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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 870 views
    Troy

  2. 2014: the Best Year for Black Literature in Decades

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 868 views
    Troy

  3. Book Euphoria's 2020 Carnivale Weekend

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

  4. Book Euphoria's 2020 Carnivale

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

  5. Priestess of nKu: A Ki Khanga Adventure

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Milton

  6. Toni Morrison Passes

    Troy,
    • 8 replies
    • 3.4k views
    Delano

  7. My Black is Beautiful

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

  8. Origin. Of. Others . Toni. Morrison!

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 813 views
    harry brown

  9. #1 College Planning Book for Black Families

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

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

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

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

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

  12. Love's Journal

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

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

    Guest Joel Harper,
    • 1 reply
    • 905 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 834 views
    Troy

  15. Amazon is a Radically New Kind of Monopoly

    Troy,
    • 19 replies
    • 2.8k views
    Troy

  16. Robert Johnson's Freewheeling Jazz Funeral

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

  17. Entrepreneurs Wanted to Review New Book

    Guest thatwritingchic,
    • 2 replies
    • 943 views
    thatwritingchic

  18. James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni in Conversation

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 6.4k views
    Maurice

  19. Black. Anglo-Saxon.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 931 views
    harry brown

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

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

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

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

  22. Anybody Else Think the Movie Was Better?

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 792 views
    Troy

  23. Request for review

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

  24. "Henry's Going to an HBCU"

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

  25. Sable Book Club

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

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

    Troy,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Troy

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

    elonawashington,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  28. Review for The Truth About Gretchen

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

  29. Back. Family Reunion. Cookbook.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 820 views
    harry brown

  30. The first Africans Americans: 1619

    Guest Louise,
    • 1 reply
    • 878 views
    Troy

  31. Race Rules,Eric. Dyson

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 818 views
    harry brown

  32. Amazon Sells Bootleg Books

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 864 views
    Troy

  33. Shitolian

    Guest OPersaud,
    • 0 replies
    • 861 views
    Guest
    Guest

  34. Book Review Request-Christian Fiction

    SHERABIM JOY,
    • 0 replies
    • 826 views
    SHERABIM JOY

  35. Prolific AALBC Contributor Kam Williams Passes

    Troy,
    • 17 replies
    • 3.5k views
    Mel Hopkins

  36. We're Accepting Book Review Requests

    Word Lovers,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 6 replies
    • 3.7k views
    Troy

  38. “A Year to Exhale” - BOOK ALERT

    Guest Kia Harris,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Word Lovers

  39. Debut Novel for Review Consideration

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

  40. Request Book Review: The Seven Year Wait

    Guest Carla Brice-Talley,
    • 1 reply
    • 1k views
    Word Lovers

  41. Children's Book Review Request: Little Miss is Destined for Greatness

    Guest Amber T. Bogan,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Word Lovers

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 995 views
    Troy

  43. New Historic Book

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

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

    Guest Sterlin Williams,
    • 1 reply
    • 959 views
    Troy

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

    Guest Sydluv,
    • 0 replies
    • 763 views
    Guest
    Guest

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

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

  47. Kindness Matters: Sharing Bees

    Guest JKS Communications,
    • 0 replies
    • 816 views
    Guest
    Guest

  48. Dominion: written 26 years ago, now an audiobook

    Guest raf_publisher,
    • 0 replies
    • 852 views
    Guest
    Guest

  49. Black. Fatherhood. Guide. For. Male Parenting.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 971 views
    harry brown

  50. Black Speculative Authors At Blerdcon?

    Guest Charlie J. Eskew,
    • 0 replies
    • 896 views
    Guest
    Guest

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