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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: Black Power, Gender and the Black Panther Party in Oakland

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

  2. "Growing titties takes focus."

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.3k views
    Mel Hopkins

  3. Wreath For Emit Till. Marilyn Nelson.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  4. Agent needed

    Guest Cherese Thomas,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.4k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.6k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 824 views
    Troy

  8. The Best Black Books Coming out February 2017

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 6 replies
    • 2.8k views
    Troy

  10. Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival - Author Village

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

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

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

  12. Answers to Book Industry Questions Posed 17 Years Ago

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.4k views
    CDBurns

  13. 8 Ways to Be Published and Not Exploited

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Troy

  14. Book It Chicago 2017 March Literary Event

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

  15. Can You Identify These Black Writers?

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  17. 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

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

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.4k views
    Troy

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

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

  20. Book It Chicago 2017 March Literary Event

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

  21. Rare Radio Interview with Thumper!

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 999 views
    Troy

  22. Radio Interviews with Authors from 1998

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Troy

  23. What A Morning,Christmas With Black Sprituals.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 807 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 19 replies
    • 5.7k views
    mzmina

  25. 3rd Annual Harlem Renaissance Holiday Fete 2016

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.9k views
    Troy

  26. Eddie Green The Rise of an Early 1900s Black American Entertainment Pioneer

    Guest Elva D. Green,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.6k views
    Troy

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

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

  29. Our November 2016 eNewsletter is out!

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

  30. An Afternoon With Tracy Chiles McGhee

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

  31. GHETTOHEAT HOTNESS PRESENTS: CONVICT'S CANDY!

    HICKSON,
    • 6 replies
    • 2.8k views
    HICKSON

  32. The Breakthrough.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 861 views
    harry brown

  33. BOOK-BANG-BOOM: GHETTOHEAT!

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    HICKSON

  34. PRINCE OSIRIS: A GHETTOHEAT PRINCE!

    HICKSON,
    • 1 reply
    • 996 views
    HICKSON

  35. No Where Girl

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

  36. Book Review Request

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

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

    Troy,
    • 6 replies
    • 2.1k views
    Cerece Rennie Murphy

  38. 2017 Reading List for Go On Girl! Book Club Annouced

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 3.3k views
    Troy

  39. Hurston/Wright 2016 Legacy Award Winners Announced

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 3k views
    Troy

  40. Cozy up to this thrillingly romantic book series!

    Guest AuthorTHill,
    • 0 replies
    • 846 views
    Guest
    Guest

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

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

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 964 views
    Troy

  43. What do we have to lose

    Guest RoRRFaith,
    • 0 replies
    • 723 views
    Guest
    Guest

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 827 views
    Troy

  45. Book Review

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

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

    dinactate,
    • 0 replies
    • 863 views
    dinactate

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

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

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 814 views
    Troy

  49. Our Bestselling Books for Sept and Oct 2016

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 653 views
    Troy

  50. Why Read Mystery Novels

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

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