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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. Is this what Dr. Frances Cress Welsing would want?

    Troy,
    • 5 replies
    • 2.1k views
    Troy

  2. Is Your Facebook Fan Page Working for You?

    Troy,
    • 9 replies
    • 4.6k views
    CDBurns

  3. Island Beneath the Sea

    bookfan,
    • 5 replies
    • 4.9k views
    Crystal

  4. ISO Advance readers for The Delany Bennets

    Desiree,
    • 0 replies
    • 915 views
    Desiree

  5. Issa Rae's Favorite Black Owned Bookstore

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Walkman93

  6. It takes two + think about

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 174 views
    richardmurray

  7. It was released last night. You can order directly or get a free copy

    daniellegfny,
    • 6 replies
    • 1.4k views
    daniellegfny

  8. It's not a question of bookselling…It's the raising of consciousness

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  9. It’s about to go down. Help get this money to the Children

    daniellegfny,
    • 0 replies
    • 962 views
    daniellegfny

  10. It’s Time To Call Out White Supremacists Attacks On Black Governor Candidate

    daniellegfny,
    • 0 replies
    • 811 views
    daniellegfny

  11. Iyanla Vanzant is Disliked by Some -- Who Knew?

    Troy,
    • 8 replies
    • 4.7k views
    CDBurns

  12. Iyanla's Vanzants book now #1 NY Times bestseller

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.7k views
    Troy

  13. J. Tremble's novel Secrets of a Housewife, is no a Movie on BET

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 3.4k views
    Troy

  14. Jacinda Townsend Wins 16th Annual Ernest Gaines Book Award for Mother Country

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.6k views
    richardmurray

  15. Jackal. Erin Adams

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 464 views
    harry brown

  16. Jackie Robinson ,Beyond Home Plate.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1k views
    Troy

  17. Jacob's Rite of Passage Family Series Review Request

    Guest Jamie Leigh,
    • 0 replies
    • 879 views
    Guest
    Guest

  18. Jacob’s Cabin – Free Limited Time

    hen81,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    hen81

  19. Jacqueline Jones LaMon Elected President of Cave Canem Foundation

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

  20. Jacqueline Woodson makes 2014 National Book Awards Long List

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 6.3k views
    Troy

  21. Jada. Smith. Book

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  22. Jamaica Kincaid, Sterling D. Plumpp, Armond White Win American Book Awards

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 6.1k views
    Troy

  23. James Baldwin - The Cross of Redemption

    Thumper,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.3k views
    Troy

  24. James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni "A Conversation". Full Broadcast Video + Transcript

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.6k views
    richardmurray

  25. James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni in Conversation

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 6.3k views
    Maurice

  26. James Baldwin, The Price of the Ticket documentary

    Maurice,
    • 11 replies
    • 3.8k views
    Maurice

  27. Javaka Steptoe Reads from Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  28. Jeff Johnson, Ni-Ni Simone, Go On Girl Book Awards, Black Comix on The Book Look

    TheBookLook,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.5k views
    Troy

  29. Jeffery Renard Allen's novel Cover NY Times Book Review

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.5k views
    Troy

  30. Jemele Hill article in The Atlantic about black athletes leaving white schools plagiarized?

    Kareem,
    • 0 replies
    • 869 views
    Kareem

  31. Jerry Pinkney, Caldecott Medal–Winning Illustrator, 1939–2021

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.6k views
    Mzuri

  32. JET Magazine Goes From Print to Digital Only

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 5.9k views
    Troy

  33. JOB POSTING: Harlequin Kimani, Assistant/Associate Editor

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  34. John A. Williams, A Remarkable Writer Passes

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 2k views
    Troy

  35. John Edgar Wideman Self Publishes

    Tina,
    • 4 replies
    • 2.7k views
    Guest
    Guest

  36. John S. Mbiti Book Provides an African Centered Understanding of Religion

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 887 views
    Troy

  37. John. Carlos. Story,.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 828 views
    harry brown

  38. Johnny Temple of Akashic Books interviews Troy D. Johnson

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  39. Johnny Temple, Naomi Campbell & Today's Publishing

    Kola Boof,
    • 8 replies
    • 4.7k views
    Troy

  40. Join #TheBookAwardCelebration! on June 28, 2020

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Troy

  41. Join AALBC.com at the Kingston Book Festival March 4-11, 2018

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  42. Join Enoch Pratt Free Library in Celebration of International Women’s History Month

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.8k views
    Troy

  43. Join the #ReadingBlack Movement

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  44. Join the Black Writers Facebook Group

    Michelle D. Jackson,
    • 0 replies
    • 719 views
    Michelle D. Jackson

  45. Joy Comes in the Morning: Book Review

    Guest Monet,
    • 0 replies
    • 831 views
    Guest
    Guest

  46. JUDICIAL DISCRIMINATION

    JUDICIAL DISCRIMINATION,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    JUDICIAL DISCRIMINATION

  47. Julius Bernard Lester (January 27, 1939 – January 18, 2018)

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.5k views
    Troy

  48. July Newsletter Showcases the Best of the Black Literature

    Troy,
    • 9 replies
    • 2.2k views
    B.L. Brown

  49. Juneteenth Books.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 465 views
    Troy

  50. Juneteenth Poetry- The Freeman's Complaint

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 540 views
    richardmurray

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