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

    Troy,
    • 6 replies
    • 2.8k views
    Troy

  2. Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival - Author Village

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

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

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

  4. Answers to Book Industry Questions Posed 17 Years Ago

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.4k views
    CDBurns

  5. 8 Ways to Be Published and Not Exploited

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Troy

  6. Book It Chicago 2017 March Literary Event

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

  7. Can You Identify These Black Writers?

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  9. 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

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

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.4k views
    Troy

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

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

  12. Book It Chicago 2017 March Literary Event

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

  13. Rare Radio Interview with Thumper!

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 979 views
    Troy

  14. Radio Interviews with Authors from 1998

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Troy

  15. What A Morning,Christmas With Black Sprituals.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 780 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 19 replies
    • 5.5k views
    mzmina

  17. 3rd Annual Harlem Renaissance Holiday Fete 2016

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.9k views
    Troy

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

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

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.6k views
    Troy

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

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

  21. Our November 2016 eNewsletter is out!

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

  22. An Afternoon With Tracy Chiles McGhee

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

  23. GHETTOHEAT HOTNESS PRESENTS: CONVICT'S CANDY!

    HICKSON,
    • 6 replies
    • 2.8k views
    HICKSON

  24. The Breakthrough.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 846 views
    harry brown

  25. BOOK-BANG-BOOM: GHETTOHEAT!

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    HICKSON

  26. PRINCE OSIRIS: A GHETTOHEAT PRINCE!

    HICKSON,
    • 1 reply
    • 973 views
    HICKSON

  27. No Where Girl

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

  28. Book Review Request

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

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

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

  30. 2017 Reading List for Go On Girl! Book Club Annouced

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 3.3k views
    Troy

  31. Hurston/Wright 2016 Legacy Award Winners Announced

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.9k views
    Troy

  32. Cozy up to this thrillingly romantic book series!

    Guest AuthorTHill,
    • 0 replies
    • 825 views
    Guest
    Guest

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

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

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 947 views
    Troy

  35. What do we have to lose

    Guest RoRRFaith,
    • 0 replies
    • 706 views
    Guest
    Guest

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 812 views
    Troy

  37. Book Review

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

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

    dinactate,
    • 0 replies
    • 840 views
    dinactate

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

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

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 799 views
    Troy

  41. Our Bestselling Books for Sept and Oct 2016

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 641 views
    Troy

  42. Why Read Mystery Novels

    Guest Kris Allis,
    • 0 replies
    • 997 views
    Guest
    Guest

  43. Oprah Really Can Sell a Book!

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  44. #4 Top All-Time Bestselling Author: Wahida Clark

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 983 views
    Troy

  45. The Black Literacy Forum #1

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

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

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.2k views
    CDBurns

  47. PRINCE OSIRIS: A GHETTOHEAT PRINCE!

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 764 views
    HICKSON

  48. Obama's Legacy: What He Accomplished

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  49. The Sellout by Paul Beatty shortlisted for Man Booker Prize

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.6k views
    Troy

  50. Good2go Publishing - Over 1 Million Books Sold!

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 837 views
    Troy

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