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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. Creating Ethnocentric Academic Books

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

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

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

  3. A Very Good Indie Author Publishing Panel

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.7k views
    Guest
    Guest

  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
    • 840 views
    Troy

  6. Black Girl Dreaming.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  7. Book review request: Forbidden Fruit by Stanley Gazemba

    Guest Shaun Randol,
    • 1 reply
    • 902 views
    Troy

  8. The Youngest Marcher.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 910 views
    harry brown

  9. Indie Love in the Atl 2017

    Indie Love,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  10. Party with us during the 2017 Black Pack Party

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 864 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Troy

  12. Black In America.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 958 views
    harry brown

  13. A Day of Christian Books, Fellowship & Praise

    Guest LynnPinder,
    • 0 replies
    • 694 views
    Guest
    Guest

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

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  15. 50 Best Places to Meet Other Book Lovers Online

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 969 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 877 views
    Troy

  17. Black Elephant In. The Room.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 976 views
    Troy

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

    Guest Daaim Shabazz,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Guest
    Guest

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

    Guest Dee Miller,
    • 3 replies
    • 981 views
    Guest
    Guest

  20. Book Review Request - Condition Red by Yusef Komunyakaa

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

  21. No Greater Love Book Review Request

    IshaJohnson,
    • 0 replies
    • 824 views
    IshaJohnson

  22. Book Review Request

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

  23. Gender: No Longer a Simple Question

    Troy,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Pioneer1

  24. Jackie Robinson ,Beyond Home Plate.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 932 views
    Troy

  25. Book Review Request: I Wish I Could Moonwalk

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

  26. Book Review Request: Mixtape: The Book

    Guest Ashton,
    • 0 replies
    • 667 views
    Guest
    Guest

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

    MAFOOMBAY,
    • 1 reply
    • 2k views
    Troy

  28. 5 Reasons to Support Lambda's LGBTQ Writers in Schools! 

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

  29. Few Black writers have won Pulitzer Prizes

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 4.2k views
    Troy

  30. Book review request: Born from weeds & rats

    MAFOOMBAY,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    MAFOOMBAY

  31. 25 African Women Writers You Should Read

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 3.2k views
    Troy

  32. Book by former AALBC poster

    Cynique,
    • 3 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

  33. 20% off all Poetry Books Published by Black Classic Press

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 786 views
    Troy

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

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

  35. Max Rodriguez launched Extra Mile Books, an imprint of Akashic Books

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.3k views
    Troy

  36. Iconic Poet & Author Mari Evans Turns 95!

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 4.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  37. New Black Owned Publishing Company

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

  38. Fiyah: Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 764 views
    Troy

  39. How White Folks Got So Rich

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  40. Raising Black Boys.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 873 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  42. Looking for a review for my debut novel!

    Berchet,
    • 0 replies
    • 800 views
    Berchet

  43. Ways Of White Folk. Langston Hughes.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

  45. Book Festivals I Plan to attend

    Troy,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.9k views
    Dr T

  46. Now Available: White Man's Disease

    Dr T,
    • 9 replies
    • 2.4k views
    Dr T

  47. Win Free Books from AALBC.com

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 662 views
    Troy

  48. Moses,When Harriet Tubman Led Her People.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 806 views
    harry brown

  49. Black Study Bible.

    harry brown,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Mel Hopkins

  50. Celebrating Gwendolyn Brooks and June Jordan - March 25, 2017

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 2k views
    Troy

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