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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. Baby Girl

    Guest Alvin Dunston,
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    • 839 views
    Guest
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  2. The Shearing of Willie McElroy

    Guest Roy McElroy,
    • 0 replies
    • 775 views
    Guest
    Guest

  3. Upcoming Novel Release: Land of the Black Squirrels

    Guest Mwalim *7),
    • 0 replies
    • 738 views
    Guest
    Guest

  4. Ali

    Tony Lindsay,
    • 0 replies
    • 789 views
    Tony Lindsay

  5. Destini: The Lost Princess

    Guest Raynisha Bragg-McDonald,
    • 0 replies
    • 620 views
    Guest
    Guest

  6. Menopause vs Puberty

    Guest Tommalisa Lumpkin,
    • 0 replies
    • 645 views
    Guest
    Guest

  7. MVmedia Fall Fest Sale

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 769 views
    Milton

  8. The Unspoken For Win Language

    Guest Brittany Carter,
    • 0 replies
    • 668 views
    Guest
    Guest

  9. Me, You, & A Married Man

    Guest Pledge,
    • 0 replies
    • 643 views
    Guest
    Guest

  10. Queens of Nap

    Guest Tamp Jones,
    • 0 replies
    • 630 views
    Guest
    Guest

  11. Urban Fiction Experience in Richmond, VA

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

  12. Body and Soul; a New Novel

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

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

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 3.2k views
    Troy

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

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

  15. 15 Paying Creative Nonfiction Publications Seeking Submissions

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 722 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 808 views
    Troy

  17. 2014: the Best Year for Black Literature in Decades

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 786 views
    Troy

  18. Book Euphoria's 2020 Carnivale Weekend

    Book Euphoria 15,
    • 0 replies
    • 950 views
    Book Euphoria 15

  19. Book Euphoria's 2020 Carnivale

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

  20. Priestess of nKu: A Ki Khanga Adventure

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Milton

  21. Toni Morrison Passes

    Troy,
    • 8 replies
    • 3.1k views
    Delano

  22. My Black is Beautiful

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

  23. Origin. Of. Others . Toni. Morrison!

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 725 views
    harry brown

  24. #1 College Planning Book for Black Families

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

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

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

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

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

  27. Love's Journal

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

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

    Guest Joel Harper,
    • 1 reply
    • 839 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 792 views
    Troy

  30. Amazon is a Radically New Kind of Monopoly

    Troy,
    • 19 replies
    • 2.4k views
    Troy

  31. Robert Johnson's Freewheeling Jazz Funeral

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

  32. Entrepreneurs Wanted to Review New Book

    Guest thatwritingchic,
    • 2 replies
    • 851 views
    thatwritingchic

  33. James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni in Conversation

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 6.2k views
    Maurice

  34. Black. Anglo-Saxon.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 869 views
    harry brown

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

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

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

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

  37. Anybody Else Think the Movie Was Better?

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 745 views
    Troy

  38. Request for review

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

  39. "Henry's Going to an HBCU"

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

  40. Sable Book Club

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

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

    Troy,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

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

    elonawashington,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

  43. Review for The Truth About Gretchen

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

  44. Back. Family Reunion. Cookbook.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 744 views
    harry brown

  45. The first Africans Americans: 1619

    Guest Louise,
    • 1 reply
    • 804 views
    Troy

  46. Race Rules,Eric. Dyson

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 727 views
    harry brown

  47. Amazon Sells Bootleg Books

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 819 views
    Troy

  48. Shitolian

    Guest OPersaud,
    • 0 replies
    • 807 views
    Guest
    Guest

  49. Book Review Request-Christian Fiction

    SHERABIM JOY,
    • 0 replies
    • 780 views
    SHERABIM JOY

  50. "Black People Don't Read"

    Troy,
    • 10 replies
    • 5.9k views
    Troy

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