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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 Shearing of Willie McElroy

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

  2. 1919, The Year of Racial Violence: How African Americans Fought Back by David Krugler

    Kareem,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Kareem

  3. Why Young,Men.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 916 views
    harry brown

  4. Baby Girl

    Guest Alvin Dunston,
    • 0 replies
    • 914 views
    Guest
    Guest

  5. The Shearing of Willie McElroy

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

  6. Upcoming Novel Release: Land of the Black Squirrels

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

  7. Ali

    Tony Lindsay,
    • 0 replies
    • 872 views
    Tony Lindsay

  8. American Uprising: The Untold Story of America's Largest Slave Revolt

    Kareem,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Maurice

  9. Destini: The Lost Princess

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

  10. James Baldwin, The Price of the Ticket documentary

    Maurice,
    • 11 replies
    • 3.8k views
    Maurice

  11. Menopause vs Puberty

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

  12. MVmedia Fall Fest Sale

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 818 views
    Milton

  13. The Unspoken For Win Language

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

  14. Me, You, & A Married Man

    Guest Pledge,
    • 0 replies
    • 679 views
    Guest
    Guest

  15. Queens of Nap

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

  16. Urban Fiction Experience in Richmond, VA

    Guest Author Tiffany Forbes,
    • 1 reply
    • 7.4k views
    Troy

  17. Artist Talk with Quincy Troupe

    Guest Tara@MSPC,
    • 7 replies
    • 1.6k views
    Maurice

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

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

  19. Body and Soul; a New Novel

    David doc Robertson,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    David doc Robertson

  20. 15 Paying Creative Nonfiction Publications Seeking Submissions

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 760 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 876 views
    Troy

  22. 2014: the Best Year for Black Literature in Decades

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 872 views
    Troy

  23. Book Euphoria's 2020 Carnivale Weekend

    Book Euphoria 15,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Book Euphoria 15

  24. Book Euphoria's 2020 Carnivale

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

  25. Priestess of nKu: A Ki Khanga Adventure

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Milton

  26. The Priestess Returns!

    Milton,
    • 6 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Milton

  27. Soul trilogy

    Maurice,
    • 29 replies
    • 5.3k views
    Maurice

  28. My Black is Beautiful

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

  29. Origin. Of. Others . Toni. Morrison!

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 818 views
    harry brown

  30. Toni Morrison Passes

    Troy,
    • 8 replies
    • 3.4k views
    Delano

  31. #1 College Planning Book for Black Families

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

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

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

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

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

  34. Love's Journal

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

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

    Guest Joel Harper,
    • 1 reply
    • 910 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 837 views
    Troy

  37. What are you reading now ?

    Maurice,
    • 115 replies
    • 90.9k views
    Maurice

  38. Entrepreneurs Wanted to Review New Book

    Guest thatwritingchic,
    • 2 replies
    • 950 views
    thatwritingchic

  39. Troy in the Home Office Where AALBC Started

    Troy,
    • 7 replies
    • 4.5k views
    Dee Miller

  40. Black. Anglo-Saxon.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 934 views
    harry brown

  41. Robert Johnson's Freewheeling Jazz Funeral

    Guest Whit Frazier,
    • 10 replies
    • 2.3k views
    Troy

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

    Guest Jessea Gabbin,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

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

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

  44. Anybody Else Think the Movie Was Better?

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 796 views
    Troy

  45. Request for review

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

  46. "Henry's Going to an HBCU"

    Guest Kyle McMurtry,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Guest
    Guest

  47. Sable Book Club

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

  48. Amazon is a Radically New Kind of Monopoly

    Troy,
    • 19 replies
    • 2.9k views
    Troy

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

    elonawashington,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.5k views
    Troy

  50. Review for The Truth About Gretchen

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

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