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

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.1k views
    Troy

  2. Amazon Giveaway: The Seven Year Wait

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

  3. New black author

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

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

    Troy,
    • 6 replies
    • 2.3k views
    Troy

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

    Guest George Blacken,
    • 1 reply
    • 934 views
    Milton

  6. Scary Set 2

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 406 views
    richardmurray

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.4k views
    Troy

  8. Impact of the Million man March

    Troy,
    • 10 replies
    • 5.4k views
    Chrishayden

  9. FOLLOW @PAYSTUBBS ON #TWITTER!

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.3k views
    HICKSON

  10. BOOK- THE STREET BY ANN PETRY

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    harry brown

  11. Hood Hero – Free Limited Time

    hen81,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.4k views
    hen81

  12. Notes to Authors & Publishers

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.1k views
    Troy

  13. Book celebrating 1st Black President

    Chasitie,
    • 37 replies
    • 6.6k views
    Cynique

  14. Good Old Word Of Mouth Sells Books

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 981 views
    Troy

  15. The 2016 Brooklyn Book Festival

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  16. Book Review Request - Yet I Still Stand

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

  17. Black Men Read

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

  18. 2021 Pulitzer Prizes Awarded

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 785 views
    Troy

  19. The Alchemists of Kush by Minister Faust

    Milton,
    • 1 reply
    • 801 views
    Guest
    Guest

  20. INSIDE JOB WRITING INSTITUTE WORKSHOPS

    msafrikaa,
    • 1 reply
    • 1k views
    Monica

  21. Wild. Blood. Lauren. Blackwood

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 314 views
    harry brown

  22. Lena Horne is dead at 92!

    Thumper,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.9k views
    Xeon

  23. Should Writers be Paid to Write?

    Troy,
    • 53 replies
    • 15.7k views
    Troy

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

    TheBookLook,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.4k views
    TheBookLook

  25. Black Study Bible.

    harry brown,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Mel Hopkins

  26. X-A. Novel.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 950 views
    harry brown

  27. Behind the Ink

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

  28. Are there any AA detectives around today?

    Thumper,
    • 7 replies
    • 3.3k views
    Guest
    Guest

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

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.6k views
    Chrishayden

  30. The Best Black Book Search Engine

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 4.1k views
    Troy

  31. Kola Boof lecturing at Emory University this Friday

    Kola Boof,
    • 5 replies
    • 3.4k views
    anika99

  32. Alice Munro Wins The Nobel Prize in Literature

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

  33. HAPPY BIRTHDAY GHETTOHEAT TV!

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    HICKSON

  34. Element-ary

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

  35. Sisters In The Wilderness.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 840 views
    harry brown

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

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

  37. Talon. Of. God. Wesley. Snipers .

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 789 views
    harry brown

  38. Book Suggestions

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

  39. Request for Book Review

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

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 927 views
    Troy

  41. Books. About. Black. So!diets.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 329 views
    harry brown

  42. Books and the Movies

    Thumper,
    • 10 replies
    • 8.9k views
    Xeon

  43. Pay the Writer

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.7k views
    Troy

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

    hen81,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    hen81

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

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

  46. July Newsletter Showcases the Best of the Black Literature

    Troy,
    • 9 replies
    • 2k views
    B.L. Brown

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

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

    Dee Miller,
    • 1 reply
    • 967 views
    Guest
    Guest

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

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

  50. Meet author Davida Siwisa James

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 511 views
    richardmurray

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