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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.

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  1. 7 Books Win NAACP Image Awards

    By Troy,
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  2. Book Review request

    By Guest Co Kane,
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  3. The 5 Best Black Forums On The Net

    By theblackboard,
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  4. Children Black Book Fair,Baltimore.

    By harry brown,
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  5. Book It Chicago 2017 March Literary Event

    By The Author A.D.,
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  6. Good Old Fashioned Common Sense: Books by J. California Cooper

    By Troy,
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  7. Book Review Request: Bulletproof Faith

    By Guest NereusMcnair,
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  8. Victoria Christopher Murray Celebrates a Writing Career Spanning 20 Years and 27 Novels!

    By Troy,
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  9. Celebrating Gwendolyn Brooks and June Jordan - March 25, 2017

    By Troy,
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  10. It's not a question of bookselling…It's the raising of consciousness

    By Troy,
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  11. Book Review Request: Black Power, Gender and the Black Panther Party in Oakland

    By Guest Robyn C. Spencer,
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  12. “Daddy and Roger and ’em shot ’em a nigger.”

    By Troy,
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  13. "Growing titties takes focus."

    By Troy,
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  14. Lessons From A Gathering Of Men ~ How Mens Work Is Redefining Masculinity And Improving Mens Lives

    By Guest Michael Taylor,
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  15. Few Black writers have won Pulitzer Prizes

    By Troy,
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  16. Widening the Path: The Importance of Publishing Black Writers

    By Troy,
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  17. Fiction by Black Writers: Who are the Readers?

    By Troy,
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  18. A Terrific Bookstore in Tampa's Ybor City, Best Books Rich Treasures 

    By Troy,
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  19. The Best Black Books Coming out February 2017

    By Troy,
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  20. Agent needed

    By Guest Cherese Thomas,
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  21. Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival - Author Village

    By Troy,
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  22. Black Women are Always so angry - Truth, Excuse or Somthing else

    By Guest Dee Miller,
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  23. Answers to Book Industry Questions Posed 17 Years Ago

    By Troy,
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  24. Wreath For Emit Till. Marilyn Nelson.

    By harry brown,
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  25. 8 Ways to Be Published and Not Exploited

    By Troy,
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  26. Book It Chicago 2017 March Literary Event

    By Guest A.D.,
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  27. Can You Identify These Black Writers?

    By Troy,
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  28. This might sound bigoted, racist, and homophobic but...

    By Troy,
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  29. Book Review Request: Gettin' Down to the "Real" Nitty-Gritty, Life: American Dream or American Nightmare

    By Guest Georgia Madison,
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  30. Bestselling Books for November/December 2016

    By Troy,
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  31. The Highest Concentration of Black Owned Bookstores in the United States

    By Troy,
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  32. Book Review Request for 1980s based book entitled "There and Now"

    By Guest Abu Amina Salam,
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  33. Three Black writers have won the Nobel Prize for Literature; do you know them?

    By Troy,
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  34. Book It Chicago 2017 March Literary Event

    By Guest Book It Chicago,
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  35. Rare Radio Interview with Thumper!

    By Troy,
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  36. Radio Interviews with Authors from 1998

    By Troy,
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  37. What A Morning,Christmas With Black Sprituals.

    By harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 697 views

  38. December 2016 Newsletter – Great New Books, Articles, and More

    By Troy,
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  39. There is a GREAT New 100% Black Owned Message Board

    By Guest The Black Board,
    • 1 reply
    • 980 views

  40. 3rd Annual Harlem Renaissance Holiday Fete 2016

    By Troy,
    • 1 reply
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  41. Amazon's Stranglehold: Stifling Competition, Eroding Jobs, and Threatening Communities

    By Troy,
    • 19 replies
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  42. Our November 2016 eNewsletter is out!

    By Troy,
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  43. An Afternoon With Tracy Chiles McGhee

    By Sankofa Books,
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  44. The Breakthrough.

    By harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 754 views

  45. BOOK-BANG-BOOM: GHETTOHEAT!

    By HICKSON,
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  46. No Where Girl

    By Guest Charles Davis,
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    • 612 views
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  47. 2017 Reading List for Go On Girl! Book Club Annouced

    By Troy,
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  48. Cozy up to this thrillingly romantic book series!

    By Guest AuthorTHill,
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  49. Book Review Request

    By Guest Whit Frazier,
    • 5 replies
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  50. Black Writers Dominate the 67th National Book Awards

    By Troy,
    • 15 replies
    • 22.6k views
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