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

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

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

    Troy,
    • 6 replies
    • 2.8k views
    Troy

  3. Book It Chicago 2017 March Literary Event

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

  4. Rare Radio Interview with Thumper!

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 983 views
    Troy

  5. Radio Interviews with Authors from 1998

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Troy

  6. What A Morning,Christmas With Black Sprituals.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 789 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.6k views
    Troy

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

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

  9. 3rd Annual Harlem Renaissance Holiday Fete 2016

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.9k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 19 replies
    • 5.5k views
    mzmina

  11. Our November 2016 eNewsletter is out!

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

  12. An Afternoon With Tracy Chiles McGhee

    Sankofa Books,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Sankofa Books

  13. The Breakthrough.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 849 views
    harry brown

  14. BOOK-BANG-BOOM: GHETTOHEAT!

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    HICKSON

  15. No Where Girl

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

  16. 2017 Reading List for Go On Girl! Book Club Annouced

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 3.3k views
    Troy

  17. Cozy up to this thrillingly romantic book series!

    Guest AuthorTHill,
    • 0 replies
    • 829 views
    Guest
    Guest

  18. Book Review Request

    Guest Whit Frazier,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.6k views
    whitfrazier

  19. Black Writers Dominate the 67th National Book Awards

    Troy,
    • 15 replies
    • 23.7k views
    Troy

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

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

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 954 views
    Troy

  22. What do we have to lose

    Guest RoRRFaith,
    • 0 replies
    • 710 views
    Guest
    Guest

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 814 views
    Troy

  24. Book Review

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

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

    dinactate,
    • 0 replies
    • 846 views
    dinactate

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

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

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 802 views
    Troy

  28. Our Bestselling Books for Sept and Oct 2016

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 642 views
    Troy

  29. Why Read Mystery Novels

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

  30. #4 Top All-Time Bestselling Author: Wahida Clark

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 987 views
    Troy

  31. Oprah Really Can Sell a Book!

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  32. The Black Literacy Forum #1

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

  33. PRINCE OSIRIS: A GHETTOHEAT PRINCE!

    HICKSON,
    • 1 reply
    • 976 views
    HICKSON

  34. PRINCE OSIRIS: A GHETTOHEAT PRINCE!

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 771 views
    HICKSON

  35. Obama's Legacy: What He Accomplished

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.2k views
    CDBurns

  37. Good2go Publishing - Over 1 Million Books Sold!

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 840 views
    Troy

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

    Guest Timtolka,
    • 0 replies
    • 959 views
    Guest
    Guest

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

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
    Terry Coffey

  40. Resurgence in Interest in the Survival of Indie Bookstores

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Troy

  41. Call To The Fire!!!

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 663 views
    harry brown

  42. Do You Judge a Book by its Cover? Should You?

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 995 views
    Troy

  43. Celebrating Authors Who Use Their Platforms to Support Indie Booksellers

    Troy,
    • 6 replies
    • 2k views
    Cerece Rennie Murphy

  44. Book Review Request For New Release - To Find You

    Guest Cerece Rennie Murphy,
    • 0 replies
    • 970 views
    Guest
    Guest

  45. "A Child Raising A Child"

    Guest Odessa White,
    • 0 replies
    • 847 views
    Guest
    Guest

  46. Lol...you can't make this stuff up!!

    Guest Dee Miller,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Guest
    Guest

  47. Seeking Tastemakers for review of debut novel

    Guest Courtney CLOVE Wheeler,
    • 0 replies
    • 685 views
    Guest
    Guest

  48. African Heritage Study Bible.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 771 views
    harry brown

  49. Win a Free Ebook Contest for Kleptomaniac: Who's Really Robbing God Anyway?

    Frank,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Frank

  50. Bob Dylan Wins Nobel Prize for Literature?!

    Troy,
    • 12 replies
    • 2.6k views
    Troy

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