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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. Go On Girl! Book Club Celebrates Authors in Chicago

    Guest Lynda M. Johnson,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  2. Paul Beatty

    Delano,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Delano

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

    Troy,
    • 7 replies
    • 3.2k views
    B.L. Brown

  4. Making Rent in Bed-Stuy Among Recommended Books for May 2017

    Troy,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.6k views
    Troy

  5. Documentary Film on Black writers of fantasy, horror and science fiction

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 878 views
    Troy

  6. Book review request: Forbidden Fruit by Stanley Gazemba

    Guest Shaun Randol,
    • 1 reply
    • 933 views
    Troy

  7. Black Girl Dreaming.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  8. Black Books Direct - Final Liquidation Sale, Save up to 80%

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 2k views
    Mel Hopkins

  9. The Youngest Marcher.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 939 views
    harry brown

  10. Party with us during the 2017 Black Pack Party

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 893 views
    Troy

  11. Indie Love in the Atl 2017

    Indie Love,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  12. Harlem World Talks: The Importance of Funding Cultural Arts

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Troy

  13. Black In America.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 987 views
    harry brown

  14. A Day of Christian Books, Fellowship & Praise

    Guest LynnPinder,
    • 0 replies
    • 709 views
    Guest
    Guest

  15. GHETTOHEAT

    HICKSON,
    • 4 replies
    • 2.5k views
    HICKSON

  16. White. Folks. Who .Teach. In The. Hood.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  17. 50 Best Places to Meet Other Book Lovers Online

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 990 views
    Troy

  18. Black Chess Master Extraordinaire... International Master Emory Tate

    Guest Daaim Shabazz,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Guest
    Guest

  19. Samson Dempsey the Midtown Player Turns Novelist

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.4k views
    Troy

  20. Black Elephant In. The Room.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1k views
    Troy

  21. Are Black Women 'Always' so Angry? Hmmmm

    Guest Dee Miller,
    • 3 replies
    • 1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  22. Book Review Request - Condition Red by Yusef Komunyakaa

    Guest Sam Killian,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  23. No Greater Love Book Review Request

    IshaJohnson,
    • 0 replies
    • 854 views
    IshaJohnson

  24. Book Review Request

    Guest Sarah Jane Heidelberg,
    • 0 replies
    • 676 views
    Guest
    Guest

  25. Jackie Robinson ,Beyond Home Plate.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 959 views
    Troy

  26. Book Review Request: I Wish I Could Moonwalk

    Guest Sandra Lee,
    • 0 replies
    • 681 views
    Guest
    Guest

  27. Authors Let AALBC.com Maintain Your Official Web Presence

    Troy,
    • 4 replies
    • 4.3k views
    Elva D. Green

  28. Vote for Your Favorite Black Author of the 21st Century

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 901 views
    Troy

  29. Book Review Request: Mixtape: The Book

    Guest Ashton,
    • 0 replies
    • 688 views
    Guest
    Guest

  30. Gender: No Longer a Simple Question

    Troy,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Pioneer1

  31. The making of a stand up guy - Charlie Murphy

    MAFOOMBAY,
    • 1 reply
    • 2k views
    Troy

  32. 5 Reasons to Support Lambda's LGBTQ Writers in Schools! 

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  33. Book review request: Born from weeds & rats

    MAFOOMBAY,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    MAFOOMBAY

  34. 20% off all Poetry Books Published by Black Classic Press

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 824 views
    Troy

  35. Book by former AALBC poster

    Cynique,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  36. 25 African Women Writers You Should Read

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 3.4k views
    Troy

  37. Book Review Request: Residue: Surviving and Overcoming the Stains of Generational Curses and Soul Ties

    Guest Debbie L. London,
    • 0 replies
    • 867 views
    Guest
    Guest

  38. New Black Owned Publishing Company

    Guest T. Stanley,
    • 0 replies
    • 752 views
    Guest
    Guest

  39. Fiyah: Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 788 views
    Troy

  40. How White Folks Got So Rich

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  41. Raising Black Boys.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 907 views
    Troy

  42. Bereavement Announcement: On the Passing of Sir Derek A. Walcott

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  43. Looking for a review for my debut novel!

    Berchet,
    • 0 replies
    • 844 views
    Berchet

  44. Ways Of White Folk. Langston Hughes.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  45. African bookstore celebrates 25 Years in Business and the life of Anthony Horatio

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.2k views
    Guest
    Guest

  47. Win Free Books from AALBC.com

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 685 views
    Troy

  48. Children's Book Festival 2017

    Melica Niccole,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.5k views
    Melica Niccole

  49. Moses,When Harriet Tubman Led Her People.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 827 views
    harry brown

  50. Oh What Will You Do? Children's Book

    bsrealtalk,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.7k views
    bsrealtalk

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