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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. Widening the Path: The Importance of Publishing Black Writers

    Troy,
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    • 1.6k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 818 views
    Troy

  3. The Best Black Books Coming out February 2017

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 6 replies
    • 2.8k views
    Troy

  5. Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival - Author Village

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

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

    Guest Dee Miller,
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    • 1.2k views
    Guest
    Guest

  7. Answers to Book Industry Questions Posed 17 Years Ago

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.4k views
    CDBurns

  8. 8 Ways to Be Published and Not Exploited

    Troy,
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    • 1.7k views
    Troy

  9. Book It Chicago 2017 March Literary Event

    Guest A.D.,
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    • 668 views
    Guest
    Guest

  10. Can You Identify These Black Writers?

    Troy,
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    • 1.1k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  12. 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

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

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.4k views
    Troy

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

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

  15. Book It Chicago 2017 March Literary Event

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

  16. Rare Radio Interview with Thumper!

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 987 views
    Troy

  17. Radio Interviews with Authors from 1998

    Troy,
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    • 1.7k views
    Troy

  18. What A Morning,Christmas With Black Sprituals.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 792 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 19 replies
    • 5.6k views
    mzmina

  20. 3rd Annual Harlem Renaissance Holiday Fete 2016

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.9k views
    Troy

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

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

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

    Troy,
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    • 1.6k views
    Troy

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

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

  24. Our November 2016 eNewsletter is out!

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

  25. An Afternoon With Tracy Chiles McGhee

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

  26. GHETTOHEAT HOTNESS PRESENTS: CONVICT'S CANDY!

    HICKSON,
    • 6 replies
    • 2.8k views
    HICKSON

  27. The Breakthrough.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 852 views
    harry brown

  28. BOOK-BANG-BOOM: GHETTOHEAT!

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    HICKSON

  29. PRINCE OSIRIS: A GHETTOHEAT PRINCE!

    HICKSON,
    • 1 reply
    • 980 views
    HICKSON

  30. No Where Girl

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

  31. Book Review Request

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

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

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

  33. 2017 Reading List for Go On Girl! Book Club Annouced

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 3.3k views
    Troy

  34. Hurston/Wright 2016 Legacy Award Winners Announced

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.9k views
    Troy

  35. Cozy up to this thrillingly romantic book series!

    Guest AuthorTHill,
    • 0 replies
    • 834 views
    Guest
    Guest

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

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

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 958 views
    Troy

  38. What do we have to lose

    Guest RoRRFaith,
    • 0 replies
    • 712 views
    Guest
    Guest

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 816 views
    Troy

  40. Book Review

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

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

    dinactate,
    • 0 replies
    • 849 views
    dinactate

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

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

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 805 views
    Troy

  44. Our Bestselling Books for Sept and Oct 2016

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 644 views
    Troy

  45. Why Read Mystery Novels

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

  46. Oprah Really Can Sell a Book!

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  47. #4 Top All-Time Bestselling Author: Wahida Clark

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 991 views
    Troy

  48. The Black Literacy Forum #1

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

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

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.2k views
    CDBurns

  50. PRINCE OSIRIS: A GHETTOHEAT PRINCE!

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 776 views
    HICKSON

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