Black Literature

The Story of the Moors In Spain by Stanley Lane-Poole was a surprise bestseller. He is English Egyptologist who died in the 1930's. His work however is recognized as being quite substantial and accurately portrays the impact of Africans in Europe. I'm reading Barracoon now. I actually visited Eatonville, last week, where Zora Neale Hurston (the author) is from.

Hello I would like to introduce myself. My name is Swiyyah. I'm new here. I'm an author and speaker. I write books on mental health and inspiration. My books have become required and suggested reading in Universities and High schools. You can find my books here Click here www.swiyyah.com

The book club I have been working with The Tea actually selected Tayari's novel An American Marriage for the February Reading list, for which the topic was romance. The video below showed the selection process. The book club's discussion has taken place and I'm a guest participant. That video will be published later this month. I'm hoping the fantastic attention generated by being an Oprah selection will draw more attention to The Tea's Videos. The video below shows the selection process. Basically The Tea shoots three videos for each month's selection. The selection process (the video below), the get to know the author video (these videos are…

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Videos from the 2016 Brooklyn Book Festival

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Listen to an Interview of AALBC.com’s Founder and Webmaster, Troy D. Johnson with by E. Ethelbert Miller host of the “On The Margin” radio program which airs on WPFW’s 89.3 FM, Washington D.C. Your browser does not support the audio element. E. Ethelbert Miller is actually an accomplished and critically acclaimed poet who I have admired over the years. I ran into him at a party last year and he told me how important the work I was doing is. I was floored because I wasn't even sure if he knew much about me. I was honored that he invited on his radio show. I'm not sure how I come across on these interviews. Honestly, I don't even…

Four of Dr. Claud Anderson’s Most Popular Books, including a hardcover copy of PowerNomics: The National Plan to Empower Black America, are now available on AALBC. Of course you may buy these books individually.

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This is my first novel entitled, "Poetry: The story of His will vs our will" It is NOT a book of poetry, but it is a 29 Chapter novel about a young man on college struggling to put God's will above his own. A struggle we all face at some point in life. Why did I name it "Poetry"? Well, according to God's word, Ephesians 2.8 says we are His poetry. The way we live, what we do, our life is His poetry. I've had great feedback so far from unbiased readers. I'd love for you to read it as well. It's available on amazon ((link below)) or Barnes and nobles website. You can also find a bread description and reviews of the novel on the link below as well. Thank you. h…

The Pastor’s Lover – Free Limited Time Tasha Williams is a beautiful, proud and confident twenty-eight year old woman who finds herself in the midst of a torrid affair with the dynamic pastor of her mother’s church. Handsome and dashing Kendrick Johnson took notice of Tasha as she sat on the front pew when visiting his church with her mother. When a random circumstance occurred that placed Tasha and Kendrick in the same place alone, he made his move. Tasha was taken by the charm, command and forbidden raw sexuality of Pastor Kendrick Johnson. Tasha and Kendrick committed acts that should have caused them to be sent straight to the gates of hell. Tasha finds herself …

When I first found out about Libro.fm I subscribed right away. Then I found out about AuthorsRepublic and I used the to distribute my audiobook along with Akoobooks. I believe both of these platforms deserve special attention from our community. The first one because it helps this site grow. The second is because it strengthens the bonds between those in the Diaspora and the Motherland. I would love to see which Audiobook you have on either platform. And do give mine a whirl.

“If I am so much of a slut, why don’t you keep your husband out of my bed?” —Delores E. Jordan That quote is from Michael Jordan's sister (yes the basketball great). You can read the rest of the except here. Now this is from a Jordan's memoir that was published in 2001, but I never knew that Jordan's father, who was subsequently murdered (presumably in an unrelated incident), took the virginity of his own daughter and continued to abuse her for years! I have no idea how I missed that story! I was just adding information to the site about Jordan's mother who is an accomplished children's book author whose books have been illustrated b…

Google has a new software called Lumiere that does text to video, what are your thoughts? you can read more about it here https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2582&type=status

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Yes. Kenlyn and I were working on getting the Audio files uploaded to Authors Republic. I am excited to announce that Auntie I Don't Want You to Be Married is currently under review by Authors Republic and soon to be available for purchase. I want to thank @Troy for his timely information. and will update you as the process moves forward. I'm fired up and ready to go!!!!

THOUGHTS AS I VIEWED 0:03 Octavia Butler's grave is still standing, survived the fires 0:05 introductions by Steven Barnes + Tananarive Due image 1 0:09 Steven says Afro futurism is our, black peoples, flavor of science fiction image 2 image 3 image 4 0:11 Science Fiction principles, one of three: what if, if only, if this goes on 0:15 How Steven Barnes met Octavia Butler image 5 0:16 Butler said human beings are hierarchal, and people put themselves higher on the levels. 0:17 At Clark university was the first black science fiction convention image 6 0:20 Octavia Butler was honest about the…

This is old news from an article by Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg on thw WSJ.com from August of last year "Kobo's agreement with the American Booksellers Association, the independents' trade group, is effective in October. The deal replaces one between the ABA and Google Inc., GOOG +0.67% which has said it would end an effort to sell e-books through independent booksellers in January 2013, declaring the program had failed to gain traction." The article goes on to say; "Independent booksellers, for their part, will be able to offer their customers e-books outside of the dominant digital booksellers, Amazon.com Inc.'s (AMZN +1.60%) Kindle store; Barnes & Noble …

26 Bestselling Children’s Book Authors You'll Definitely Love ♥ There have been 115 bestselling children's book authors in the history of AALBC.com. So far 26 that have made that list 2 or more times. Most of these sales have taken place in the last couple of years as the volume of children's book sales have picked up signifcantly.

QUESTION FOR THE BLACK RELIGIOUS ,WHERE IN THE BIBLE DOES IT SAY GOD OR CHRIST IS WHITE,WHERE DOES IT MENTION THE COLOR OF CHRIST,SINCE THE BLACK RELIGIOUS ARE SO CONVINCED GOD AND CHRIST IS WHITE///IT DOES NOT SAY GOD OR CHRIST IS WHITE...IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN ,EVE GAVE ADAM A FRUIT,DOES NOT SAY AN APPLE,.. SCIENCE CHANNEL OR ANOTHER CABLE CHANNEL SAID A FRUIT NOT APPLE....BIBLE CONTRADICTIONS........TELL ME WHERE IT SAYS CHRIST IS WHITE ,BLACK CHRISTIANS...THIS IS WHITE SUPREMACY CONTROLLING BLACK PREACHERS AND THE BLACK CHURCH....I THINK MOST BLACK PREACHERS WOULD PUT ON KLAN OUTFITS AND BURN A CROSS FOR MONEY..GREED MOTIVATES PREACHERS..LIKE …

For most of my life, I was the guy most wannabe thugs wished they could be. Officially declared a "menace to society", I was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for my role as mastermind of a series of daring bank robberies in the 70s. Two involved shootouts. One with the police. The other with a citizen in a bank parking lot where I narrowly missed being killed. While confined, I took part in an even more daring prison escape. Despite this seeming penchant for violence, I consoled myself with the notion that I was merely a poet trapped in a gangsta's body and oddly enough, this wasn't far from the truth as I had evolved from a family of teachers, four of whom…

Thirteen year old Amber Robinson's life is full of changes. Her parents are sending her to a private school away from her friends, and high school looms before her. But little does she know that her biggest change awaits in a mysterious city hidden from the world for a thousand years. Why? Amber's grandmother is a princess from this magical kingdom of Marai. She's been summoned home to use her special abilities to select the new king but she no longer has the gift, and her daughter was never trained for the task. That leave only one person with the ability to save the city: Amber! But there are those who are determined that Amber never reaches Marai and they will do anyth…

I sincerely urge and encourage you to take advantage of this free offer and to indulge yourselves into BLACK PEARL, a novel that eloquently expresses our deeply-held need to fulfill ourselves. Sometimes, though, the risks of doing so are immensely great. What do you do? More importantly, where do you go when you have already gone too far? No one alive is exempt from their "do-or-die" moment with destiny when you must make a decision that will either make you or break you. Learn how Princess "Pearl" Washington dealt with her face-to-face meeting with fate. Just follow the link and the book is your forever. Enjoy. Feel free to leave a review if you are so inclined. Peace. T…

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I am interested in a book review. The Emancipation of Evan Walls Author: Jeffrey Blount ISBN-13: 978-1633939165 Koehler Books (Publication Date - June 15, 2019) Evan Walls has been married to his wife Izzy for years, yet she knows nothing about half of his life. That part of him he put away long ago and they have lived peacefully alongside the dead spot it has left in their love. However, the birth of their first child changes everything. Evan, fearful of a reincarnation of his childhood in the life of his new daughter, finally finds the courage to tell his wife. Desperate, he hopes that she can help him protect t…

Ratchet Woman 1 & 2 - Free Limited Time Ratchet Woman 1 & 2 - A combined 17 - 5 Star Reviews and 13 - 4 Star Reviews for original separate volumes - 5.0 out of 5 stars I want more 5.0 out of 5 stars Must read 5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Story 5.0 out of 5 stars AWESOME READ Ratchet Woman 1 A small-town pregnant teenager was disowned by her family because they could not tolerate the thought of who the father of her unborn child was, but she was taken in by her friend’s family. Later, the two young women struck out for the big city and found that life was far harsher than they imagined. Lindsay Wilson was determined to survive and d…

Ishmael Reed wrote this article in today's Wall Street Journal Much of the article deals with the importance of the American Book Awards (ABA) in contrast to the National Book Awards (NBA). Reed describes the American Book Awards as more inclusive. The early days of the 34-year-old award as follows: "We held our first awards ceremony at The West Side Community Center through the arrangement of poet and Miles Davis biographer Quincy Troupe. Among that first group of winners, in nineteen eighty, was the late poet Jayne Cortez. Joseph Papp, director of the Public Theater, sponsored the second annual awards.The event was hosted by Troupe. Among the presenters …

All. Black. Lives Matter. Part One. Trapping. Enslaved. Minds. White-Supremacy. Biggest. Weapon. Is. Religion. . I. Agree. That. Is. Why. I-Aim. At. The. Black. Church. And. Preachers. Black. Political,NAACP-Condones. Religious. Slave. Chains.. Book. By. Monica. Tullis ..

I am currently working on the creation of my next book cover. My first book cover was done by someone in Sri Lanka. I now have some people from Pakistan 🇵🇰 working on the project. I have be using Fiverr. I have had some Africans and African Americans working on different aspects of my book projects. My questions are how do you get your covers done? Where do you find your talent? How much do spend? Your input is greatly appreciated.

I have been hitting more groups and have launched a giveaway for Black History Month. What are you doing to promote your book?

Massive Monroe – Free Limited Time Kevin “Massive” Monroe seemed to be on top of the world. Women flocked to him because of his special gift, but that was not always the case. Kevin Monroe was once a young man with a body image problem. Due to the unusually large size of a particular body part Kevin was ridiculed by other boys when he started playing sports in school and was given the nickname of Massive Monroe. Kevin was embarrassed and thought he had a physical defect which caused him to become shy and withdrawn. A woman unexpectedly came into Kevin’s life and convinced him that nothing was wrong with him at all, in fact, what was once a source of embarrassment be…

HAPPY...Conjuring up African Good Vibes... ...Maybe... or Spirits Unknown... @Mel Hopkins WHEW! Mel Hopkins, I just googled and checked out your book! Yites! Scary! I'm a PG kind of movie goer, but then, I love those kinds of stories! Gracious PEace!. You've probably heard this youtube, I'm always late on things, but this is one of my all time favorite renditions of Pharrell Williams HAPPY PROJECT: THE DANCE GROUP from Africa, Cote D'Ivoire. Man! They made me feel like they conjured up spirits!!! It's hypnotic! Your book seems like the Agatha Christie kind of mystery but African style. I …

In its day, the Harlem Book Fair 2000, was arguably the premier Black book fair. It certainly was 20 years ago. Read more about that particular book fair. In the past decade, not so much. I missed the last couple of years and I lived in Harlem at the time! A book could, and I believe should, be written about the Black books in the 21st century. If would be a tale of unfulfilled potential and promise, a story of the hope for agency and the ability to write and record our own history and stories. Maybe even the development and growth of more institutions like Johnson Publishing rather than the loss of them. The story is far from over and I thin…

Stephen L. Carter has a new series of books starting this October, published under the pseudonym A.L. Shields.

TROY,,ON THE BOOK AUTHOR'S ON THIS WEBSITE, I SEE BEN CARSON SMILING FACE, WHY//THIS MAN SUPPORTS WHITE POLICE MURDERING ,BLACK MALES, MICHAEL BROWN,FERGUSON,MISSOURI,FREDDIE GRAY IN BALTIMORE, ERIC GARNER IN NEW YORK//HE WANTS THE U.S. SOLDIERS TO PROTECT IRAQ CHRISTIANS AND ISRAEL,////BEN CARSON ,AT THE, PRAYER, BREAKFAST RAMBLING, OBAMA CARE SEEMS TO BE WORST THAN DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING'S ASSASSINATION , LYNCHING,HANGING IN THE SOUTH///// RACISM IS NO LONGER IN AMERICA///ACCORDING TO DR. BEN CARSON, WHY SHOW HIS BOOKS,I AM SURE HIS BOOKS ARE POPULAR ON THE ,REPUBLICAN, TEA P…

Zora Neale Hurston was born on this day in 1891. To commemorate the anniversary of her birth Amistad Books has made available and ebook version of Hurston’s master work, Their Eyes Were Watching God. This offer is only valid today January 7, 2020.

ISBN: 978-1-7348308-0-4 Pub. date: 5/2020, On sale at Amazon print and ebook, B&N, Indiebound.org, and other fine bookstores. Hello, everyone. Last month I published my debut novel about the enslaved black woman, Tituba, the first person accused of witchcraft in Salem, in 1692. I would very much like to have a review of this novel by aalbc.com. The aalbc website instructions page directed me to post here. Hopefully, to get noticed and perhaps receive an invitation to be reviewed. I’ve attached a link below to Goodreads.com for an image of the cover photo. Here’s a sample of the promotion information: Think you know the Salem story? Revisit Salem’s Te…

I’m huddled in the broom closet in the kitchen, scared for my life. I hear these footsteps, but they only last for a few seconds before there’s silence again. This is the worst part, I think—the silence. Because we have a really long hallway leading o the front door, and those five or six footsteps are not nearly enough to lead that robber out of the apartment. And although I picked up the butcher knife before jumping into the broom closet, I’m not too confident. Even if I could surprise him and maybe get a whack at him or something, the way my hands are shaking, I’m not so sure I’d do him any harm. I shut my eyes and make a promise to God that if he lets me live, I w…

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If anyone is interested in any of these promotions just email me at troy@aalbc.com, call my office at 347-692-2522 for follow the link provided. _____________________________ (1) Put Your Book Cover AALBC.com's homepage and our Books Section Main Page, for 31 days, for just $59. This is a terrific value and just in time for the holiday season. This rate is only available until all book slots are sold out (we have 4 3 slots available now). Email us at troy@aalbc.com or call 347-692-2522 to launch your campaign today. (2) Sponsor an AALBC.com eNewsletter Your photo and information about you and your work (or business) appears at the very to…

"Until The Lion Tells The Story The Hunter Will Always Be The Hero" I write an African American Historical Fiction series called "The whileBlack Chronicles." "If Chicago Could Talk" features a unique plot and distinctive characters. The story unfolds as the Thomas family joins the Great Migration in 1919, migrating to Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood. With a new family leader, they challenge segregation, crooked politicians, and racist police, all while gangsters fight for control during Prohibition—a story about The Black Metropolis, Chicago, The Business of Racism, and the Power of Black Families. The book will be available for pu…

From left to right; author; Q.B. Wells; me; award winning playwright, Tsehaye Geralyn Hébert; playwright, Ilesa Duncan; and Kevin Roberts owner of Azizi Bookstore (the physical store is now closed). This was a fun table. I already knew Kevin and Q.B., but this was the first time I met Tsehaye and Ilesa. They were both very interesting women. Ilesa is the Pegasus Theatre Chicago's artistic director and is adapting Charles Johnson's Middle Passage. As mention Tsehaye she serves a playwright-in-residence at Chicago State University. She is the recipient of the New Voices and Visions Award (Louisiana State University) among others. Please forgive the quality…

The Pastor’s Lover 2 – Unholy Triangle - Free Limited Time Tasha Johnson, the wife of Reverend Kendrick Johnson, the Senior Pastor of Higher Calling Church, found her soul in turmoil after she stopped by the church offices after hours and heard a woman screaming in sexual ecstasy behind the closed door of her husband’s office. Tasha also heard her husband’s voice urging this unknown woman to give herself to him. Tasha ran from the church and eventually ended up in the arms of a most unlikely lover, but that’s not where everything ended. Kendrick, Tasha and Tasha’s secret lover all collided in the most unexpected fashion ever as Kendrick caught them in the act and h…

In spring 2017, Book It is back with an exciting new twist! If you love a good mystery and are great at using clues to solve puzzles, we invite you to join us on Saturday, March 25th, 2017 at the Fulton Street Collective in Chicago, IL! Your Mission: Solve the book bandit mystery in order to win a prize! https://bookitchicago.com/events/book-it-chicago-2017-march-literary-event/

In Black Hollywood Unchained, Ishmael Reed gathers an impressive group of scholars, critics, intellectuals, and artist to examine and respond to the contemporary portrayals of Blacks in films. Using the 2012 release of the film Django Unchained as the focal point of much of the discussion, these essays and reviews provide a critical perspective on the challenges facing filmmakers and actors when confronted with issues on race and the historical portrayal of African American characters. Reed also addresses the black community’s perceptiveness as discerning and responsible consumers of film, theatre, art, and music. Twenty-eight contributors including this book’s editor, Is…

Jeff Kinney is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and six-time Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Award winner for Favorite Book. The 11th book in the series, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down, will release on November 1, 2016. He lives with his wife and two sons in Plainville, Massachusetts, where he owns a general interest bookstore, An Unlikely Story, which he describes in the video below. In the video, Jeff expresses surprise that more writers don't open bookstores. I could not help but think about how nice it must be nice to be so wealthy that you can wonder about something like that and not have a clue about the answer... But he is opening a bookstore and I wish …

The hit TV show, The Book Look, sets the tone with Raheem Devaughn, sits down with romance queen Brenda Jackson, covers Trice Hickman’s upcoming release and preps the return of Scandal! Host Monda Webb and contributors Kwame Alexander and Charisse Carney-Nunes keep the pages turning! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLSQ7OEbids

I'd like to give you a glimpse into my next book. Your feedback is greatly appreciated. Dear Society, Why are Black Women always so angry?’ One evening, while I was channel flipping in hopes of finding a comedy, a documentary, a lecture about something positive – anything on the upswing, I heard those words, and that did it for me! I decided to write a book in article form because I have much to say, but in different light relative to the alleged angry black woman. Article I excerpt - Truth, Excuse or Something else This book of narrative, non-fictional articles takes you on an educational and emotional journey of my lif…

SAW ON C-SPAN , AUTHOR NICHOLAS JOHNSON DISCUSSING HIS BOOK , THE NEGRO AND THE GUN,BLACK TRADITION OF BEARING ARMS///GOING BACK TO PRE CIVIL WAR/BLACK PEOPLE DEFENDING THEMSELVES AGAINST SLAVE CATCHERS//TO BLACK PEOPLE DEFENDING THEMSELVES AGAINST THE KLAN/ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE PRESENT TIME, BLACK MALES INNER CITY BLACK ON BLACK VIOLENCE////I BELIEVE THE GREAT HARRIET TUBMAN HAD A GUN WHILE LEADING SLAVES THROUGH UNDER GROUND RAIL ROAD.///////////

The first in the “Things You Can’t Tell Mama” series – The Pastor’s Wife - is the story of how a young man becomes entangled with the wife of the pastor of his mother’s church, Latavia Harper, during his time home from college during summer break. It turns out there is hidden tension in the home of Pastor Harper and Latavia uncovers a secret about her husband that blows the lid off their marriage, church and her relationship with Quinton. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DGET9VI/ref=cm_sw_r_pi_dp_RRrWrb1KP4DKP