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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. What happens when honeysuckles fall?

    Guest Carmen Hendrix,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  2. Gwendolyn Brooks,Religious Allusion .

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.5k views
    Troy

  3. Four Formerly Incarcerated Women Collaborate on a New Novel

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

  4. AYE, YO, SON: GHETTOHEAT!

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 980 views
    HICKSON

  5. GHETTOHEAT FLASH: 5

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.4k views
    HICKSON

  6. Children’s Africana Book Awards

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 814 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 3.3k views
    Troy

  8. GHETTOHEAT: BOOK-BANG-BOOM!

    HICKSON,
    • 23 replies
    • 6.5k views
    HICKSON

  9. White Privilege dispelled

    Guest Daren Williams,
    • 0 replies
    • 987 views
    Guest
    Guest

  10. Book Review Request -"An Extraordinary Life: Josephine E. Jones"

    Guest Wendy Jones,
    • 0 replies
    • 954 views
    Guest
    Guest

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

    Donya,
    • 0 replies
    • 965 views
    Donya

  12. Please Review Bold, Brave and Courageous: A NO FEAR Success Guide for Teen Girls

    Guest Wyjuana Montgomery,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Guest
    Guest

  13. Bestseller Seal has a typo....argh!

    Troy,
    • 6 replies
    • 2k views
    MAFOOMBAY

  14. Idris Elba will Direct a film Based upon the novel Yardie

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 989 views
    Troy

  15. The Black Russian: Vladimir Alexandrov

    MAFOOMBAY,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.6k views
    Troy

  16. Beyoncé’s New 600+ Book. Did you know about it?

    Troy,
    • 7 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Troy

  17. Check out a Great Video From the Last Black Pack Party

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 805 views
    Troy

  18. Book Review Request: Love Is Not Black or White (Author Mary Rodwell)

    Guest Mary Rodwell,
    • 0 replies
    • 831 views
    Guest
    Guest

  19. Book Review Request- Hidden Commonalities: Identifying Cultural Similarities Among Africans and African Descendants

    Guest Saye Carrie,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  20. Third World Press Foundation 50th Anniversary

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.6k views
    Troy

  21. “How to Talk to Your Kids About Charlottesville”

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 2k views
    Troy

  22. Conversation with Internationally Renowned Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

    Guest Gail Norris,
    • 0 replies
    • 735 views
    Guest
    Guest

  23. Book Review Request: The Eve of Our September

    Guest Sharee Barlow,
    • 0 replies
    • 714 views
    Guest
    Guest

  24. Connie "Cynique" Divers with the You Go Girl Bookclub

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1k views
    Cynique

  25. “Uninformed men make unsafe leaders.”

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  26. GHETTOHEAT: BROTHERS BEHIND BARS

    HICKSON,
    • 1 reply
    • 3.1k views
    HICKSON

  27. She Turned Tricks at Age 11...

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

  28. Sharing News About My Book/Interviews

    Elva D. Green,
    • 7 replies
    • 2.2k views
    Elva D. Green

  29. July Newsletter Showcases the Best of the Black Literature

    Troy,
    • 9 replies
    • 2k views
    B.L. Brown

  30. Sisters In The Wilderness.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 849 views
    harry brown

  31. Book Review Request - Yet I Still Stand

    Guest D. Grace Jackson,
    • 0 replies
    • 723 views
    Guest
    Guest

  32. Book Review Request for The Kool Kids & The Land Of The Giants

    Guest James Tate,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.8k views
    Guest
    Guest

  33. Where is E. LYNN HARRIS on this list? He outsold just about every black author in america. You seem to never give him any props.

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 2k views
    Troy

  34. Black Women, Forgotten Asset.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 880 views
    harry brown

  35. Diaspora: Return to Africa

    Guest K.A. Gendo,
    • 0 replies
    • 817 views
    Guest
    Guest

  36. What do you think the state of African American Literature is today?

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.6k views
    HICKSON

  37. Recovering The Black Female Body.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 799 views
    harry brown

  38. GHETTOHEAT EATS!

    HICKSON,
    • 2 replies
    • 2k views
    HICKSON

  39. Book Review Request

    Guest Bianca Williams,
    • 0 replies
    • 768 views
    Guest
    Guest

  40. Book Review Request - Silicon Valley Girl: My Adolescent Life and Times, and an Ode to Generation X

    Maya Morrow,
    • 0 replies
    • 952 views
    Maya Morrow

  41. 26 Bestselling Children’s Book Authors You'll Definitely Love ♥

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  42. Guess Which National Bookstore Chain I'm In?

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 803 views
    Troy

  43. Review request: New Yorker staff writer Alexis Okeowo's debut book A MOONLESS, STARLESS SKY

    Guest Odette Fleming,
    • 0 replies
    • 830 views
    Guest
    Guest

  44. Looking for a good book on the Reconstruction period in America

    Troy,
    • 13 replies
    • 2.5k views
    Troy

  45. 2017 Phillis Wheatley Award Winning Books

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 885 views
    Troy

  46. Book Review Request- Rules of Engagement: Mending Citizen/Police Interactions

    B.L. Brown,
    • 9 replies
    • 3k views
    B.L. Brown

  47. Videos: Saluting Go on Girl Book Club, Harlem Book Fair and More!

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 938 views
    Troy

  48. GHETTOHEAT: AND GOD CREATED WOMAN

    HICKSON,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.2k views
    HICKSON

  49. Hi All I'm new to this forum.. My name is Mercy

    Guest Mercy,
    • 0 replies
    • 655 views
    Guest
    Guest

  50. Black Unity From Fantasy To Reality.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 879 views
    Troy

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