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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. Video and Images from the 2017 Harlem Literary Brunch

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    Troy

  2. 7 Books Win NAACP Image Awards

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    Troy

  3. Book Review request

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    • 741 views
    Guest
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  4. Children Black Book Fair,Baltimore.

    harry brown,
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    harry brown

  5. Good Old Fashioned Common Sense: Books by J. California Cooper

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    Troy

  6. Book Review Request: Bulletproof Faith

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    Guest
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  7. Victoria Christopher Murray Celebrates a Writing Career Spanning 20 Years and 27 Novels!

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    Troy

  8. Bestselling Books for November/December 2016

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

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    Troy

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

    Guest Robyn C. Spencer,
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    • 1.3k views
    Troy

  11. "Growing titties takes focus."

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    • 1 reply
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    Mel Hopkins

  12. Wreath For Emit Till. Marilyn Nelson.

    harry brown,
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    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  13. Agent needed

    Guest Cherese Thomas,
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    Troy

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

    Troy,
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    Troy

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

    Troy,
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    Troy

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

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    • 840 views
    Troy

  17. The Best Black Books Coming out February 2017

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    Troy

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

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    • 2.9k views
    Troy

  19. Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival - Author Village

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    Troy

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

    Guest Dee Miller,
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    Guest
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  21. Answers to Book Industry Questions Posed 17 Years Ago

    Troy,
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    CDBurns

  22. 8 Ways to Be Published and Not Exploited

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    Troy

  23. Book It Chicago 2017 March Literary Event

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    • 684 views
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  24. Can You Identify These Black Writers?

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    Troy

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

    Troy,
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    Troy

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

    Guest Georgia Madison,
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    • 1.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

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

    Troy,
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    Troy

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

    Guest Abu Amina Salam,
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    • 893 views
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  29. Book It Chicago 2017 March Literary Event

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    • 825 views
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  30. Rare Radio Interview with Thumper!

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    Troy

  31. Radio Interviews with Authors from 1998

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    Troy

  32. What A Morning,Christmas With Black Sprituals.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 848 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 19 replies
    • 5.8k views
    mzmina

  34. 3rd Annual Harlem Renaissance Holiday Fete 2016

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.9k views
    Troy

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

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

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

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    Troy

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

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

  38. Our November 2016 eNewsletter is out!

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    Troy

  39. An Afternoon With Tracy Chiles McGhee

    Sankofa Books,
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    Sankofa Books

  40. GHETTOHEAT HOTNESS PRESENTS: CONVICT'S CANDY!

    HICKSON,
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    HICKSON

  41. The Breakthrough.

    harry brown,
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    • 890 views
    harry brown

  42. BOOK-BANG-BOOM: GHETTOHEAT!

    HICKSON,
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    HICKSON

  43. PRINCE OSIRIS: A GHETTOHEAT PRINCE!

    HICKSON,
    • 1 reply
    • 1k views
    HICKSON

  44. No Where Girl

    Guest Charles Davis,
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    • 736 views
    Guest
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  45. Book Review Request

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

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

    Troy,
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    Cerece Rennie Murphy

  47. 2017 Reading List for Go On Girl! Book Club Annouced

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    Troy

  48. Hurston/Wright 2016 Legacy Award Winners Announced

    Troy,
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    Troy

  49. Cozy up to this thrillingly romantic book series!

    Guest AuthorTHill,
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    • 860 views
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  50. Robert J. Williams reading "Strivers and Other Stories"

    Guest Sankofa Books,
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