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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. Queens of Nap

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

  2. Urban Fiction Experience in Richmond, VA

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

  3. Artist Talk with Quincy Troupe

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

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

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

  5. Body and Soul; a New Novel

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

  6. 15 Paying Creative Nonfiction Publications Seeking Submissions

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 746 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 848 views
    Troy

  8. 2014: the Best Year for Black Literature in Decades

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 842 views
    Troy

  9. Book Euphoria's 2020 Carnivale Weekend

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

  10. Book Euphoria's 2020 Carnivale

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

  11. Priestess of nKu: A Ki Khanga Adventure

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Milton

  12. The Priestess Returns!

    Milton,
    • 6 replies
    • 1.6k views
    Milton

  13. Soul trilogy

    Maurice,
    • 29 replies
    • 5.1k views
    Maurice

  14. My Black is Beautiful

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

  15. Origin. Of. Others . Toni. Morrison!

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 790 views
    harry brown

  16. Toni Morrison Passes

    Troy,
    • 8 replies
    • 3.3k views
    Delano

  17. #1 College Planning Book for Black Families

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

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

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

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

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

  20. Love's Journal

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

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

    Guest Joel Harper,
    • 1 reply
    • 885 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 822 views
    Troy

  23. What are you reading now ?

    Maurice,
    • 115 replies
    • 90.1k views
    Maurice

  24. Entrepreneurs Wanted to Review New Book

    Guest thatwritingchic,
    • 2 replies
    • 907 views
    thatwritingchic

  25. Troy in the Home Office Where AALBC Started

    Troy,
    • 7 replies
    • 4.4k views
    Dee Miller

  26. Black. Anglo-Saxon.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 920 views
    harry brown

  27. Robert Johnson's Freewheeling Jazz Funeral

    Guest Whit Frazier,
    • 10 replies
    • 2.2k views
    Troy

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

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

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

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

  30. Anybody Else Think the Movie Was Better?

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 774 views
    Troy

  31. Request for review

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

  32. "Henry's Going to an HBCU"

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

  33. Sable Book Club

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

  34. Amazon is a Radically New Kind of Monopoly

    Troy,
    • 19 replies
    • 2.7k views
    Troy

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

    elonawashington,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  36. Review for The Truth About Gretchen

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

  37. Back. Family Reunion. Cookbook.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 801 views
    harry brown

  38. Working on my 2nd book, Trauma Mama

    elonawashington,
    • 5 replies
    • 10.7k views
    AJ Sam

  39. The first Africans Americans: 1619

    Guest Louise,
    • 1 reply
    • 856 views
    Troy

  40. Race Rules,Eric. Dyson

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 798 views
    harry brown

  41. Amazon Sells Bootleg Books

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 851 views
    Troy

  42. Shitolian

    Guest OPersaud,
    • 0 replies
    • 845 views
    Guest
    Guest

  43. Book Review Request-Christian Fiction

    SHERABIM JOY,
    • 0 replies
    • 813 views
    SHERABIM JOY

  44. We're Accepting Book Review Requests

    Word Lovers,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

  45. Looking for Self-Published Books by African-American Authors

    Word Lovers,
    • 19 replies
    • 6.9k views
    Milton

  46. Austin African-American Book Festival celebrates activism, empowerment

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 970 views
    Troy

  47. New Historic Book

    Guest Collins Kwaku Boahen,
    • 0 replies
    • 630 views
    Guest
    Guest

  48. Nurse Anesthetist Writes a Magical Book to Help Kids Overcome Their Fear of Surgery

    Guest Sydluv,
    • 0 replies
    • 752 views
    Guest
    Guest

  49. Book Review Request - Understanding the Far-Reaching Global Impact of the World Racial Order

    Guest Sterlin Williams,
    • 0 replies
    • 667 views
    Guest
    Guest

  50. Book Review Request - Understanding the Far-Reaching Global Impact of the World Racial Order

    Guest Sterlin Williams,
    • 1 reply
    • 930 views
    Troy

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