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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. Samson Dempsey the Midtown Player Turns Novelist

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.4k views
    Troy

  2. Buffalo Soldiers.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 944 views
    harry brown

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

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

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

    bsrealtalk,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.6k views
    bsrealtalk

  5. Sophfronia Scott presents "The Art of Memoir"

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

  6. Creating Ethnocentric Academic Books

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

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

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

  8. A Very Good Indie Author Publishing Panel

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.7k views
    Guest
    Guest

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

    Troy,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.6k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 851 views
    Troy

  11. Black Girl Dreaming.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  12. Book review request: Forbidden Fruit by Stanley Gazemba

    Guest Shaun Randol,
    • 1 reply
    • 908 views
    Troy

  13. The Youngest Marcher.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 914 views
    harry brown

  14. Indie Love in the Atl 2017

    Indie Love,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  15. Party with us during the 2017 Black Pack Party

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 869 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Troy

  17. Black In America.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 962 views
    harry brown

  18. A Day of Christian Books, Fellowship & Praise

    Guest LynnPinder,
    • 0 replies
    • 696 views
    Guest
    Guest

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

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  20. 50 Best Places to Meet Other Book Lovers Online

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 971 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 882 views
    Troy

  22. Black Elephant In. The Room.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 980 views
    Troy

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

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

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

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

  25. Book Review Request - Condition Red by Yusef Komunyakaa

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

  26. No Greater Love Book Review Request

    IshaJohnson,
    • 0 replies
    • 837 views
    IshaJohnson

  27. Book Review Request

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

  28. Gender: No Longer a Simple Question

    Troy,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Pioneer1

  29. Jackie Robinson ,Beyond Home Plate.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 937 views
    Troy

  30. Book Review Request: I Wish I Could Moonwalk

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

  31. Book Review Request: Mixtape: The Book

    Guest Ashton,
    • 0 replies
    • 675 views
    Guest
    Guest

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

    MAFOOMBAY,
    • 1 reply
    • 2k views
    Troy

  33. 5 Reasons to Support Lambda's LGBTQ Writers in Schools! 

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

  34. Few Black writers have won Pulitzer Prizes

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 4.2k views
    Troy

  35. Book review request: Born from weeds & rats

    MAFOOMBAY,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    MAFOOMBAY

  36. 25 African Women Writers You Should Read

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 3.3k views
    Troy

  37. Book by former AALBC poster

    Cynique,
    • 3 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

  38. 20% off all Poetry Books Published by Black Classic Press

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 795 views
    Troy

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

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

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

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.3k views
    Troy

  41. Iconic Poet & Author Mari Evans Turns 95!

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 4.2k views
    Guest
    Guest

  42. New Black Owned Publishing Company

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

  43. Fiyah: Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 769 views
    Troy

  44. How White Folks Got So Rich

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  45. Raising Black Boys.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 878 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  47. Looking for a review for my debut novel!

    Berchet,
    • 0 replies
    • 808 views
    Berchet

  48. Ways Of White Folk. Langston Hughes.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

  50. Book Festivals I Plan to attend

    Troy,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.9k views
    Dr T

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