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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. Book Review Request

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

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    • 3 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Troy

  3. Christmas In. The. Hood. Nikki Turner

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 977 views
    harry brown

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

    Troy,
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  5. The Mississippi Book Festival — “Where are my people at?”

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    • 1.8k views
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  6. Rich For A Few Hours

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    • 2.4k views
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  7. Video: Bestselling Author Tarkisha Wallace's Book, Little Girl Arise

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

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    • 1.1k views
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  9. Michelle. Obama,Becoming!

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.7k views
    Troy

  11. The 35 Most Popular Book Categories on AALBC

    Troy,
    • 5 replies
    • 3.4k views
    Troy

  12. Book Review Request - No Tears for Dead Men

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

  13. Dark Universe: The Bright Empire

    Milton,
    • 4 replies
    • 2.3k views
    Troy

  14. Can I Be Ernest?

    Guest Ernest K. Aning,
    • 14 replies
    • 3.2k views
    Troy

  15. The. Mamba Mentality .

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 882 views
    Troy

  16. WENDY WILLIAMS: GHETTOHEAT

    HICKSON,
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    • 1.9k views
    HICKSON

  17. BOOK REVIEW REQUEST-Trust

    Guest Mindy Kuhn,
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    • 902 views
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  18. Videos from the 2018 Texas Book Festival

    Troy,
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    • 1.3k views
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  19. Fledgling.Octavia. Butler.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 805 views
    harry brown

  20. GHETTOHEAT PRESENTS, REAL RAP: ANPU!

    HICKSON,
    • 2 replies
    • 6.4k views
    HICKSON

  21. Ntozake Shange Passes

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  22. Meji Special Edition is Available now!

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Milton

  23. Books N Brunch Gala 2019

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    • 0 replies
    • 779 views
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  24. BOOK-BANG-BOOM: GHETTOHEAT

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    HICKSON

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

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

  26. Darker. Than. Night!

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 843 views
    harry brown

  27. GHETTOHEAT: WHO THE HELL IS STUBBS?

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.5k views
    HICKSON

  28. Amber and the Hidden City Kickstarter

    Milton,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.3k views
    Valjeanne Jeffers

  29. The City: A Cyberfunk Anthology

    Milton,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
    Valjeanne Jeffers

  30. Review Request

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    • 748 views
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  31. Legacy and truth

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

  32. The Jamie Reynolds Chronicles

    Guest Casandra Charles,
    • 0 replies
    • 860 views
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  33. Can't Get It Right But Trying

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

  34. GHETTOHEAT HOTNESS: STUBBS

    HICKSON,
    • 2 replies
    • 3.8k views
    HICKSON

  35. African-American Literary Agents/Agencies

    Guest,
    • 18 replies
    • 17.7k views
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  36. Mashonda new book: Blend about Alicia Keys and Swizz Beats

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  37. THEIR EYES ARE WATCHING GHETTOHEAT

    HICKSON,
    • 1 reply
    • 11.7k views
    HICKSON

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 794 views
    Troy

  39. Black Speculative Fiction Month!

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 860 views
    Milton

  40. You inspire me

    Dee Miller,
    • 0 replies
    • 863 views
    Dee Miller

  41. When nutrition meets Hip Hop!

    Guest MC Veggie Fresh,
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    • 750 views
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  42. New Author

    Guest Shelly Lee,
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    • 794 views
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  43. Stacey Abrams, the Democratic Candidate for Governor for Georgia is a Romance Novelist.

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Mel Hopkins

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

    Troy,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  45. MIKA MILLER: GHETTOHEAT

    HICKSON,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.4k views
    HICKSON

  46. Openinng a book cafe

    Guest Nichole,
    • 1 reply
    • 983 views
    Troy

  47. Dark Universe: An Afrocentric Space Opera

    Milton,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

  48. Book Euphoria’s 2019 Weekend Block Party

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    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Book Euphoria 15

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 963 views
    Troy

  50. New Orleans African American Book Festival

    Guest Tanisca,
    • 0 replies
    • 741 views
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