 583 views
    HICKSON

  13. GHETTOHEAT® BLAZES AT THE HARLEM BOOK FAIR 2010

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.3k views
    HICKSON

  14. Gay Mega Church Scandal Makes Bestsellers Holiday List

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 980 views
    Troy

  15. Why I keep Asking You Not to Buy Books from Amazon

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.6k views
    CDBurns

  16. CITIZEN, POET CLAUDIA RANKIN

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 965 views
    harry brown

  17. Review Request: Men Don't Like Ugly, Women Don't Like Broke

    Guest Angela Benson,
    • 11 replies
    • 3.2k views
    Cynique

  18. Single mama, with dating drama? This book is for you.

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 841 views
    Troy

  19. Indie Love in the Atl 2017

    Indie Love,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  20. The Shrine of the Black Madonna's Black Children's Book Festival

    Guest Jinaki Tumpe,
    • 0 replies
    • 745 views
    Guest
    Guest

  21. GHETTOHEAT: WHO THE HELL IS STUBBS?

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.5k views
    HICKSON

  22. Secrets End

    Guest Ryan,
    • 0 replies
    • 831 views
    Guest
    Guest

  23. Ouch! A One Star Review

    Slaise,
    • 6 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Troy

  24. Raleigh Mom Opening N.C.'s First Black-Owned Children's Bookstore

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.6k views
    Troy

  25. The 28th edition of the 2024 Richard Murray Newsletter.

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 469 views
    richardmurray

  26. GHETTOHEAT® HOTNESS FALL TOUR 2010

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.1k views
    HICKSON

  27. “Foot Wash” & Fair Hope Christian Benevolent Society

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 15.8k views
    Troy

  28. The Journey to Get the Love You Desire Begins with YOU!

    Guest Willie Muhammad,
    • 0 replies
    • 612 views
    Guest
    Guest

  29. Interested In A Book Review

    Guest Ms. Johnnie,
    • 0 replies
    • 813 views
    Guest
    Guest

  30. What do we have to lose

    Guest RoRRFaith,
    • 0 replies
    • 741 views
    Guest
    Guest

  31. Darker. Than. Night!

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 876 views
    harry brown

  32. Diesel Heart: An Autobiography by Melvin Whitfield Carter Jr.

    Guest Alison Aten,
    • 0 replies
    • 719 views
    Guest
    Guest

  33. Celebrating. Kwanzaa .

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 861 views
    harry brown

  34. White British Author Writing the African-American Experience

    Debz Hobbs-Wyatt,
    • 0 replies
    • 484 views
    Debz Hobbs-Wyatt

  35. Ruby. Bridges. Books

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 909 views
    Troy

  36. ADVERTISE WITH GHETTOHEAT®: THE NEW ONLINE & PRINT MAGAZINE!

    HICKSON,
    • 1 reply
    • 9.3k views
    HICKSON

  37. Quentin Tarantino & Naked Sheba or Google+ Better than Facebook

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.8k views
    Troy

  38. 2013 Harlem Book Fair - Schedule of Events

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 6.1k views
    Troy

  39. WORLDWIDE GHETTOHEAT® BOOK CLUB ON FACEBOOK!

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    HICKSON

  40. “What is AALBC like as far as pricing and visitors to their site actually making purchases?”

    Troy,
    • 4 replies
    • 3.6k views
    Cynique

  41. Black Children's Picture Book About Fear

    Guest Starr T. Balmer,
    • 6 replies
    • 1.7k views
    CDBurns

  42. Ladies Who Lunch & Love

    Guest By Nathan Hale Williams,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  43. Four Formerly Incarcerated Women Collaborate on a New Novel

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  44. Is “Shithole” Really Such a Profoundly Obscene Word?

    Troy,
    • 12 replies
    • 4.1k views
    Cynique

  45. GHETTOHEAT CELEBRATES 15 YEARS OF HOTNESS!

    HICKSON,
    • 6 replies
    • 2.3k views
    HICKSON

  46. Love's Journal

    Guest Kathy Forbes,
    • 0 replies
    • 804 views
    Guest
    Guest

  47. O.W. Showe

    Slaise,
    • 0 replies
    • 886 views
    Slaise

  48. Self-Publishing Tips from Gloria Mallette, Karen E. Quinones Miller, Richard Jeanty, Relentless Aaron, and Others

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

  49. Dr. Marvellus Djinn's Odd Scholars: A YA Historical Fantasy Adventure!

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 719 views
    Milton

  50. The whileBlack Chronicles' When Strong Black Families Encounter Powerful Whites What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

    aMhayes,
    • 0 replies
    • 873 views
    aMhayes

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