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

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

  2. Unpublished

    Guest,
    • 0 replies
    • 917 views
    Guest
    Guest

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

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

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

  5. Running Scared

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

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Troy

  7. Two Fascinating Books Explore Ugandan history and culture

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

  8. Actual Solutions to Black Problems - New Book

    TSegal,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    TSegal

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

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 798 views
    harry brown

  10. What happens when honeysuckles fall?

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

  11. Gwendolyn Brooks,Religious Allusion .

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.6k views
    Troy

  12. Four Formerly Incarcerated Women Collaborate on a New Novel

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  13. AYE, YO, SON: GHETTOHEAT!

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    HICKSON

  14. GHETTOHEAT FLASH: 5

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.5k views
    HICKSON

  15. Children’s Africana Book Awards

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 834 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 3.4k views
    Troy

  17. GHETTOHEAT: BOOK-BANG-BOOM!

    HICKSON,
    • 23 replies
    • 6.7k views
    HICKSON

  18. White Privilege dispelled

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

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

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

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

    Donya,
    • 0 replies
    • 990 views
    Donya

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

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

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

    Troy,
    • 6 replies
    • 2.1k views
    MAFOOMBAY

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

  24. The Black Russian: Vladimir Alexandrov

    MAFOOMBAY,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 7 replies
    • 1.9k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 826 views
    Troy

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

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

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

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

  29. Third World Press Foundation 50th Anniversary

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.7k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 2k views
    Troy

  31. Conversation with Internationally Renowned Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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

  32. Book Review Request: The Eve of Our September

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

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

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Cynique

  34. “Uninformed men make unsafe leaders.”

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  35. GHETTOHEAT: BROTHERS BEHIND BARS

    HICKSON,
    • 1 reply
    • 3.2k views
    HICKSON

  36. She Turned Tricks at Age 11...

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  37. Sharing News About My Book/Interviews

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

  38. July Newsletter Showcases the Best of the Black Literature

    Troy,
    • 9 replies
    • 2.1k views
    B.L. Brown

  39. Sisters In The Wilderness.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 867 views
    harry brown

  40. Book Review Request - Yet I Still Stand

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

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

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

  42. 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
    • 2.1k views
    Troy

  43. Black Women, Forgotten Asset.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 896 views
    harry brown

  44. Diaspora: Return to Africa

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

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

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.6k views
    HICKSON

  46. Recovering The Black Female Body.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 821 views
    harry brown

  47. GHETTOHEAT EATS!

    HICKSON,
    • 2 replies
    • 2k views
    HICKSON

  48. Book Review Request

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

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

    Maya Morrow,
    • 0 replies
    • 993 views
    Maya Morrow

  50. 26 Bestselling Children’s Book Authors You'll Definitely Love ♥

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

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