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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. Answers to Book Industry Questions Posed 17 Years Ago

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.5k views
    CDBurns

  2. Wreath For Emit Till. Marilyn Nelson.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  3. 8 Ways to Be Published and Not Exploited

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Troy

  4. Book It Chicago 2017 March Literary Event

    Guest A.D.,
    • 0 replies
    • 678 views
    Guest
    Guest

  5. Can You Identify These Black Writers?

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  6. This might sound bigoted, racist, and homophobic but...

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  7. Book Review Request: Gettin' Down to the "Real" Nitty-Gritty, Life: American Dream or American Nightmare

    Guest Georgia Madison,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  8. Bestselling Books for November/December 2016

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 956 views
    Guest
    Guest

  9. The Highest Concentration of Black Owned Bookstores in the United States

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.4k views
    Troy

  10. Book Review Request for 1980s based book entitled "There and Now"

    Guest Abu Amina Salam,
    • 0 replies
    • 870 views
    Guest
    Guest

  11. Three Black writers have won the Nobel Prize for Literature; do you know them?

    Troy,
    • 6 replies
    • 2.9k views
    Troy

  12. Book It Chicago 2017 March Literary Event

    Guest Book It Chicago,
    • 0 replies
    • 823 views
    Guest
    Guest

  13. Rare Radio Interview with Thumper!

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

  14. Radio Interviews with Authors from 1998

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Troy

  15. What A Morning,Christmas With Black Sprituals.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 828 views
    Troy

  16. December 2016 Newsletter – Great New Books, Articles, and More

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Troy

  17. There is a GREAT New 100% Black Owned Message Board

    Guest The Black Board,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  18. 3rd Annual Harlem Renaissance Holiday Fete 2016

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.9k views
    Troy

  19. Amazon's Stranglehold: Stifling Competition, Eroding Jobs, and Threatening Communities

    Troy,
    • 19 replies
    • 5.7k views
    mzmina

  20. Our November 2016 eNewsletter is out!

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

  21. An Afternoon With Tracy Chiles McGhee

    Sankofa Books,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Sankofa Books

  22. The Breakthrough.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 877 views
    harry brown

  23. BOOK-BANG-BOOM: GHETTOHEAT!

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    HICKSON

  24. No Where Girl

    Guest Charles Davis,
    • 0 replies
    • 726 views
    Guest
    Guest

  25. 2017 Reading List for Go On Girl! Book Club Annouced

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 3.3k views
    Troy

  26. Cozy up to this thrillingly romantic book series!

    Guest AuthorTHill,
    • 0 replies
    • 854 views
    Guest
    Guest

  27. Book Review Request

    Guest Whit Frazier,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.7k views
    whitfrazier

  28. Black Writers Dominate the 67th National Book Awards

    Troy,
    • 15 replies
    • 24k views
    Troy

  29. Robert J. Williams reading "Strivers and Other Stories"

    Guest Sankofa Books,
    • 0 replies
    • 957 views
    Guest
    Guest

  30. One Easy Way to Support Black Literature - Amazon.com

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 974 views
    Troy

  31. What do we have to lose

    Guest RoRRFaith,
    • 0 replies
    • 731 views
    Guest
    Guest

  32. Single mama, with dating drama? This book is for you.

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 835 views
    Troy

  33. Book Review

    Yasheca LaSha,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Yasheca LaSha

  34. Book Review - Lizzie & McKenzie's Fabulous Adventures

    dinactate,
    • 0 replies
    • 878 views
    dinactate

  35. My Own Worst Enemy: A Black Man's American Story

    Guest Ismael Brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Guest
    Guest

  36. The Children's Bestsellers List for Oct/Sep 2016

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 825 views
    Troy

  37. Our Bestselling Books for Sept and Oct 2016

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 659 views
    Troy

  38. Why Read Mystery Novels

    Guest Kris Allis,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  39. #4 Top All-Time Bestselling Author: Wahida Clark

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

  40. Oprah Really Can Sell a Book!

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  41. The Black Literacy Forum #1

    Guest david rambeau,
    • 0 replies
    • 4.2k views
    Guest
    Guest

  42. PRINCE OSIRIS: A GHETTOHEAT PRINCE!

    HICKSON,
    • 1 reply
    • 1k views
    HICKSON

  43. PRINCE OSIRIS: A GHETTOHEAT PRINCE!

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 798 views
    HICKSON

  44. Obama's Legacy: What He Accomplished

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  45. Author of "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" Opens a Bookstore

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.3k views
    CDBurns

  46. Good2go Publishing - Over 1 Million Books Sold!

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 871 views
    Troy

  47. Blue Mafia: New Book explores police brutality & federal reform in OH

    Guest Timtolka,
    • 0 replies
    • 976 views
    Guest
    Guest

  48. Walter Mosley Traveling in the Spirit of Carter G. Woodson

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.3k views
    Terry Coffey

  49. Resurgence in Interest in the Survival of Indie Bookstores

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Troy

  50. Call To The Fire!!!

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 699 views
    harry brown

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