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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. SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY SOIREE: GHETTOHEAT!

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 756 views
    HICKSON

  2. SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY SOIREE: GHETTOHEAT!

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    HICKSON

  3. Help me find a book

    Guest Lisa,
    • 0 replies
    • 603 views
    Guest
    Guest

  4. New Black Owned Bookstore coming to DC

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  5. Video: Amazon's Effect on the Black Book Ecosystem

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 2k views
    Troy

  6. Soul Food Cook Books.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    harry brown

  7. The Annual Harlem Fete is December 4, 2017

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 3.7k views
    Troy

  8. And Still I Cook.-Leah Chase..

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 764 views
    harry brown

  9. Hebrews To Negroes

    harry brown,
    • 4 replies
    • 3.3k views
    Pioneer1

  10. LITTLE MAN, LITTLE MAN is James Baldwin's Only Book for Children

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 808 views
    Troy

  11. The Talented Ribkins by Ladee Hubbard Wins 2017 Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 938 views
    Troy

  12. The Power Of The Black Writer Today

    Antonio Ingram,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  13. Sidechicks and Mistresses. What happened to our culture?

    S.R. Chase,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    S.R. Chase

  14. Hack! Donna Brazile .

    harry brown,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Pioneer1

  15. At the dark end of the street - book review

    MAFOOMBAY,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    MAFOOMBAY

  16. NORTH JERSEY LITERARY FESTIVAL

    Guest CHANELLE ALEXANDRIA,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.3k views
    njlitfestival

  17. Book review request

    Guest William Davis,
    • 0 replies
    • 861 views
    Guest
    Guest

  18. Author of the DORK DIARIES bestselling Children's Books is a Sister

    Troy,
    • 6 replies
    • 4.4k views
    Troy

  19. “If I am so much of a slut, why don’t you keep your husband out of my bed?”

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

  20. Speaking about Amazon Reviews...

    Troy,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  21. Wendy Jones: "I will do my best to deal with the objections to a boycott [Amazon].

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  22. How Filter Bubbles are Created on Facebook (or Boycotting Amazon's Bookstore is a Religious War)

    Troy,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Wendy Jones

  23. The Ancestors.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1k views
    Mel Hopkins

  24. Book Review request

    Guest Dori Hightower,
    • 0 replies
    • 804 views
    Guest
    Guest

  25. The Writers' Block - FREEDOM FAIR

    Creative Artist Yvonne,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Creative Artist Yvonne

  26. Seeking Book Review: Trusting the Currents

    Guest Lynnda Pollio,
    • 0 replies
    • 845 views
    Guest
    Guest

  27. Black Girl Passion Chicago Experience

    Guest Book Euphoria,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Guest
    Guest

  28. Colin Kaepernick Signs a $1 Million+ Book Deal

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.4k views
    Troy

  29. Nas Shout Outs AALBC Bestseller, Harlem Godfather

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 862 views
    Troy

  30. My Breast Cancer Journey is Only a Small Part of My Story

    Darlene Pryor,
    • 1 reply
    • 1k views
    Troy

  31. Search Past Silence. Dr. David Kirkland.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 811 views
    harry brown

  32. For Review Consideration: TRIGGER

    Faith U,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Faith U

  33. Book Review

    Guest Lorine S. Thomas,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
    Lorine

  34. Preparing Black Youth.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1k views
    Troy

  35. Support the Black Documents: Exhibition & Conference

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    mosaicbooks

  36. Book Review Request - Comes to The Light: Learning About the Entangled Families of Edgefield, South Carolina

    Donya,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Donya

  37. LOL...You can't make this stuff UP!!

    Dee Miller,
    • 0 replies
    • 928 views
    Dee Miller

  38. Traveling Soul- Life Of Curtis Mayfield.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 881 views
    harry brown

  39. THE TEA Book Club

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  40. Memoirs Of A Public Servant,Charleston Hartfield.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.6k views
    Troy

  41. FIVE-CARAT SOUL, a New Book by James McBride--Did You About it.

    Troy,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  42. Book Review Request- A Life of Turmoil: The Short Stories of Ana Franken, 08150017

    Guest by Johanna Sparrow,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  43. Unpublished

    Guest,
    • 0 replies
    • 904 views
    Guest
    Guest

  44. Book review request—THE HOUSE OF ERZULIE by Kirsten Imani Kasai

    Guest Rosalie Morales Kearns,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  45. Read AALBC.com's September 27, 2017 eNewsletter​​​​​​​

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

  46. Running Scared

    Guest Robert Leon Davis,
    • 0 replies
    • 649 views
    Guest
    Guest

  47. Image Award Call for Literary Submissions - Deadline Oct. 6, 2017

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Troy

  48. Two Fascinating Books Explore Ugandan history and culture

    Guest Christopher Conte,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Guest
    Guest

  49. Actual Solutions to Black Problems - New Book

    TSegal,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    TSegal

  50. A B C'S Of Blackness.,Neeta Black.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 784 views
    harry brown

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