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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. Guess Which National Bookstore Chain I'm In?

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 817 views
    Troy

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

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

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

    Troy,
    • 13 replies
    • 2.7k views
    Troy

  4. 2017 Phillis Wheatley Award Winning Books

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 901 views
    Troy

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

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

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 947 views
    Troy

  7. GHETTOHEAT: AND GOD CREATED WOMAN

    HICKSON,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.2k views
    HICKSON

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

    Guest Mercy,
    • 0 replies
    • 674 views
    Guest
    Guest

  9. Black Unity From Fantasy To Reality.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 905 views
    Troy

  10. Wisconsin's Last Black-owned Bookstore Closed

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  11. Book Review Request: Of Captivity & Kings

    E.Y. Laster,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    E.Y. Laster

  12. GHETTOHEAT: LONDON REIGN

    HICKSON,
    • 8 replies
    • 3k views
    HICKSON

  13. Interesting Photos of Black Authors from Events Over the Years

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

  14. Phillis Wheatley Award Finalist-White Man's Disease

    Dr T,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Troy

  15. GHETTOHEAT: TANTRUM

    HICKSON,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.9k views
    HICKSON

  16. W.E.B. Dubois,The Talented Tenth.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 977 views
    harry brown

  17. Get on Your Large Book Cover on Every AALBC.com Page

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 725 views
    Troy

  18. GHETTOHEAT: HARDER

    HICKSON,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.5k views
    HICKSON

  19. GHETTOHEAT: SONZ OF DARKNESS

    HICKSON,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.3k views
    HICKSON

  20. Mid-Ohio Indie Author Book Expo

    Guest Alicia Wiggins,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.9k views
    admin

  21. Selling my First Book Directly in Many Years

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 759 views
    Troy

  22. Tupac Shakur .

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 936 views
    harry brown

  23. GHETTOHEAT: CONVICT'S CANDY

    HICKSON,
    • 5 replies
    • 3k views
    HICKSON

  24. AALBC mourns the loss of “Prodigy” of Mobb Deep

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.9k views
    Troy

  25. Interested in a Book Review

    L. Cox,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    L. Cox

  26. GHETTOHEAT PRODUCTIONS

    HICKSON,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.9k views
    HICKSON

  27. Black Book Websites Need Love More Than Ever

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 4.4k views
    Troy

  28. I request to have a book review

    Guest Eric F Wortham,
    • 0 replies
    • 749 views
    Guest
    Guest

  29. Librarian of Congress Names Tracy K. Smith U.S. Poet Laureate for 2017-2018

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.1k views
    Troy

  30. Community Book Center, New Orleans, LA, Fighting to Stay Open

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  31. Submissions Deadline: 2017 Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  32. 2 for 1 Summer Book Promotion Special

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Troy

  33. "TURN ON, TUNE OUT" REVIEW REQUEST

    Guest CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD,
    • 0 replies
    • 960 views
    Guest
    Guest

  34. Eddie Green The Rise of an Early 1900s Black American Entertainment Pioneer

    Guest Elva D. Green,
    • 1 reply
    • 919 views
    Troy

  35. Would you Sacrifice to Support an Indie Bookseller?

    Troy,
    • 22 replies
    • 5.6k views
    Troy

  36. Black-Unity! Terrance Amen.

    harry brown,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Troy

  37. Book review request -"College Life 101: Freshman Orientation"

    Guest J.B. Vample,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  38. Becoming Dad, Journey To Fatherhood.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  39. INVITATION // Toronto Urban Book Expo 2017

    Guest Kya Publishing,
    • 1 reply
    • 943 views
    Troy

  40. In My Daddys Arms,I Am Tall.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 966 views
    Troy

  41. Book review request of The Weeping Time:Memory and the Largest Slave Auction In American History

    Guest Anne C. Bailey,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  42. AALBC.com Mourns the Loss of Novelist Rosalyn McMillan

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.7k views
    Troy

  43. Book Review for Historical Creative NonFiction "More Than A Fraction"

    Imagination Lunchbox LLC,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Imagination Lunchbox LLC

  44. Book Review request

    Guest Sabin Prentis,
    • 0 replies
    • 864 views
    Guest
    Guest

  45. Long Shot, Craig. Hodges.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 920 views
    harry brown

  46. Fall Book Fest

    brokenbarspublishing,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    brokenbarspublishing

  47. I would like a review.

    Guest Mattye /crowley,
    • 0 replies
    • 702 views
    Guest
    Guest

  48. In Depth Opinions & Feedback

    Guest My Sister's Keeper,
    • 1 reply
    • 817 views
    Troy

  49. A Study of Numbers: A Guide to the Constant Creation of the Universe by R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz

    Troy,
    • 6 replies
    • 2.9k views
    Delano

  50. Shaun Randol Publisher of African Writers

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

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