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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. “How to Talk to Your Kids About Charlottesville”

    Troy,
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    Troy

  2. A wonderful interview with a terrific writer, Elizabeth Nunez

    Troy,
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    Troy

  3. Video: T.R. Simon talks about her new young adult novel, Zora and Me: The Cursed Ground

    Troy,
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    • 921 views
    Troy

  4. Robby

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

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    Troy

  6. Requesting Your Support of the Twelfth National Black Writers Conference

    Troy,
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    Troy

  7. Bereavement Announcement: On the Passing of Sir Derek A. Walcott

    Troy,
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    Troy

  8. Discussion of Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi on the Black Syllabus

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    Troy

  9. Nigger Career. Of. A. Troublesome. Word..

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    harry brown

  10. Nuclear powered arsenals as protection in fiction 

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    richardmurray

  11. Writers Help Writers: Advice Needed

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    Kola Boof

  12. A Review of David Covin's Novel, PRODIGAL

    Troy,
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    Troy

  13. Anne Rice The Beauty's Kingdom Interview

    Troy,
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    Troy

  14. GHETTOHEAT® CELEBRATES 13 YEARS OF HOTNESS!

    HICKSON,
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    • 967 views
    HICKSON

  15. 7 of 20 finalists for National Book Awards are Black

    Troy,
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    • 715 views
    Troy

  16. Where. Do. We. Go. From. Here. ???

    harry brown,
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    • 785 views
    harry brown

  17.  The 3rd edition of the 2024 Richard Murray Newsletter.

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    • 618 views
    richardmurray

  18. The 23rd edition of the 2024 Richard Murray Newsletter.

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    • 639 views
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  19. VIDEO: Carl Weber talks about how he came up with the characters

    Troy,
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    Troy

  20. Nikky Finney explains why Black literature is so important

    Troy,
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    Troy

  21. GHETTOHEAT® CELEBRATES BLACK MUSIC MONTH 2013!

    HICKSON,
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    HICKSON

  22. HOT NEW RELEASE: COOCHIE 2

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  23. Their Eyes Were Watching God

    Guest Marea D. Cole,
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  24. Review requested for novel - Just My Luck

    Roz Seay,
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    • 798 views
    Roz Seay

  25. Multiple movies based on one black book

    richardmurray,
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    • 495 views
    richardmurray

  26. WENDY WILLIAMS: SHOUT-OUT TO MY FRIEND, HICKSON...

    HICKSON,
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    • 920 views
    HICKSON

  27. Cento poetry

    richardmurray,
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    • 163 views
    richardmurray

  28. The Steamfunk Panel at The Mahogany Masquerade!

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    Balogun

  29. A.L. Shields a.k.a., Stephen L. Carter

    Troy,
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    Troy

  30. Helping Uplift People Can be Part of Capitalism

    Troy,
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    • 755 views
    Troy

  31. Book Review Request

    Guest Judy Fambrough Billingsley,
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  32. Between. The. World. And. Me.

    harry brown,
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    • 768 views
    harry brown

  33. ...Talking About Good Music, Check out I Called Him Morgan

    Troy,
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    Troy

  34. The Journey To The Promised Land Requires A Divine Consciousness

    artGriot,
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    • 983 views
    artGriot

  35. African American Pavilion at BookExpo America 2005

    Troy,
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    • 710 views
    Troy

  36. Good Fortune by Noni Carter

    Troy,
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    Troy

  37. AALBC.com eNewsletter Published

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    Troy

  38. Rooftop Diva – A Novel of Triumph After Katrina – Free Download – Limited Time

    hen81,
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    hen81

  39. THE 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF GHETTOHEAT®!

    HICKSON,
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    • 1.3k views
    HICKSON

  40. Looking for Reviews of African American Literature

    Troy,
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    Troy

  41. New Books for the Spring with Patrik Bass of Essence Magazine

    Troy,
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    Troy

  42. New Maya Angelou Documentary Film

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    Troy

  43. How White Folks Got So Rich

    Troy,
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    Troy

  44. I Met Two Sexual Predators One Evening (or Power Corrupts)

    Troy,
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    • 844 views
    Troy

  45. Kasi Lemmons to Write and Direct Film Adaptation of Maaza Mengiste’s the Shadow King

    Troy,
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    • 895 views
    Troy

  46. The Dead Are Arising

    Troy,
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    Troy

  47. Annual Coloring Contest Announcement

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    • 768 views
    daniellegfny

  48. The 37th edition of the 2023 Richard Murray Newsletter

    richardmurray,
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    • 985 views
    richardmurray

  49. Finding Peace by Shakira Rivers

    richardmurray,
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    richardmurray

  50. LEDISI! on THE BOOK LOOK!

    TheBookLook,
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    • 940 views
    TheBookLook

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