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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. Gwendolyn Brooks,Religious Allusion .

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.5k views
    Troy

  2. What happens when honeysuckles fall?

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

  3. Four Formerly Incarcerated Women Collaborate on a New Novel

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 996 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 6 replies
    • 2k views
    MAFOOMBAY

  5. AYE, YO, SON: GHETTOHEAT!

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 959 views
    HICKSON

  6. GHETTOHEAT FLASH: 5

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.4k views
    HICKSON

  7. Children’s Africana Book Awards

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 796 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 3.3k views
    Troy

  9. Children's Book Festival 2017

    Melica Niccole,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.4k views
    Melica Niccole

  10. White Privilege dispelled

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

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

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

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

    Donya,
    • 0 replies
    • 939 views
    Donya

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

    Guest Wyjuana Montgomery,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 972 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
    • 1.7k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 779 views
    Troy

  18. Sharing News About My Book/Interviews

    Elva D. Green,
    • 7 replies
    • 2.1k views
    Elva D. Green

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

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

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

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

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

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.2k views
    Guest
    Guest

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 2k views
    Troy

  23. Conversation with Internationally Renowned Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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

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

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1k views
    Cynique

  25. Book Review Request: The Eve of Our September

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

  26. “Uninformed men make unsafe leaders.”

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  27. July Newsletter Showcases the Best of the Black Literature

    Troy,
    • 9 replies
    • 1.9k views
    B.L. Brown

  28. She Turned Tricks at Age 11...

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

  29. GHETTOHEAT EATS!

    HICKSON,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.9k views
    HICKSON

  30. Mid-Ohio Indie Author Book Expo

    Guest Alicia Wiggins,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.8k views
    admin

  31. Sisters In The Wilderness.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 835 views
    harry brown

  32. Book Review Request - Yet I Still Stand

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

  33. AALBC.com's Last MIllion Visitors Came From....

    Troy,
    • 11 replies
    • 4.8k views
    Troy

  34. 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
    • 1.9k views
    Troy

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

    Guest James Tate,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.7k views
    Guest
    Guest

  36. Black Women, Forgotten Asset.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 869 views
    harry brown

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

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.5k views
    HICKSON

  38. Diaspora: Return to Africa

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

  39. Recovering The Black Female Body.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 776 views
    harry brown

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

    Troy,
    • 13 replies
    • 2.4k views
    Troy

  41. Book Review Request

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

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

    Maya Morrow,
    • 0 replies
    • 930 views
    Maya Morrow

  43. 26 Bestselling Children’s Book Authors You'll Definitely Love ♥

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 785 views
    Troy

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

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

  46. 2017 Phillis Wheatley Award Winning Books

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 866 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 916 views
    Troy

  48. Black Unity From Fantasy To Reality.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 857 views
    Troy

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

    Guest Mercy,
    • 0 replies
    • 641 views
    Guest
    Guest

  50. Wisconsin's Last Black-owned Bookstore Closed

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

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