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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. Celebrating Gwendolyn Brooks and June Jordan - March 25, 2017

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.1k views
    Troy

  2. It's not a question of bookselling…It's the raising of consciousness

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  3. Book Review Request: Black Power, Gender and the Black Panther Party in Oakland

    Guest Robyn C. Spencer,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

  4. “Daddy and Roger and ’em shot ’em a nigger.”

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  5. "Growing titties takes focus."

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.4k views
    Mel Hopkins

  6. Lessons From A Gathering Of Men ~ How Mens Work Is Redefining Masculinity And Improving Mens Lives

    Guest Michael Taylor,
    • 8 replies
    • 2k views
    Coach Michael Taylor

  7. Few Black writers have won Pulitzer Prizes

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 4.4k views
    Troy

  8. Widening the Path: The Importance of Publishing Black Writers

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.6k views
    Troy

  9. Fiction by Black Writers: Who are the Readers?

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 846 views
    Troy

  10. A Terrific Bookstore in Tampa's Ybor City, Best Books Rich Treasures 

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.5k views
    Guest
    Guest

  11. The Best Black Books Coming out February 2017

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

  12. Agent needed

    Guest Cherese Thomas,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.5k views
    Troy

  13. Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival - Author Village

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  14. Black Women are Always so angry - Truth, Excuse or Somthing else

    Guest Dee Miller,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Guest
    Guest

  15. Answers to Book Industry Questions Posed 17 Years Ago

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.5k views
    CDBurns

  16. Wreath For Emit Till. Marilyn Nelson.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  17. 8 Ways to Be Published and Not Exploited

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Troy

  18. Book It Chicago 2017 March Literary Event

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

  19. Can You Identify These Black Writers?

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  21. 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

  22. Bestselling Books for November/December 2016

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 971 views
    Guest
    Guest

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

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.5k views
    Troy

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

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

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

    Troy,
    • 6 replies
    • 3k views
    Troy

  26. Book It Chicago 2017 March Literary Event

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

  27. Rare Radio Interview with Thumper!

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

  28. Radio Interviews with Authors from 1998

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Troy

  29. What A Morning,Christmas With Black Sprituals.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 867 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Troy

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

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

  32. 3rd Annual Harlem Renaissance Holiday Fete 2016

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.9k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 19 replies
    • 5.9k views
    mzmina

  34. Our November 2016 eNewsletter is out!

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  35. An Afternoon With Tracy Chiles McGhee

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

  36. The Breakthrough.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 902 views
    harry brown

  37. BOOK-BANG-BOOM: GHETTOHEAT!

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    HICKSON

  38. No Where Girl

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

  39. 2017 Reading List for Go On Girl! Book Club Annouced

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 3.3k views
    Troy

  40. Cozy up to this thrillingly romantic book series!

    Guest AuthorTHill,
    • 0 replies
    • 864 views
    Guest
    Guest

  41. Book Review Request

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

  42. Black Writers Dominate the 67th National Book Awards

    Troy,
    • 15 replies
    • 24.4k views
    Troy

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

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

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 992 views
    Troy

  45. What do we have to lose

    Guest RoRRFaith,
    • 0 replies
    • 747 views
    Guest
    Guest

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 849 views
    Troy

  47. Book Review

    Yasheca LaSha,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.6k views
    Yasheca LaSha

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

    dinactate,
    • 0 replies
    • 928 views
    dinactate

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

    Guest Ismael Brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Guest
    Guest

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 851 views
    Troy

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