Black Literature

Rakuten Kobo Originals Announces the 2024 Holiday Rom-Com Writing Contest Calling all Romance Writers! If you’re a contemporary romance fan — why stop at reading? Why not try your hand at writing instead? Whether there’s a rom-com story in the back of your head that you’ve been itching to write, or you have the drafts stashed away in a drawer or hiding in the depths of your Notes app – we want those ideas to see the light of day and bring them to life! Kobo Originals is running its first-ever writing contest in Canada where the winner will have the opportunity to have their story published exclusively as a Kobo Original eBook this holiday season. We’re lookin…

To Resist: The Trump administration rescinded protections for transgender students in public schools. The most vulnerable among us urgently need your support. To Educate: LGBTQ-specific curriculum in schools is still rare and Lambda's Writers in Schools Program provides valuable instruction about queer lives through queer literature. To Support: Anti-LGBTQ bullying is a problem in schools. Reading queer stories changes hearts and minds and helps create more supportive environments for kids. To Foster: When a lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender writer visits a classroom, they give LGBTQ students positive role models which assures them they are not alon…

I almost bought the book, Love Warrior, before I realized that I have no interest in these types of books :-) The video is from a page on Amazon dedicated to this book The page was well designed and I took notes. While I don't have access to an Orpah like pitch person, I'm not sure it matter very much any more. When Oprah's book club was at its peak, the selection for her book club was an eagerly anticipated event followed by a boatload of media attention. Today, not so much attention is paid the selection. In fact, I discovered this by accident: Another website was interested in me replacing the widget on their website, with an AALBC.com widget. Their widg…

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I would like a book review for There's a Stinky Monster inside My Shoes. ISBN# 978-1-6655-1501-6 Genre: Children's Live Book The story follows the life of a young autistic boy who walks barefoot because he fears a greedy stinky monster hides inside his old worn- down running shoes. Sincerely, Melissa Diane Hudson

Anybody want to collaborate on a real life story detailing judicial corruption in Illinois? I will author the book. I only seek editing assistance and review before any potential publishing and distribution of the book.

Looking for a book review The First Fruits Festival of Kwanzaa (A Zulu Celebration) by Steven C. Thedford describes the African American holiday of Kwanzaa, a first fruits festival inspired by the Zulu celebration Umkhosi Wokweshwama, also known as Umkhosi Woselwa. The story follows Shaka, a boy who wants to attend the Umkhosi Wokweshwama to sing the ngoma for his ancestors. However, he does not know whether he is strong enough to travel from America to South Africa because he suffers from sickle cell anemia. As Shaka navigates the festival and his ailment, readers will learn about the Zulu culture and experience the Umkohsi Wokweshwama. Title: The First Fruit…

I am requesting consideration of my new book, "Place of Privilege", for review. Place of Privilege By Mark Robinson & Raymond Smaltz, III eBook $7.99 (978-1-7366215-0-9) Paperback $9.99 (978-1-7366215-1-6) Hardcover $19.99 (978-1-7366215-2-3) BOOK DETAILS Genre: Biography & Autobiography SubGenre: Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / African American & Black Pages: 372 Publish Date: July 1, 2021 Summary Place of Privilege is the personal memoir of our experiences as two of the very first young Black men to attend the ultra-exclusive Dalton School in New York in the late 1960s and …

My mother, Joanne Gabbin, wrote and self-published this book. 'I Bet She Called Me Sugar Plum', a story about generosity, family, and love. Link: http://sugarplumgabbin.com/story.html. For inquiries email me at: jesseagabbin@gmail.com. Thank you.

MESSAGE TO THE BLACK MAN BY ELIJAH MUHAMMAD.TALKS ABOUT THE SO CALLED NEGRO BELIEVE IN WHITE RELIGION, ANOTHER FORM OF SLAVERY MY OPINION.WHITE PEOPLE PLANS TO DESTROY THE BLACK RACE THROUGH WOMEN, BIRTH CONTROL..BLACK PEOPLE SHOULD READ MESSAGE TO THE BLACK MAN..I DO NOT AGREE ABOUT WOMEN DESTROYING THE RACE.BLACK MEN HAVING DRUG HOUSES IN OUR COMMUNITIES KNOWING THE WHITE MAN ORCHESTRATES GROWING AND BRINGING THE DRUGS FOR DESTRUCTION, BLACK MEN IN STREET GANGS, HELPING THE KLAN AND NEO NAZI'S KILL BLACK MEN.BY THE WAY NEWS SAYS NEO NAZI'S ARE IN THE U..S. MILITARY.BLACK MEN WHO ARE PIMPS....BLACK MAN DESTROYS HIS OWN COMMUNITY FOR THE WHITE MAN.…

Atlanta. ATL. The Rising Phoenix. The City too Busy to Hate. The Black Mecca. Capital of the Deep South. There, between flitting shadows and full moons, exists another world filled with dark creatures, demons, and immortals. Only a thin veil separates the Atlanta you know from this mysterious realm. Nine brave authors risk it all to reveal the crossroads of Southern charm and the Black Fantastic. Y'all ready? Milton Davis and MVMedia have done it again! Terminus is a one of a kind, powerful, and engaging look into the hidden wonders of Atlanta, GA. Known the world over as “HOTlanta,” the site of the 1996 Olympics, and the home of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., T…

THE WILLIE LYNCH LETTER. HOW TO MAKE A SLAVE...HAVE THE BLACK PEOPLE AGAINST EACH OTHER...HAVE THE OLD AGAINST THE YOUNG,YOUNG AGAINST THE OLD,MEN AGAINST WOMEN,WOMEN AGAINST MEN, HAVE THE DARK SKIN AGAINST THE LIGHT SKIN, LIGHT SKIN AGAINST THE DARK SKIN..I WILL ADD RELIGION.. THE CHURCH IS CONTROLLED.. MINISTER LOUIS FARRAKHAN IS AMONG THE FEW,BLACK, PREACHERS,THAT WILL SAY GOD AND CHRIST IS NOT WHITE..THERE ARE BLACK PREACHERS THAT WILL ARGUE THEY ARE.. KNOWING THE BIBLE DOES NOT SAY THE COLOR OF GOD OR CHRIST...THE BLACK COMMUNITIES ARE CONFINED BY BLACK PEOPLE AS IF THEY WERE ON SLAVE PLANTATIONS, AND BLACK LEADERS, AND PREACHERS ARE OVERSEER'…

The Plot Twist: E-Book Sales Slip, and Print Is Far From Dead By ALEXANDRA ALTERSEPT. 22, 2015 Now, there are signs that some e-book adopters are returning to print, or becoming hybrid readers, who juggle devices and paper. E-book sales fell by 10 percent in the first five months of this year, according to the Association of American Publishers, which collects data from nearly 1,200 publishers. Digital books accounted last year for around 20 percent of the market, roughly the same as they did a few years ago.

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WITH L.A. CLIPPERS OWNER DONALD STERLING IN THE NEWS, TAPE SHOWS HIM SAYING HE GAVE HIS PLAYERS FOOD,CLOTHES/LIKE HE IS A PLANTATION OWNER..SPORTS TALKER AND AUTHOR BILL RHODEN WROTE A BOOK ABOUT BLACK ATHLETES IN SPORTS.NEXT QUESTION SHOULD COLLEGE ATHLETES BE PAID SOME PEOPLE SAY YES SOME SAY NO/////YOU CAN UNDERSTAND MANY OPINIONS....//

The Fall Book Fest, presented by Broken Bars Publishing, will be held at the Cherry Hill Mall on Saturday October 14, 2017 from 10am to 4pm. This event features locally, as well as, nationally known authors that will be signing and selling copies of their various works for the reading public. For more information on the event or how to become a vendor, visit www.brokenbarspublishing.com or email brokenbarspublishing@gmail.com

READING ONLINE ABOUT TUSKEEGEE EXPERIMENT/1932 STUDY OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN NEGRO HAVE SYPHILLIS THAT IS UNTREATED///623 BLACK MEN//DOZENS DIED/WIVES GOT SYPHILLIS,CHILDREN GOT SYPHILLIS//NOT TOLD THEY HAD SYPHILLIS,NOT TREATED FOR SYPHILLIS//BOOK CALLED THE TUSKEEGEE SYPHILLIS STUDY/THE REAL STORY BY FRED D. GRAY//THE DEMONIC PHYSICIANS BECAME INTERESTED IN THE SEX LIFE OF THE BLACK MEN I THINK//////SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE AIDS, HIV VIRUS WAS CREATED IN A LABORATORY///1980, PEOPLE HAVING SEX, ,.CHEATING SEX, PROSTITUES, ,SINCE BIBLE TIMES, CAVE PEOPLE ,DINOSAUR TIMES, THEN SOMETHING KILLS FROM SEX…

MVmedia Celebrates Sword and Soul! Based on the first kitabu (book) of exciting novel series Changa's Safari by Milton J. Davis, Changa and the Jade Obelisk #1 begins the story of Changa, Panya, and the Tuareg as they pursue Bahati, a mysterious demi-god in possession of the Jade Obelisk, a powerful talisman that could change their world forever! (Book #2 coming soon!) Changa and The Jade Obelisk #1

Synopsis: Ladies Who Lunch & Love is the story of four fabulous New York Society woman navigating life and love while sharing their best friend. Not your typical snobs or real housewives, these ladies are down-to-earth, relatable women who know how to have a great time when confronting life's challenges. Over the course of a year, our narrator and the ladies go on a journey that forces them to examine their lives and choices, yet enjoying the glamorous side of NYC living like you've never before seen. ISBN 13: 9780692488225 Publication Date: August 11, 2015 I am interested in a book review.

Late Sylvia Wood Of Sylvia's Harlem Restaurant Has A Cook Book. The Great Singer's Patti Labelle And Isacc Hayes Have Cook Books. Eating And Healthy Eating...

Book Euphoria’s 2019 Weekend Block Party Including a live bachelor auction! You are cordially invited to Book Euphoria’s 2019 weekend block party event from Thursday, March 28th – Sunday, March 31st. Welcome to Southlake Park, the fictional Chicago neighborhood and the place that will serve as the theme for this weekend. Once the heart of Chicago, Southlake Park is in major need of restoration, however, it still holds it’s undeniable charm! For the weekend, we invite you to experience all the fun and beauty that Southlake Park has to offer, including book signings, engaging reader and author sessions, plus a one-of-a-kind bachelor auction! AND… Great ne…

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How many of you knew the story about those brilliant African-American women working at NASA BEFORE seeing the movie “Hidden Figures”? Probably not most. The role ofAfrican-Americans has often been downplayed, overlooked, ignored. My co-author, the late Edna Gail Bush, and I sought to right the wrong by shining a light on African-American residents of Edgefield County, SC. “Until lions become their own historians, every story will glorify the hunter.” The book is available on Amazon as e-book, paperback & hardcover. Check out our website- https://www.rockypondpress.com

N. K. Jemisin the Only Writer to Win 3 Best Novel Hugo Awards in Consecutive Years The language on the graphic is "technically" incorrect, but I'm too tired to update it.

Now more than ever, black men need reasons for optimism and hope for the future. Where do they turn for support and empowerment when they are constantly bombarded with so much negativity and disempowerment? Despite the current racial climate, I believe black men are positioned to experience unprecedented levels of success in society today. Do not believe the hype of the negative media, every black man is capable of living an extraordinary life if he so chooses. What has been missing is a powerful and positive resource that provides insights and strategies that support black men in creating extraordinary lives. I would like to s…

Hidden Commonalities: Identifying Cultural Similarities among Africans and African Descendants By Saye Carrie Paperback Publication date -June 19, 2017 ISBN-13: 978-0991651573 Synopsis- Hidden Commonalities describes the many cultural groups within the black race. The group consists of Africans and descendants of enslaved Africans, who were brought to the Americas such as North and South America, the Caribbean, and other parts of the world due to chattel slavery. This book explains connections between these people because of a history of oppression. Hidden Commonalities explores the conflicts that have emerged among these groups…

BOOK A KNOCK AT MIDNIGHT ABOUT DR. KING SERMONS.A BOOK RIGHTEOUS PREACHERS SHOULD READ, ARE THERE REALLY RIGHTEOUS BLACK PREACHERS//BLACK PREACHERS ARE MOTIVATED BY GREED AND PROFIT../NAACP TO AFRAID TO PROTEST FAKE PREACHERS LIKE THEY PROTEST CLARENCE THOMAS NOT BEING JUSTICE THURGOOD MARSHALL ON THE SUPREME COURT//WHAT IS IT ABOUT PREACHERS THAT FRIGHTEN THE NAACP///

Sixth Annual African American Literary Tea--THE WRITE STUFF, April 24, 2016 hosted at Page-Walker Historical Cultural Center, Cary, NC Soliciting authors to participate, contact, blackorchidnyc_nc@yahoo.com for additional information

NAT TURNER PREACHER ,REVOLUTIONIST/NAT TURNER SAID A SPIRIT APPEARED TO HIM,AND SAID THE SERPENT WAS LOOSENED/ /HE BEGIN TO LEAD A SLAVE REBELLION IN VIRGINIA//HE GATHERED SUPPORTERS IN SOUTH HAMPTON VIRGINIA//NAT TURNER WAS SENTENEC TO HANG//AFTER THAT WHITE LEGISLATURES IN THE SOUTH PASSED A LAW,PROHIBITED SLAVES OR FREE SLAVES FROM BEING TAUGHT ANY EDUCATION/AND BLACK PEOPLE COULD NOT HAVE RELIGIOUS WORSHIP WITHOUT WHITE SUPERVISION/LET ME EMPHASIS THAT -BLACK PEOPLE COULD NOT HAVE RELIGIOUS WORSHIP WITHOUT WHITE SUPERVISION////THAT GOES ON TILL THIS VERY DAY///WHITE CHRISTIANS IN BLACK CHURCHES NOT TO WORSHIP…

@Cynique, my cousin self-published this book a couple of years ago. I was updating her profile and this book made me think of you, for what I hope are obvious reasons. My cousin has a Ph.D. in computational linguistics, and has published several book since she retired.

AUTHOR: Suzette D. Harrison TITLE: The Art of Love ISBN: 978-1983749148 PUBLICATION DATE: April 1, 2018 SYNOPSIS: Ava Lydell is chasing her dream. A gifted artist, she’s fled the violence of the Deep South for the seduction of sunny California. As luck would have it, the economic crisis of The Great Depression interferes with her hopes and plans. Without patronage and reliable sales, her fledgling art studio fails. Now, she faces poverty, eviction…and the distraction of a mysterious, young stranger engaged in a questionable trade that delivers danger to Ava’s front door. In an age of Prohibition and poverty, Chase Jenkins has more tha…

I recently read a NYTimes article Snobs and Me, by Jennifer Weiner, an impressive critique on the literature review hierarchy and its negative critical analysis of particular works. Her specific complaint is the arrogance of literary reviewers and the dismissive attitude she receives in general and from her Ivy League peers (Princeton) regarding her publications of "chick lit." I have just published my first novel "Other Side" and anxiously brace myself for its review. I proudly write in the "second tier", and am not unfamiliar with that classification as an African-American author. I chose not to write the stereotypical commercial urban lit (Empire) that characteri…

Black Writers Weekend is August 1-4, and I'm looking forward to it. I'll have advance copies of A Palmetto Christmas as well as a few more titles at my table, and I'll be participating on the Friday, 1:30 PM panel, Beyond Boundaries: Afrofuturism, Identity, and Imagination with Jessica Cage , & Tiara Janté, moderated by Mark T. Sneed, in the Jordan Room at the Riverside Epicenter. See you there! https://blackwritersweekend.com/

Found this via Reel Black on You Tube. All I got was audio though. https://diva.sfsu.edu/collections/sfbatv/10287 And here is the original video where I found the link. Never heard of this book. Will have to look into it.

I self published a poetry book titled, The Sun Came out Last Night... Rated D, and am having very little success getting an audience. I'd like to solicit both feedback about my writing and your suggestions on necessary steps in which to promote. Here's an example of one of my poems. Timing is everything when 'No' means 'Yes'. No means yes when he places his lips on the left side of her neck, just below her ear...gently places his hands on the small of her back...and presses her body against his so close that she can hear his every breath...and she tingles from the full body workout. Timing is everything when 'No' means'Yes'. No means yes when shemoans in delight as his …

DESPITE PROOF OF PRESIDENT OBAMA BEING BORN IN THE U.S.... LAST NIGHT ON CNN WHITE DOCTOR IN NORTH CAROLINA SAYS PRESIDENT OBAMA BIRTH CERTIFICATE WAS FORGED. HE IS NOT THE PRESIDENT BECAUSE HE WAS NOT BORN IN THE U.S... THE WHITE DOCTOR IN NORTH CAROLINA IS TRYIN TO GET ELECTED TO THE CONGRESS...HE IS REPUBLICAN ELECTION IS TODAY.....TRYING TO GET VOTES...I WONDER IF THE BLACK REPUBLICANS THINK PRESIDENT OBAMA BIRTH CERTIFICATE WAS FORGED......THEY ARE OBSESSED WITH GETTING OUT THE WHITE HOUSE........

Hello! I'm Erica from Wunderkind PR, and I am requesting a review of an upcoming historical-fiction-fusion novel that is sure to inspire. Below is information about the book, including links, cover art, and a synopsis. Thank you very much in advance for your consideration! Title: House of Rougeaux Author: Jenny Jaeckel Publisher: Raincloud Press On-sale: April 2018 ISBN-13: 978-1-941203-24-8 For Abeje and her brother Adunbi, home is the slave quarters of a Caribbean sugar plantation on the Island of Martinique. Under the watchful eye of their mother they survive, despite what threatens to break them. But when one nig…

Maryland gives up on its library e book law- read the complete article below https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=1884&type=status

I caught these ladies at a local library on Wednesday

Just starting out, I have two books realized and I am about to finish my third. I am an herbalist.

My new historical novel, Something in Madness, takes readers to 1865 Mississippi, when newly freed Blacks struggled to begin their lives in a South still run by unregenerate Confederates. The novel was just released by TouchPoint Press and is available from [link to amazon removed], Barnes & Noble and other outlets. Terry Baker Mulligan, author of Sugar Hill and Afterlife in Harlem, called Something in Madness: “...ultimately a tale of hope and determination against seemingly insurmountable odds. It is also a timely tale for these troubled times in our divided nation.” In the story: Abolitionist Durksen Hurst and two black friends return home …

BOOK CALLED BLACKS IN THE BIBLE, ORIGINAL ROOTS OF MEN AND WOMEN OF COLOR IN THE SCRIPTURES// JAMES WARDEN/ THINKING ABOUT BLACK BOOKS ABOUT THE BLACK PRESENCE IN THE BIBLE, AS COMMERCIALS SHOW MOVIES ABOUT WHITE CHRIST AT THE MOVIE THEATRES,AS EASTER GETS CLOSE/TV CHANNELS WILL SHOW 10 COMMANDMENTS WITH MOSES/NOT TALK ABOUT HIS ETHIOPIAN WIFE,////MOSES ETHIOPIAN WIFE WAS A CUSHITE ,CUSHITES WAS A ANCIENT PEOPLE OF NORTHEASTERN AFRICA//

The University of North Carolina Press is pleased to share this 90-second trailer for Shelter in a Time of Storm: How Black Colleges Fostered Generations of Leadership and Activism, by Jelani M. Favors: Shelter in a Time of Storm How Black Colleges Fostered Generations of Leadership and Activism by Jelani M. Favors Approx. 368 pp., 12 halftones, 1 graph ISBN 978-1-4696-4833-0 $29.95 cloth Publication date: April 16, 2019 For more information: https://www.uncpress.org/book/9781469648330/shelter-in-a-time-of-storm/ For generations, historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have been ess…

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Hey @Cynique, I pulled this image from your website: I'll probably replace or add this book club's photo here on the site with the image below. Can you tell me the month and the year this club read your book? I'll update the site to reflect your book being on their list. Thanks.

Please consider my book, A Life of Turmoil: The short stories of Ana Franken, 08150017 for review. Released on September 16, 2017 (ISBN 978-1976449000). Ana Franken was a mother and wife, but never a daughter. She lived in a world where abuse and neglect caused her to be permanently saddened. Striving to be noticed in a family where she was considered a ‘nobody’ and forced to do things that no one else in the family wanted to do, was heartbreaking. Even as an adult, Ana struggled to gain her mother’s love but never succeeded. Like a wounded but loyal dog, she kept going back in hopes that just once, her mother would have a desire to see her and show her love.…

This was a project I've been talking to a number of people about. Deliberately choosing to make a book a NY Times Bestseller. I joined others in a national effort to place Victoria Christopher Murray's new novel, Forever an Ex (Touchstone, June 17, 2014), onto the NY Times Best-selling books list. Like opening weekend for a film, the date surrounding a book's publication are very important, specially the week before and the week after are crucial. We are trying to generate as many sales as possible up until Saturday June 21st. The book is available at where book are sold. Here are some links I recommend: MahoganyBooks: http://aalbc.it/4evermb…

MAYBE READ BOOKS ABOUT ZOMBIES. AFTER WATCHING THE NEWS... MARYLAND COLLEGE STUDENT KILLED HIS HOUSEMATE AND ATE HIS BODY PARTS..I THINK ALEXANDER KINYUA IS BLACK..IN MIAMI, NAKED BLACK MAM SEEN EATING A MAN;S FACE AND GROWLING AT POLICE.. HAVE YOU SEEN THE ORGINAL 1968 MOVIE, THE NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD.///// PEOPLE BEING EATEN....BY ZOMBIES.///