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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. GHETTOHEAT CELEBRATES 14 YEARS OF HOTNESS!

    HICKSON,
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    • 1.6k views
    HICKSON

  2. HICKSONHOTNESS SHOW!

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.6k views
    HICKSON

  3. GAY PRIDE MONTH 2017: GHETTOHEAT!

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.5k views
    HICKSON

  4. BLACK MUSIC MONTH 2017: GHETTOHEAT STYLE!

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    HICKSON

  5. SUMMER READING 2017: GHETTOHEAT STYLE!

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    HICKSON

  6. Buffalo Soldiers.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 988 views
    harry brown

  7. Celebrate reading at the New Orleans Literary Takeover!

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

  8. Sophfronia Scott presents "The Art of Memoir"

    Guest Writing for Your Life,
    • 0 replies
    • 736 views
    Guest
    Guest

  9. Creating Ethnocentric Academic Books

    Guest Edo Cherokee,
    • 0 replies
    • 657 views
    Guest
    Guest

  10. Go On Girl! Book Club Celebrates Authors in Chicago

    Guest Lynda M. Johnson,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Guest
    Guest

  11. Paul Beatty

    Delano,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Delano

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

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

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

    Troy,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 908 views
    Troy

  15. Book review request: Forbidden Fruit by Stanley Gazemba

    Guest Shaun Randol,
    • 1 reply
    • 961 views
    Troy

  16. Black Girl Dreaming.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 2k views
    Mel Hopkins

  18. The Youngest Marcher.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 979 views
    harry brown

  19. Party with us during the 2017 Black Pack Party

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 923 views
    Troy

  20. Indie Love in the Atl 2017

    Indie Love,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.9k views
    Troy

  22. Black In America.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    harry brown

  23. A Day of Christian Books, Fellowship & Praise

    Guest LynnPinder,
    • 0 replies
    • 719 views
    Guest
    Guest

  24. GHETTOHEAT

    HICKSON,
    • 4 replies
    • 2.5k views
    HICKSON

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

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  26. 50 Best Places to Meet Other Book Lovers Online

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

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

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

  28. Samson Dempsey the Midtown Player Turns Novelist

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.5k views
    Troy

  29. Black Elephant In. The Room.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1k views
    Troy

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

    Guest Dee Miller,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  31. Book Review Request - Condition Red by Yusef Komunyakaa

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

  32. No Greater Love Book Review Request

    IshaJohnson,
    • 0 replies
    • 873 views
    IshaJohnson

  33. Book Review Request

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

  34. Jackie Robinson ,Beyond Home Plate.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 994 views
    Troy

  35. Book Review Request: I Wish I Could Moonwalk

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

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

    Troy,
    • 4 replies
    • 4.4k views
    Elva D. Green

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

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 929 views
    Troy

  38. Book Review Request: Mixtape: The Book

    Guest Ashton,
    • 0 replies
    • 709 views
    Guest
    Guest

  39. Gender: No Longer a Simple Question

    Troy,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.9k views
    Pioneer1

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

    MAFOOMBAY,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.1k views
    Troy

  41. 5 Reasons to Support Lambda's LGBTQ Writers in Schools! 

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  42. Book review request: Born from weeds & rats

    MAFOOMBAY,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    MAFOOMBAY

  43. 20% off all Poetry Books Published by Black Classic Press

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 839 views
    Troy

  44. Book by former AALBC poster

    Cynique,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  45. 25 African Women Writers You Should Read

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 3.5k views
    Troy

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

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

  47. New Black Owned Publishing Company

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

  48. Fiyah: Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 802 views
    Troy

  49. How White Folks Got So Rich

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  50. Raising Black Boys.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 934 views
    Troy

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