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

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Guest
    Guest

  2. Celebrate reading at the New Orleans Literary Takeover!

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

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 12 replies
    • 20.9k views
    Troy

  5. 2 for 1 Summer Book Promotion Special

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Troy

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

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

  7. "TURN ON, TUNE OUT" REVIEW REQUEST

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

  8. Black-Unity! Terrance Amen.

    harry brown,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Troy

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

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

  10. Becoming Dad, Journey To Fatherhood.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  11. In My Daddys Arms,I Am Tall.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 978 views
    Troy

  12. INVITATION // Toronto Urban Book Expo 2017

    Guest Kya Publishing,
    • 1 reply
    • 953 views
    Troy

  13. Book review request of The Weeping Time:Memory and the Largest Slave Auction In American History

    Guest Anne C. Bailey,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  14. AALBC.com Mourns the Loss of Novelist Rosalyn McMillan

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.7k views
    Troy

  15. Book Review for Historical Creative NonFiction "More Than A Fraction"

    Imagination Lunchbox LLC,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Imagination Lunchbox LLC

  16. Book Review request

    Guest Sabin Prentis,
    • 0 replies
    • 877 views
    Guest
    Guest

  17. Long Shot, Craig. Hodges.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 935 views
    harry brown

  18. Fall Book Fest

    brokenbarspublishing,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    brokenbarspublishing

  19. I would like a review.

    Guest Mattye /crowley,
    • 0 replies
    • 714 views
    Guest
    Guest

  20. GHETTOHEAT

    HICKSON,
    • 4 replies
    • 2.6k views
    HICKSON

  21. In Depth Opinions & Feedback

    Guest My Sister's Keeper,
    • 1 reply
    • 836 views
    Troy

  22. A Study of Numbers: A Guide to the Constant Creation of the Universe by R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz

    Troy,
    • 6 replies
    • 2.9k views
    Delano

  23. Shaun Randol Publisher of African Writers

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

  24. GHETTOHEAT CELEBRATES 14 YEARS OF HOTNESS!

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.6k views
    HICKSON

  25. HICKSONHOTNESS SHOW!

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.6k views
    HICKSON

  26. GAY PRIDE MONTH 2017: GHETTOHEAT!

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.5k views
    HICKSON

  27. BLACK MUSIC MONTH 2017: GHETTOHEAT STYLE!

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    HICKSON

  28. SUMMER READING 2017: GHETTOHEAT STYLE!

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    HICKSON

  29. Samson Dempsey the Midtown Player Turns Novelist

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.5k views
    Troy

  30. Buffalo Soldiers.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 996 views
    harry brown

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

    Troy,
    • 4 replies
    • 4.5k views
    Elva D. Green

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

    bsrealtalk,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.7k views
    bsrealtalk

  33. Sophfronia Scott presents "The Art of Memoir"

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

  34. Creating Ethnocentric Academic Books

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

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

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

  36. A Very Good Indie Author Publishing Panel

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.8k views
    Guest
    Guest

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

    Troy,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 920 views
    Troy

  39. Black Girl Dreaming.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  40. Book review request: Forbidden Fruit by Stanley Gazemba

    Guest Shaun Randol,
    • 1 reply
    • 975 views
    Troy

  41. The Youngest Marcher.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 991 views
    harry brown

  42. Indie Love in the Atl 2017

    Indie Love,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  43. Party with us during the 2017 Black Pack Party

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 935 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.9k views
    Troy

  45. Black In America.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    harry brown

  46. A Day of Christian Books, Fellowship & Praise

    Guest LynnPinder,
    • 0 replies
    • 726 views
    Guest
    Guest

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

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

  48. 50 Best Places to Meet Other Book Lovers Online

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 949 views
    Troy

  50. Black Elephant In. The Room.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1k views
    Troy

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