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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. African. American. Christmas Stories.

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    harry brown

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 861 views
    Troy

  3. Their Eyes Were Watching God

    Guest Marcus Dee,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  4. HICKSON IS SO GHETTOHEAT

    HICKSON,
    • 1 reply
    • 3k views
    HICKSON

  5. Media Must Educate and Inform on Things that Matter

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 890 views
    Troy

  6. Book Review Request

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

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

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Troy

  8. Christmas In. The. Hood. Nikki Turner

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 987 views
    harry brown

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  10. The Mississippi Book Festival — “Where are my people at?”

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Guest
    Guest

  11. Rich For A Few Hours

    Willie J Moye,
    • 5 replies
    • 2.5k views
    NubianFellow

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 996 views
    Troy

  13. 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

  14. Michelle. Obama,Becoming!

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  15. Video - Literary Agent Manie Barron talks about the author's responsibilitiy

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.7k views
    Troy

  16. The 35 Most Popular Book Categories on AALBC

    Troy,
    • 5 replies
    • 3.4k views
    Troy

  17. Book Review Request - No Tears for Dead Men

    Guest Dilsa Saunders Bailey,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.6k views
    simplydilsa

  18. Dark Universe: The Bright Empire

    Milton,
    • 4 replies
    • 2.3k views
    Troy

  19. The. Mamba Mentality .

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 896 views
    Troy

  20. WENDY WILLIAMS: GHETTOHEAT

    HICKSON,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.9k views
    HICKSON

  21. BOOK REVIEW REQUEST-Trust

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

  22. Videos from the 2018 Texas Book Festival

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

  23. Fledgling.Octavia. Butler.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 816 views
    harry brown

  24. GHETTOHEAT PRESENTS, REAL RAP: ANPU!

    HICKSON,
    • 2 replies
    • 6.4k views
    HICKSON

  25. Ntozake Shange Passes

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  26. Meji Special Edition is Available now!

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Milton

  27. Books N Brunch Gala 2019

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

  28. BOOK-BANG-BOOM: GHETTOHEAT

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    HICKSON

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

    harry brown,
    • 18 replies
    • 2.8k views
    Mel Hopkins

  30. Darker. Than. Night!

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 856 views
    harry brown

  31. GHETTOHEAT: WHO THE HELL IS STUBBS?

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.5k views
    HICKSON

  32. Amber and the Hidden City Kickstarter

    Milton,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.3k views
    Valjeanne Jeffers

  33. The City: A Cyberfunk Anthology

    Milton,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
    Valjeanne Jeffers

  34. Review Request

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

  35. Legacy and truth

    Floyd Collins,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Floyd Collins

  36. The Jamie Reynolds Chronicles

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

  37. Can't Get It Right But Trying

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

  38. GHETTOHEAT HOTNESS: STUBBS

    HICKSON,
    • 2 replies
    • 3.9k views
    HICKSON

  39. African-American Literary Agents/Agencies

    Guest,
    • 18 replies
    • 17.8k views
    Guest
    Guest

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

    Guest BlackPressRadio,
    • 0 replies
    • 763 views
    Guest
    Guest

  41. THEIR EYES ARE WATCHING GHETTOHEAT

    HICKSON,
    • 1 reply
    • 11.8k views
    HICKSON

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 802 views
    Troy

  43. Black Speculative Fiction Month!

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 874 views
    Milton

  44. You inspire me

    Dee Miller,
    • 0 replies
    • 878 views
    Dee Miller

  45. When nutrition meets Hip Hop!

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

  46. New Author

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

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

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Mel Hopkins

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

    Troy,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  49. MIKA MILLER: GHETTOHEAT

    HICKSON,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.4k views
    HICKSON

  50. Openinng a book cafe

    Guest Nichole,
    • 1 reply
    • 988 views
    Troy

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