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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. Lets. Celebrate. Kwanzaa.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 780 views
    harry brown

  2. Singing,Swinging Merry. Like. Christmas.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 750 views
    harry brown

  3. I. Got. The Christmas. Spirit!!!!

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 773 views
    harry brown

  4. BOOK REVIEW REQUEST - Tales of the Astonishing B̶l̶a̶c̶k̶ Spark

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

  5. Naughtier. Than. Nice.Eric. Dickey.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 699 views
    harry brown

  6. "Black People Don't Read"

    Troy,
    • 21 replies
    • 6.6k views
    Phil Lamar

  7. The Children’s Africana Book Awards for 2018!

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 760 views
    Troy

  8. Book Trailer: Shelter in a Time of Storm: How Black Colleges Fostered Generations of Leadership and Activism by Jelani M. Favors

    Guest Gina Mahalek,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  9. African. American. Christmas Stories.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 804 views
    harry brown

  10. Maybe Coates, Okorafor, and Gay Can Bring Blackness to the Black Panther Universe

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 825 views
    Troy

  11. Their Eyes Were Watching God

    Guest Marcus Dee,
    • 3 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

  12. Media Must Educate and Inform on Things that Matter

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 867 views
    Troy

  13. Book Review Request

    Guest William Carter, Jr.,
    • 0 replies
    • 950 views
    Guest
    Guest

  14. Christmas In. The. Hood. Nikki Turner

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 966 views
    harry brown

  15. Black Male Writers for Our Time - The NY Times Gets it right!

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  16. Are Black-Owned Bookstores Are Making a Comeback?

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Troy

  17. Video: Bestselling Author Tarkisha Wallace's Book, Little Girl Arise

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 976 views
    Troy

  18. Would like a book review for Upright Bass: The Musical Life & Legacy of Jamil Nasser

    Guest Muneer Nasser,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  19. Michelle. Obama,Becoming!

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  20. Dark Universe: The Bright Empire

    Milton,
    • 4 replies
    • 2.3k views
    Troy

  21. The. Mamba Mentality .

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 864 views
    Troy

  22. BOOK REVIEW REQUEST-Trust

    Guest Mindy Kuhn,
    • 0 replies
    • 890 views
    Guest
    Guest

  23. Videos from the 2018 Texas Book Festival

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

  24. WENDY WILLIAMS: GHETTOHEAT

    HICKSON,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.8k views
    HICKSON

  25. Rich For A Few Hours

    Willie J Moye,
    • 5 replies
    • 2.4k views
    NubianFellow

  26. The 35 Most Popular Book Categories on AALBC

    Troy,
    • 5 replies
    • 3.3k views
    Troy

  27. Fledgling.Octavia. Butler.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 795 views
    harry brown

  28. Ntozake Shange Passes

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  29. Meji Special Edition is Available now!

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Milton

  30. Books N Brunch Gala 2019

    Guest Darryl Harvey,
    • 0 replies
    • 771 views
    Guest
    Guest

  31. Can I Be Ernest?

    Guest Ernest K. Aning,
    • 14 replies
    • 3.1k views
    Troy

  32. BOOK-BANG-BOOM: GHETTOHEAT

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    HICKSON

  33. Darker. Than. Night!

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 827 views
    harry brown

  34. GHETTOHEAT: WHO THE HELL IS STUBBS?

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.5k views
    HICKSON

  35. Review Request

    Guest C.Dean,
    • 0 replies
    • 737 views
    Guest
    Guest

  36. Legacy and truth

    Floyd Collins,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Floyd Collins

  37. The Jamie Reynolds Chronicles

    Guest Casandra Charles,
    • 0 replies
    • 845 views
    Guest
    Guest

  38. Can't Get It Right But Trying

    Guest M.L.Ginn,
    • 1 reply
    • 869 views
    Mel Hopkins

  39. The City: A Cyberfunk Anthology

    Milton,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
    Valjeanne Jeffers

  40. Mashonda new book: Blend about Alicia Keys and Swizz Beats

    Guest BlackPressRadio,
    • 0 replies
    • 739 views
    Guest
    Guest

  41. Win a copy of Mary Monroe’s New Book, REMEMBRANCE

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 781 views
    Troy

  42. Black Speculative Fiction Month!

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 847 views
    Milton

  43. You inspire me

    Dee Miller,
    • 0 replies
    • 852 views
    Dee Miller

  44. When nutrition meets Hip Hop!

    Guest MC Veggie Fresh,
    • 0 replies
    • 736 views
    Guest
    Guest

  45. New Author

    Guest Shelly Lee,
    • 0 replies
    • 789 views
    Guest
    Guest

  46. Stacey Abrams, the Democratic Candidate for Governor for Georgia is a Romance Novelist.

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Mel Hopkins

  47. Newsletter Reader Says I should research and verify OR How this of forum makes you tough

    Troy,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  48. Ebony. Exodus,Black. Women Leaving,Religion!!!!

    harry brown,
    • 18 replies
    • 2.7k views
    Mel Hopkins

  49. MIKA MILLER: GHETTOHEAT

    HICKSON,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.4k views
    HICKSON

  50. Openinng a book cafe

    Guest Nichole,
    • 1 reply
    • 972 views
    Troy

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