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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. Menopause vs Puberty

    Guest Tommalisa Lumpkin,
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    • 641 views
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  2. MVmedia Fall Fest Sale

    Milton,
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    • 768 views
    Milton

  3. The Unspoken For Win Language

    Guest Brittany Carter,
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    • 665 views
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  4. Me, You, & A Married Man

    Guest Pledge,
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    • 639 views
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  5. Queens of Nap

    Guest Tamp Jones,
    • 0 replies
    • 627 views
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  6. Urban Fiction Experience in Richmond, VA

    Guest Author Tiffany Forbes,
    • 1 reply
    • 7.3k views
    Troy

  7. Body and Soul; a New Novel

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

  8. I'm Creating More Top 10 Book Lists -- Which list would you like to see?

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 3.2k views
    Troy

  9. F.R.E.S.H. Book Festival 2020

    Guest Donna M. Gray-Banks,
    • 0 replies
    • 634 views
    Guest
    Guest

  10. 15 Paying Creative Nonfiction Publications Seeking Submissions

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 721 views
    Troy

  11. AALBC Mourns the passing of “Literary Lion” Paule Marshall

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 800 views
    Troy

  12. 2014: the Best Year for Black Literature in Decades

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 783 views
    Troy

  13. Book Euphoria's 2020 Carnivale Weekend

    Book Euphoria 15,
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    • 944 views
    Book Euphoria 15

  14. Book Euphoria's 2020 Carnivale

    Guest Book Euphoria,
    • 0 replies
    • 754 views
    Guest
    Guest

  15. Priestess of nKu: A Ki Khanga Adventure

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Milton

  16. Toni Morrison Passes

    Troy,
    • 8 replies
    • 3.1k views
    Delano

  17. My Black is Beautiful

    Guest Shondra M. Quarles,
    • 0 replies
    • 803 views
    Guest
    Guest

  18. Origin. Of. Others . Toni. Morrison!

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 721 views
    harry brown

  19. #1 College Planning Book for Black Families

    Guest Dr. Sonya Shuler Okoli,
    • 0 replies
    • 789 views
    Guest
    Guest

  20. Fearless Public Speaking - I Invite You To Review!

    Guest Joy Jones,
    • 0 replies
    • 578 views
    Guest
    Guest

  21. Review of When I Fly With Papa - a new Christian book featuring a black girl character

    Guest Claudia May,
    • 0 replies
    • 703 views
    Guest
    Guest

  22. Love's Journal

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

  23. "Frankie Finds the Blues" (Foreword by Taj Mahal)

    Guest Joel Harper,
    • 1 reply
    • 831 views
    Troy

  24. Buy 4 Classic Books by John A. Williams Directly From AALBC!

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 789 views
    Troy

  25. Amazon is a Radically New Kind of Monopoly

    Troy,
    • 19 replies
    • 2.4k views
    Troy

  26. Robert Johnson's Freewheeling Jazz Funeral

    Guest Whit Frazier,
    • 10 replies
    • 2k views
    Troy

  27. Entrepreneurs Wanted to Review New Book

    Guest thatwritingchic,
    • 2 replies
    • 846 views
    thatwritingchic

  28. James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni in Conversation

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 6.2k views
    Maurice

  29. Black. Anglo-Saxon.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 865 views
    harry brown

  30. 'I Bet She Called Me Sugar Plum'-children's book

    Guest Jessea Gabbin,
    • 1 reply
    • 1k views
    Troy

  31. "W-A-T-ER" children's picture book

    Guest Ronald Fontenot,
    • 0 replies
    • 823 views
    Guest
    Guest

  32. Anybody Else Think the Movie Was Better?

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 741 views
    Troy

  33. Request for review

    Guest David Steinman,
    • 0 replies
    • 626 views
    Guest
    Guest

  34. "Henry's Going to an HBCU"

    Guest Kyle McMurtry,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  35. Sable Book Club

    Guest Rogue Scholar,
    • 0 replies
    • 784 views
    Guest
    Guest

  36. FIVE-CARAT SOUL, a New Book by James McBride--Did You About it.

    Troy,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  37. Despite the decline of the mega-bookstore chains, indie bookstores are enjoying a renaissance!

    elonawashington,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

  38. Review for The Truth About Gretchen

    Guest Alretha Thomas,
    • 0 replies
    • 586 views
    Guest
    Guest

  39. Back. Family Reunion. Cookbook.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 737 views
    harry brown

  40. The first Africans Americans: 1619

    Guest Louise,
    • 1 reply
    • 801 views
    Troy

  41. Race Rules,Eric. Dyson

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 716 views
    harry brown

  42. Amazon Sells Bootleg Books

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 814 views
    Troy

  43. Shitolian

    Guest OPersaud,
    • 0 replies
    • 801 views
    Guest
    Guest

  44. Book Review Request-Christian Fiction

    SHERABIM JOY,
    • 0 replies
    • 773 views
    SHERABIM JOY

  45. "Black People Don't Read"

    Troy,
    • 10 replies
    • 5.9k views
    Troy

  46. Prolific AALBC Contributor Kam Williams Passes

    Troy,
    • 17 replies
    • 3.1k views
    Mel Hopkins

  47. We're Accepting Book Review Requests

    Word Lovers,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  48. Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am - New Documentary Film

    Troy,
    • 6 replies
    • 3.5k views
    Troy

  49. “A Year to Exhale” - BOOK ALERT

    Guest Kia Harris,
    • 1 reply
    • 975 views
    Word Lovers

  50. Debut Novel for Review Consideration

    Guest Deborah L King,
    • 1 reply
    • 880 views
    Word Lovers

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