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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. Sharing News About My Book/Interviews

    Elva D. Green,
    • 7 replies
    • 2.3k views
    Elva D. Green

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

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

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

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

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

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.3k views
    Guest
    Guest

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.1k views
    Troy

  6. Conversation with Internationally Renowned Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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

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

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Cynique

  8. Book Review Request: The Eve of Our September

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

  9. “Uninformed men make unsafe leaders.”

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  10. July Newsletter Showcases the Best of the Black Literature

    Troy,
    • 9 replies
    • 2.2k views
    B.L. Brown

  11. She Turned Tricks at Age 11...

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  12. GHETTOHEAT EATS!

    HICKSON,
    • 2 replies
    • 2k views
    HICKSON

  13. Mid-Ohio Indie Author Book Expo

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

  14. Sisters In The Wilderness.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 880 views
    harry brown

  15. Book Review Request - Yet I Still Stand

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

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

    Troy,
    • 11 replies
    • 5.1k views
    Troy

  17. 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
    • 2.1k views
    Troy

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

    Guest James Tate,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.8k views
    Guest
    Guest

  19. Black Women, Forgotten Asset.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 901 views
    harry brown

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

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.7k views
    HICKSON

  21. Diaspora: Return to Africa

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

  22. Recovering The Black Female Body.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 829 views
    harry brown

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

    Troy,
    • 13 replies
    • 2.8k views
    Troy

  24. Book Review Request

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

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

    Maya Morrow,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Maya Morrow

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 834 views
    Troy

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

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

  29. 2017 Phillis Wheatley Award Winning Books

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 911 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 951 views
    Troy

  31. Black Unity From Fantasy To Reality.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 913 views
    Troy

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

    Guest Mercy,
    • 0 replies
    • 678 views
    Guest
    Guest

  33. Wisconsin's Last Black-owned Bookstore Closed

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  34. Book Review Request: Of Captivity & Kings

    E.Y. Laster,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    E.Y. Laster

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

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

    Dr T,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Troy

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

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 988 views
    harry brown

  38. Would you Sacrifice to Support an Indie Bookseller?

    Troy,
    • 22 replies
    • 5.7k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 740 views
    Troy

  40. Book Review Request: Brownie Bear Teaches Gun Safety

    Guest B.L. Brown,
    • 4 replies
    • 2.1k views
    B.L. Brown

  41. Interested in a Book Review

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

  42. Help Select AALBC.com's New Bestselling Book Seal

    Troy,
    • 7 replies
    • 3.4k views
    B.L. Brown

  43. Selling my First Book Directly in Many Years

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 763 views
    Troy

  44. Tupac Shakur .

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 946 views
    harry brown

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.9k views
    Troy

  46. GHETTOHEAT PRODUCTIONS

    HICKSON,
    • 4 replies
    • 2k views
    HICKSON

  47. Black Book Websites Going, Going....

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 4.7k views
    Troy

  48. Black Book Websites Need Love More Than Ever

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 4.5k views
    Troy

  49. I request to have a book review

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

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.1k views
    Troy

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