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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. GHETTOHEAT®: LOVE DON'T LOVE NOBODY PRE-ORDERS!

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 3.1k views
    HICKSON

  2. Check out Life Changing Books (LCB) a successful Indy Book Publisher

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.2k views
    Troy

  3. Amazon Giveaway: The Seven Year Wait

    Guest Carla Brice-Talley,
    • 0 replies
    • 765 views
    Guest
    Guest

  4. New black author

    Guest Dajon Powell,
    • 0 replies
    • 930 views
    Guest
    Guest

  5. The Best African American Children’s Picture Books for 2020

    Troy,
    • 6 replies
    • 2.4k views
    Troy

  6. Review Requested For Vicenary: A Collection of Black and African Culture Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories

    Guest George Blacken,
    • 1 reply
    • 992 views
    Milton

  7. Scary Set 2

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 451 views
    richardmurray

  8. Thumper's Review of Sleep Don't Come Easy

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.5k views
    Troy

  9. Impact of the Million man March

    Troy,
    • 10 replies
    • 5.6k views
    Chrishayden

  10. FOLLOW @PAYSTUBBS ON #TWITTER!

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.4k views
    HICKSON

  11. BOOK- THE STREET BY ANN PETRY

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    harry brown

  12. Hood Hero – Free Limited Time

    hen81,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.4k views
    hen81

  13. Notes to Authors & Publishers

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.2k views
    Troy

  14. Book celebrating 1st Black President

    Chasitie,
    • 37 replies
    • 7.3k views
    Cynique

  15. Good Old Word Of Mouth Sells Books

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  16. The 2016 Brooklyn Book Festival

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

  17. Book Review Request - Yet I Still Stand

    Guest D. Grace Jackson,
    • 0 replies
    • 736 views
    Guest
    Guest

  18. Black Men Read

    Guest Dana Bello,
    • 0 replies
    • 781 views
    Guest
    Guest

  19. 2021 Pulitzer Prizes Awarded

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 827 views
    Troy

  20. The Alchemists of Kush by Minister Faust

    Milton,
    • 1 reply
    • 870 views
    Guest
    Guest

  21. INSIDE JOB WRITING INSTITUTE WORKSHOPS

    msafrikaa,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Monica

  22. Wild. Blood. Lauren. Blackwood

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 372 views
    harry brown

  23. Lena Horne is dead at 92!

    Thumper,
    • 1 reply
    • 2k views
    Xeon

  24. Should Writers be Paid to Write?

    Troy,
    • 53 replies
    • 16.6k views
    Troy

  25. Terry McMillan, Jamal Joseph, Sadeqa Johnson on The Book Look!

    TheBookLook,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.5k views
    TheBookLook

  26. Black Study Bible.

    harry brown,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.9k views
    Mel Hopkins

  27. X-A. Novel.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    harry brown

  28. Behind the Ink

    Guest Me Time Book Club,
    • 0 replies
    • 739 views
    Guest
    Guest

  29. Are there any AA detectives around today?

    Thumper,
    • 7 replies
    • 3.4k views
    Guest
    Guest

  30. Damn I go away for one minute and all hell breaks loose

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.7k views
    Chrishayden

  31. The Best Black Book Search Engine

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 4.2k views
    Troy

  32. Kola Boof lecturing at Emory University this Friday

    Kola Boof,
    • 5 replies
    • 3.6k views
    anika99

  33. Alice Munro Wins The Nobel Prize in Literature

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  34. HAPPY BIRTHDAY GHETTOHEAT TV!

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    HICKSON

  35. Element-ary

    M. Haynes,
    • 0 replies
    • 833 views
    M. Haynes

  36. Sisters In The Wilderness.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 879 views
    harry brown

  37. Some Really Cool Children's Books Coming Out Soon

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

  38. Talon. Of. God. Wesley. Snipers .

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 851 views
    harry brown

  39. Book Suggestions

    Guest Jessica Vaughan,
    • 0 replies
    • 681 views
    Guest
    Guest

  40. Request for Book Review

    Guest Philippa Jabouin,
    • 0 replies
    • 963 views
    Guest
    Guest

  41. Video: Troy Johnson at the Dock Bookshop in Ft. Worth Texas

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 965 views
    Troy

  42. Books. About. Black. So!diets.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 391 views
    harry brown

  43. Books and the Movies

    Thumper,
    • 10 replies
    • 9.1k views
    Xeon

  44. Pay the Writer

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.8k views
    Troy

  45. The Pastor’s Lover and Wife 4 - Entangled - Things You Can’t Tell Mama – Available Now

    hen81,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    hen81

  46. Fanita Pendleton Author and Owner of Urban Moon Books bookstore:

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  47. July Newsletter Showcases the Best of the Black Literature

    Troy,
    • 9 replies
    • 2.2k views
    B.L. Brown

  48. Paul Coates Discusses Black Classic Press (one of the oldest indie publishers) on C-SPAN

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  49. Book review Request: LOL...You Can't make this stuff UP!!

    Dee Miller,
    • 1 reply
    • 1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  50. Reviews Requested for Anthony Huger 'Too Far In the Dark'

    Guest Waad Ahmed,
    • 0 replies
    • 748 views
    Guest
    Guest

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