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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. Colin Kaepernick Signs a $1 Million+ Book Deal

    Troy,
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    • 2.5k views
    Troy

  2. Nas Shout Outs AALBC Bestseller, Harlem Godfather

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 897 views
    Troy

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

    Darlene Pryor,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  4. Search Past Silence. Dr. David Kirkland.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 856 views
    harry brown

  5. For Review Consideration: TRIGGER

    Faith U,
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    • 1.1k views
    Faith U

  6. Book Review

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

  7. Preparing Black Youth.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  8. Support the Black Documents: Exhibition & Conference

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
    mosaicbooks

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

    Donya,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Donya

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

    Dee Miller,
    • 0 replies
    • 967 views
    Dee Miller

  11. Traveling Soul- Life Of Curtis Mayfield.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 934 views
    harry brown

  12. THE TEA Book Club

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  13. Memoirs Of A Public Servant,Charleston Hartfield.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.6k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Troy

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

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

  16. Unpublished

    Guest,
    • 0 replies
    • 926 views
    Guest
    Guest

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

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

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

    Troy,
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    • 1k views
    Troy

  19. Running Scared

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

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

    Troy,
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    • 1.7k views
    Troy

  21. Two Fascinating Books Explore Ugandan history and culture

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

  22. Actual Solutions to Black Problems - New Book

    TSegal,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    TSegal

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

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 811 views
    harry brown

  24. What happens when honeysuckles fall?

    Guest Carmen Hendrix,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Guest
    Guest

  25. Gwendolyn Brooks,Religious Allusion .

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.6k views
    Troy

  26. Four Formerly Incarcerated Women Collaborate on a New Novel

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  27. AYE, YO, SON: GHETTOHEAT!

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    HICKSON

  28. GHETTOHEAT FLASH: 5

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.5k views
    HICKSON

  29. Children’s Africana Book Awards

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 850 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 3.4k views
    Troy

  31. GHETTOHEAT: BOOK-BANG-BOOM!

    HICKSON,
    • 23 replies
    • 6.9k views
    HICKSON

  32. White Privilege dispelled

    Guest Daren Williams,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Guest
    Guest

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

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

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

    Donya,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Donya

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

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

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

    Troy,
    • 6 replies
    • 2.1k views
    MAFOOMBAY

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

  38. The Black Russian: Vladimir Alexandrov

    MAFOOMBAY,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 7 replies
    • 2k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 838 views
    Troy

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

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

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

    Guest Saye Carrie,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  43. Third World Press Foundation 50th Anniversary

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.7k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.1k views
    Troy

  45. Conversation with Internationally Renowned Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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

  46. Book Review Request: The Eve of Our September

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

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

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Cynique

  48. “Uninformed men make unsafe leaders.”

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  49. GHETTOHEAT: BROTHERS BEHIND BARS

    HICKSON,
    • 1 reply
    • 3.2k views
    HICKSON

  50. She Turned Tricks at Age 11...

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

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