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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. Conversation with Internationally Renowned Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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

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

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Cynique

  3. Book Review Request: The Eve of Our September

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

  4. “Uninformed men make unsafe leaders.”

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  5. July Newsletter Showcases the Best of the Black Literature

    Troy,
    • 9 replies
    • 2.1k views
    B.L. Brown

  6. She Turned Tricks at Age 11...

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  7. GHETTOHEAT EATS!

    HICKSON,
    • 2 replies
    • 2k views
    HICKSON

  8. Mid-Ohio Indie Author Book Expo

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

  9. Sisters In The Wilderness.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 866 views
    harry brown

  10. Book Review Request - Yet I Still Stand

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

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

    Troy,
    • 11 replies
    • 5.1k views
    Troy

  12. 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

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

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

  14. Black Women, Forgotten Asset.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 895 views
    harry brown

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

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.6k views
    HICKSON

  16. Diaspora: Return to Africa

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

  17. Recovering The Black Female Body.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 820 views
    harry brown

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

    Troy,
    • 13 replies
    • 2.7k views
    Troy

  19. Book Review Request

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

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

    Maya Morrow,
    • 0 replies
    • 989 views
    Maya Morrow

  21. 26 Bestselling Children’s Book Authors You'll Definitely Love ♥

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 815 views
    Troy

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

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

  24. 2017 Phillis Wheatley Award Winning Books

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 899 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 946 views
    Troy

  26. Black Unity From Fantasy To Reality.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 904 views
    Troy

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

    Guest Mercy,
    • 0 replies
    • 672 views
    Guest
    Guest

  28. Wisconsin's Last Black-owned Bookstore Closed

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  29. Book Review Request: Of Captivity & Kings

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

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

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

    Dr T,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Troy

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

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 976 views
    harry brown

  33. Would you Sacrifice to Support an Indie Bookseller?

    Troy,
    • 22 replies
    • 5.6k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 724 views
    Troy

  35. Book Review Request: Brownie Bear Teaches Gun Safety

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

  36. Interested in a Book Review

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

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

    Troy,
    • 7 replies
    • 3.3k views
    B.L. Brown

  38. Selling my First Book Directly in Many Years

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 758 views
    Troy

  39. Tupac Shakur .

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 935 views
    harry brown

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.9k views
    Troy

  41. GHETTOHEAT PRODUCTIONS

    HICKSON,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.9k views
    HICKSON

  42. Black Book Websites Going, Going....

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 4.7k views
    Troy

  43. Black Book Websites Need Love More Than Ever

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 4.4k views
    Troy

  44. I request to have a book review

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

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.1k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  47. Celebrate reading at the New Orleans Literary Takeover!

    Guest Rhonda M. Lawson,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Guest
    Guest

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  49. We've lost 197 Black Owned Book Stores in the last few Years

    Troy,
    • 12 replies
    • 20.8k views
    Troy

  50. 2 for 1 Summer Book Promotion Special

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Troy

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