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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. At the dark end of the street - book review

    MAFOOMBAY,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    MAFOOMBAY

  2. NORTH JERSEY LITERARY FESTIVAL

    Guest CHANELLE ALEXANDRIA,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.4k views
    njlitfestival

  3. Book review request

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

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

    Troy,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.9k views
    Wendy Jones

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

    B.L. Brown,
    • 9 replies
    • 3.2k views
    B.L. Brown

  6. “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

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

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  8. Speaking about Amazon Reviews...

    Troy,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Troy

  9. The Ancestors.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Mel Hopkins

  10. Book Review request

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

  11. The Writers' Block - FREEDOM FAIR

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

  12. Seeking Book Review: Trusting the Currents

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

  13. Black Girl Passion Chicago Experience

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

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.5k views
    Troy

  15. Nas Shout Outs AALBC Bestseller, Harlem Godfather

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 895 views
    Troy

  16. Support the Black Documents: Exhibition & Conference

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
    mosaicbooks

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

    Darlene Pryor,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  18. Search Past Silence. Dr. David Kirkland.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 854 views
    harry brown

  19. Third World Press Foundation 50th Anniversary

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.7k views
    Troy

  20. Book Review

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

  21. For Review Consideration: TRIGGER

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

  22. Preparing Black Youth.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

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

    Donya,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Donya

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

    Dee Miller,
    • 0 replies
    • 965 views
    Dee Miller

  25. Traveling Soul- Life Of Curtis Mayfield.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 929 views
    harry brown

  26. AALBC.com Website Upgrade - What Would You like to see?

    Troy,
    • 32 replies
    • 6.6k views
    Delano

  27. THE TEA Book Club

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  28. Memoirs Of A Public Servant,Charleston Hartfield.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.6k views
    Troy

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

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

  30. Unpublished

    Guest,
    • 0 replies
    • 924 views
    Guest
    Guest

  31. BOOK REVIEW REQUEST-Trampling of the Weeds

    Guest Lajuanda Mitchell,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.4k views
    Guest
    Guest

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

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

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

  34. Running Scared

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

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Troy

  36. Two Fascinating Books Explore Ugandan history and culture

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

  37. Actual Solutions to Black Problems - New Book

    TSegal,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    TSegal

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

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 809 views
    harry brown

  39. Gwendolyn Brooks,Religious Allusion .

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.6k views
    Troy

  40. What happens when honeysuckles fall?

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

  41. Four Formerly Incarcerated Women Collaborate on a New Novel

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 6 replies
    • 2.1k views
    MAFOOMBAY

  43. AYE, YO, SON: GHETTOHEAT!

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    HICKSON

  44. GHETTOHEAT FLASH: 5

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.5k views
    HICKSON

  45. Children’s Africana Book Awards

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 846 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 3.4k views
    Troy

  47. Children's Book Festival 2017

    Melica Niccole,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.6k views
    Melica Niccole

  48. White Privilege dispelled

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

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

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

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

    Donya,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Donya

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