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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. Question for Black Authors- What are your thoughts on interpretations to your work?

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 621 views
    richardmurray

  2. Jacinda Townsend Wins 16th Annual Ernest Gaines Book Award for Mother Country

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.6k views
    richardmurray

  3. My name is AJ Sam, author and publisher of A Journey Far: Ibere (Beginnings). I am requesting consideration for the African American Literature Book Club to review my novel.

    AJ Sam,
    • 0 replies
    • 634 views
    AJ Sam

  4. Tananarive Due question on Aliens

    richardmurray,
    • 3 replies
    • 693 views
    Troy

  5. Request for Book Review: “Smashing Obstacles and Building Legacies” - Laing School and Freedmen’s Schools

    Lynette Jackson Love,
    • 1 reply
    • 512 views
    richardmurray

  6. Juneteenth Books.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 436 views
    Troy

  7. Writer - A producer for Skydance said they want to find Sisqo in the new show Star Trek Starfleet Academy, what say you?

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 162 views
    richardmurray

  8. Ky-Mani Marley's "Dear Dad"

    Waterstar,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Waterstar

  9. Twitter has a lot of nerve!

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 6 replies
    • 2.8k views
    Delano

  11. LOL...You can't make this stuff UP!!

    Dee Miller,
    • 0 replies
    • 934 views
    Dee Miller

  12. Nonfiction Book- There Is Something About Edgefield Shining a Light on the Black Community through History, Genealogy & Genetic DNA

    Guest Natonne Elaine Kemp,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  13. O.W. Showe

    Slaise,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Slaise

  14. For Immediate Release: Production of Clarence the Cabbie Confidential Begins

    daniellegfny,
    • 0 replies
    • 864 views
    daniellegfny

  15. The Blue Shadow

    Guest Anansi Jones,
    • 0 replies
    • 798 views
    Guest
    Guest

  16. Requesting a review of my book

    Dr. Eric D Wiliams,
    • 1 reply
    • 946 views
    Dr. Eric D Wiliams

  17. Mardi Gras fiction

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 153 views
    richardmurray

  18. Bowker's New Book Title Statistics

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Troy

  19. African American Bizarro Writer Andre Duza

    Chrishayden,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Chrishayden

  20. GHETTOHEAT STANDS STRONG

    HICKSON,
    • 5 replies
    • 5.5k views
    HICKSON

  21. OCCUPY GHETTOHEAT®!

    HICKSON,
    • 2 replies
    • 5k views
    HICKSON

  22. Call for Submissions: Fall/Winter 2015 Killens Review of Arts & Letters

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.3k views
    Troy

  23. Stories About 80-Year-Old Bridge Players In The Washington Bridge Unit

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  24. Act Like an Author, Think Like a Business 2018 Conference

    Guest Joylynn M. Ross,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  25. Becoming,Michelle. Obama

    harry brown,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  26. Would like a book review for Upright Bass: The Musical Life & Legacy of Jamil Nasser

    Guest Muneer Nasser,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  27. Who would like an Advanced Review Copy of 6 Magic Cans of Happiness

    daniellegfny,
    • 0 replies
    • 743 views
    daniellegfny

  28. An enlightening look at Black UK and Black Londoners historic literature I find fascinating, you may too:

    Lee Vining,
    • 1 reply
    • 574 views
    Dee Miller

  29. The Painkillers. A medical mystery by Glenn Parris.

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 366 views
    Milton

  30. Self-Publishing, Author Services Open Floodgates for Writers

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.4k views
    careycarey

  31. Camille Yarbrough: Author/Activist, "the foremother of hip hop"

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  32. What A Morning,Christmas With Black Sprituals.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 805 views
    Troy

  33. In Depth Opinions & Feedback

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

  34. Enjoy 2018 Coretta Scott King Award Winning Books for Children

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Troy

  35. Video: Bestselling Author Tarkisha Wallace's Book, Little Girl Arise

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 984 views
    Troy

  36. Amber and the Hidden City: A Middle Grade Fantasy Adventure!

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Milton

  37. Artist Talk with Quincy Troupe

    Guest Tara@MSPC,
    • 7 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Maurice

  38. AALBC Mourns the Passing of NBA Legend Kobe Bryant

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 967 views
    Troy

  39. Don't know Your Enemy , You don't know Yourself"

    Mel Hopkins,
    • 10 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Delano

  40. Behind the Ink

    Guest Me Time Book Club,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  41. Writing About The History They want to Change

    aMhayes,
    • 8 replies
    • 2.3k views
    richardmurray

  42. Nfasu's Braid. A Ki Khanga Adventure

    Milton,
    • 2 replies
    • 354 views
    Milton

  43. Don’t Call Me Crazy! I’m Just in Love Paperback from Swiyyah Nadirah Woodard

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 161 views
    richardmurray

  44. Romance Readers?

    Guest Ava,
    • 9 replies
    • 3.6k views
    Xeon

  45. Young black males high school graduation rate

    Thumper,
    • 4 replies
    • 3k views
    Troy

  46. "Help" is on the way

    Cynique,
    • 12 replies
    • 4.9k views
    careycarey

  47. MAN CHILD IN THE PROMISED LAND/

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

  48. E-Mail Solicitation

    CDBurns,
    • 3 replies
    • 5.7k views
    Guest
    Guest

  49. I would like a review.

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

  50. Book Review Request - Comes to The Light: Learning About the Entangled Families of Edgefield, South Carolina

    Donya,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Donya

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