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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.

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  3. Stories About 80-Year-Old Bridge Players In The Washington Bridge Unit

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  4. Video from The Go On Girl! Book Club 22nd Annual Author Awards

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  5. Kimberla Lawson Roby -- What A Career!

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  6. December 2015 eNewsletter

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  7. Your Book on Our Homepage $1 Per Day!

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  8. New Black Panther Documentary Film

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  9. Black Women Writers Score $Million+ Book Deals

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  10. 2nd Annual Harlem Renaissance Holiday Fete

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  11. New Homepage Layout

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  12. Whoopi Goldberg Partners With Book 0f the Month

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  13. GHETTOHEAT HOTNESS PRESENTS: GHETTOHEAT!

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  14. GHETTOHEAT HOTNESS PRESENTS: GHETTOHEAT!

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  15. GHETTOHEAT HOTNESS PRESENTS: CONVICT'S CANDY!

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  16. 1,810 Authors Profiled on AALBC.com

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  17. A Moment of Silence: Midnight III by Sister Souljah

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  18. Sentenced to 40 Years for Crime She Didn't Commit

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  19. BEAUTIFUL BLACK FRIDAY FIESTA: GHETTOHEAT!

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  20. BOOK OF LUKE,LUTHER CAMPBELL

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  21. GHETTOHEAT TV PRESENTS: THUMPIN' THANKSGIVING 2015!

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  22. Where is the Participation via Input, comments, suggestions?

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  23. SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY SOIREE: GHETTOHEAT!

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  24. SUPER SELL SUNDAY SUPREME: GHETTOHEAT!

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  25. MELODIC MONDAY MELODIOUS MEDLEY: GHETTOHEAT!

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  26. Ta-Nehisi Coates is an AALBC.com Supporter

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  27. Black Children's Picture Book About Fear

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  28. T. Geronimo Johnson Wins 9th Annual Gaines Award

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  29. CITIZEN, POET CLAUDIA RANKIN

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  30. The sequel to The Coldest Winter Ever is Out ...for a while

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  31. Good 2 Go Publishing - Making A Serious Impact in Publishing

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  32. 20 Finalists for the 2015 National Book Awards!

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  33. T. Geronimo Johnson Wins 9th Annual Gaines Award 

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  34. Great Ways to Promote Your Books On AALBC.com!

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  35. Black American Talk and Chat Show

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  36. New Afr Am novel on Black women & the Jonestown massacre

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  37. The Only Black-Owned Bookstore in Manhattan

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  38. The 2015 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Winning Books

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  39. The Hurston/Wright Foundation is accepting submissions for the 2016 Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards

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  40. GHETTOHEAT FLASH: 4

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  41. Grand Re-Opening of Revolution Books on November 15!

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  42. Cracked Glass, Part One: The Whole Damned Family

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  43. GHETTOHEAT FLASH: 3

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  44. Memphis Noir Launch Event

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  45. Introducing Author Chris Burns

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  46. B.O.S.S. Book Launch - Atlanta, GA Nov 15th

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  48. Series success!

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  49. Black Arts Movement, writer and actress S. Pearl Sharp

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  50. Paperbooks Make a Comeback as People Put Down eBooks...

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