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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. July Newsletter Showcases the Best of the Black Literature

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

  2. She Turned Tricks at Age 11...

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  3. GHETTOHEAT EATS!

    HICKSON,
    • 2 replies
    • 2k views
    HICKSON

  4. Mid-Ohio Indie Author Book Expo

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

  5. Sisters In The Wilderness.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 857 views
    harry brown

  6. Book Review Request - Yet I Still Stand

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

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

    Troy,
    • 11 replies
    • 5k views
    Troy

  8. 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
    • 2k views
    Troy

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

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

  10. Black Women, Forgotten Asset.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 890 views
    harry brown

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

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.6k views
    HICKSON

  12. Diaspora: Return to Africa

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

  13. Recovering The Black Female Body.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 813 views
    harry brown

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

    Troy,
    • 13 replies
    • 2.7k views
    Troy

  15. Book Review Request

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

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

    Maya Morrow,
    • 0 replies
    • 970 views
    Maya Morrow

  17. 26 Bestselling Children’s Book Authors You'll Definitely Love ♥

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 810 views
    Troy

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

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

  20. 2017 Phillis Wheatley Award Winning Books

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 894 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 942 views
    Troy

  22. Black Unity From Fantasy To Reality.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 895 views
    Troy

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

    Guest Mercy,
    • 0 replies
    • 666 views
    Guest
    Guest

  24. Wisconsin's Last Black-owned Bookstore Closed

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  25. Book Review Request: Of Captivity & Kings

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

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

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

    Dr T,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Troy

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

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 967 views
    harry brown

  29. Would you Sacrifice to Support an Indie Bookseller?

    Troy,
    • 22 replies
    • 5.5k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 710 views
    Troy

  31. Book Review Request: Brownie Bear Teaches Gun Safety

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

  32. Interested in a Book Review

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

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

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

  34. Selling my First Book Directly in Many Years

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 753 views
    Troy

  35. Tupac Shakur .

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 921 views
    harry brown

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.9k views
    Troy

  37. GHETTOHEAT PRODUCTIONS

    HICKSON,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.9k views
    HICKSON

  38. Black Book Websites Going, Going....

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 4.7k views
    Troy

  39. Black Book Websites Need Love More Than Ever

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 4.4k views
    Troy

  40. I request to have a book review

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

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.1k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  43. Celebrate reading at the New Orleans Literary Takeover!

    Guest Rhonda M. Lawson,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Guest
    Guest

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 12 replies
    • 20.8k views
    Troy

  46. 2 for 1 Summer Book Promotion Special

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Troy

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

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

  48. "TURN ON, TUNE OUT" REVIEW REQUEST

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

  49. Black-Unity! Terrance Amen.

    harry brown,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

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

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

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