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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. Michelle. Obama,Becoming!

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.6k views
    Troy

  3. The 35 Most Popular Book Categories on AALBC

    Troy,
    • 5 replies
    • 3.3k views
    Troy

  4. Book Review Request - No Tears for Dead Men

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

  5. Dark Universe: The Bright Empire

    Milton,
    • 4 replies
    • 2.3k views
    Troy

  6. Can I Be Ernest?

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

  7. The. Mamba Mentality .

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 861 views
    Troy

  8. WENDY WILLIAMS: GHETTOHEAT

    HICKSON,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.8k views
    HICKSON

  9. BOOK REVIEW REQUEST-Trust

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

  10. Videos from the 2018 Texas Book Festival

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

  11. Fledgling.Octavia. Butler.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 790 views
    harry brown

  12. GHETTOHEAT PRESENTS, REAL RAP: ANPU!

    HICKSON,
    • 2 replies
    • 6.4k views
    HICKSON

  13. Ntozake Shange Passes

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  14. Meji Special Edition is Available now!

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Milton

  15. Books N Brunch Gala 2019

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

  16. BOOK-BANG-BOOM: GHETTOHEAT

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    HICKSON

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

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

  18. Darker. Than. Night!

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 823 views
    harry brown

  19. GHETTOHEAT: WHO THE HELL IS STUBBS?

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.5k views
    HICKSON

  20. Amber and the Hidden City Kickstarter

    Milton,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.3k views
    Valjeanne Jeffers

  21. The City: A Cyberfunk Anthology

    Milton,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
    Valjeanne Jeffers

  22. Review Request

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

  23. Legacy and truth

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

  24. The Jamie Reynolds Chronicles

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

  25. Can't Get It Right But Trying

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

  26. GHETTOHEAT HOTNESS: STUBBS

    HICKSON,
    • 2 replies
    • 3.8k views
    HICKSON

  27. African-American Literary Agents/Agencies

    Guest,
    • 18 replies
    • 17.2k views
    Guest
    Guest

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

    Guest BlackPressRadio,
    • 0 replies
    • 735 views
    Guest
    Guest

  29. THEIR EYES ARE WATCHING GHETTOHEAT

    HICKSON,
    • 1 reply
    • 11.7k views
    HICKSON

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 780 views
    Troy

  31. Black Speculative Fiction Month!

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 845 views
    Milton

  32. You inspire me

    Dee Miller,
    • 0 replies
    • 846 views
    Dee Miller

  33. When nutrition meets Hip Hop!

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

  34. New Author

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

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

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Mel Hopkins

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

    Troy,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  37. MIKA MILLER: GHETTOHEAT

    HICKSON,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.4k views
    HICKSON

  38. Openinng a book cafe

    Guest Nichole,
    • 1 reply
    • 967 views
    Troy

  39. Dark Universe: An Afrocentric Space Opera

    Milton,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

  40. Book Euphoria’s 2019 Weekend Block Party

    Book Euphoria 15,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Book Euphoria 15

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 942 views
    Troy

  42. New Orleans African American Book Festival

    Guest Tanisca,
    • 0 replies
    • 725 views
    Guest
    Guest

  43. Gotta Story to Tell Book Signing Launch

    Guest Authors of Gotta Story to,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  44. Kat WIlliams Drops Knowledge

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 853 views
    Troy

  45. AALBC Prints Books Too!

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 852 views
    Troy

  46. A.C. BRITT: GHETTOHEAT

    HICKSON,
    • 1 reply
    • 3.2k views
    HICKSON

  47. Digital Book World to Launch Publishing Hall of Fame

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Troy

  48. Book Review Request: Nightmare Detective by Monk Inyang

    Monk,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Monk

  49. N. K. Jemisin the Only Writer to Win 3 Best Novel Hugo Awards in Consecutive Years

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

  50. Faces of Foster Care

    Guest Lisa Aguirre,
    • 0 replies
    • 774 views
    Guest
    Guest

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