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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. The Writers' Block - FREEDOM FAIR

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

  2. Seeking Book Review: Trusting the Currents

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

  3. Black Girl Passion Chicago Experience

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

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.4k views
    Troy

  5. Nas Shout Outs AALBC Bestseller, Harlem Godfather

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 882 views
    Troy

  6. Support the Black Documents: Exhibition & Conference

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
    mosaicbooks

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

    Darlene Pryor,
    • 1 reply
    • 1k views
    Troy

  8. Search Past Silence. Dr. David Kirkland.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 828 views
    harry brown

  9. Third World Press Foundation 50th Anniversary

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.7k views
    Troy

  10. Book Review

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

  11. For Review Consideration: TRIGGER

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

  12. Preparing Black Youth.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

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

    Donya,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Donya

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

    Dee Miller,
    • 0 replies
    • 950 views
    Dee Miller

  15. Traveling Soul- Life Of Curtis Mayfield.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 907 views
    harry brown

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

    Troy,
    • 32 replies
    • 6.4k views
    Delano

  17. THE TEA Book Club

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  18. Memoirs Of A Public Servant,Charleston Hartfield.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.6k views
    Troy

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

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

  20. Unpublished

    Guest,
    • 0 replies
    • 916 views
    Guest
    Guest

  21. BOOK REVIEW REQUEST-Trampling of the Weeds

    Guest Lajuanda Mitchell,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.3k views
    Guest
    Guest

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

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

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

  24. Running Scared

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

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Troy

  26. Two Fascinating Books Explore Ugandan history and culture

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

  27. Actual Solutions to Black Problems - New Book

    TSegal,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    TSegal

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

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 797 views
    harry brown

  29. Gwendolyn Brooks,Religious Allusion .

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.6k views
    Troy

  30. What happens when honeysuckles fall?

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

  31. Four Formerly Incarcerated Women Collaborate on a New Novel

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 6 replies
    • 2.1k views
    MAFOOMBAY

  33. AYE, YO, SON: GHETTOHEAT!

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    HICKSON

  34. GHETTOHEAT FLASH: 5

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.5k views
    HICKSON

  35. Children’s Africana Book Awards

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 833 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 3.4k views
    Troy

  37. Children's Book Festival 2017

    Melica Niccole,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.5k views
    Melica Niccole

  38. White Privilege dispelled

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

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

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

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

    Donya,
    • 0 replies
    • 989 views
    Donya

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

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

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

  43. The Black Russian: Vladimir Alexandrov

    MAFOOMBAY,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 7 replies
    • 1.9k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 825 views
    Troy

  46. Sharing News About My Book/Interviews

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

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

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

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

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

  49. Kimberla Lawson Roby at the South West Florida Reading Festival

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.3k views
    Guest
    Guest

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 2k views
    Troy

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