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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 -"College Life 101: Freshman Orientation"

    Guest J.B. Vample,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  2. Book Review request

    Guest Dori Hightower,
    • 0 replies
    • 763 views
    Guest
    Guest

  3. Book Review Request

    Guest Michael,
    • 1 reply
    • 1k views
    Troy

  4. Why Young,Men.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 830 views
    harry brown

  5. MacArthur “Genius” Books and a Literary Activist Transitions

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 678 views
    Troy

  6. Bell. Hook Dies

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 674 views
    Troy

  7. Dr. Martin. Luther. King.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 319 views
    harry brown

  8. Confederate Vampires from Princess Weekes and my question to lost Black causes in fiction?

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 537 views
    richardmurray

  9. Book Review Request: Lalibela (Poetry Collection)

    Regina Shepherd,
    • 2 replies
    • 729 views
    Regina Shepherd

  10. Two of the coolest things I learned about facebook this week

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.4k views
    Guest
    Guest

  11. Burn Baby Burn?

    Chrishayden,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Chrishayden

  12. 50% off Homepage Placement for your Book

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Troy

  13. The Fork and Spoon Chronicles

    alidawriter,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    alidawriter

  14. Book Giveaway for Two Book Clubs

    Deborah J. Davis,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Deborah J. Davis

  15. Michael Baisden, Eric Jerome Dickey & Malcolm X on The Book Look!

    TheBookLook,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.4k views
    TheBookLook

  16. "Data Processing"

    Cynique,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.5k views
    Troy

  17. 2014 Leimert Park Village Book Fair

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Troy

  18. A History of Storer College from Slavery to Desegregation

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

  19. Rolling out the New Website Design

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 921 views
    Troy

  20. Book Review Request

    Bare Bones Press,
    • 0 replies
    • 893 views
    Bare Bones Press

  21. Book Trailer: Shelter in a Time of Storm: How Black Colleges Fostered Generations of Leadership and Activism by Jelani M. Favors

    Guest Gina Mahalek,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  22. Nikki Powerhouse has a new poetry book out

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 671 views
    richardmurray

  23. The WHite SAviour in film from Princess Weekes and where is the Black savior?

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 423 views
    richardmurray

  24. CENTO Series episode 91

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 167 views
    richardmurray

  25. [kalamu] E-DRUM - MAR 24, 2010

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 2k views
    Troy

  26. The Destruction of Black America

    alidawriter,
    • 7 replies
    • 4.6k views
    Troy

  27. GHETTOHEAT® HOTNESS 3 TOUR 2012!

    HICKSON,
    • 4 replies
    • 5.5k views
    HICKSON

  28. Literacise™ Matches Body Movements with Books

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 4.9k views
    Troy

  29. Stephanie Robinson, Paul Coates, Black Classic Press, Sisters w/Books on The Book Look!

    TheBookLook,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  30. Eric Jerome Dickey's Book One Night

    Janice,
    • 10 replies
    • 2.9k views
    Troy

  31. The Ancestors.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 983 views
    Mel Hopkins

  32. WIN A FREE SPOT ON KETURAH KENDRICK BOOK TOUR!!!!

    Dr. Kim,
    • 0 replies
    • 780 views
    Dr. Kim

  33. Shattering Black Male Stereotypes

    Coach Michael Taylor,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Coach Michael Taylor

  34. ATLANTA ENTERTAINMENT HISTORY

    Guest Libby Anthony,
    • 0 replies
    • 726 views
    Guest
    Guest

  35. MVmedia Spotlight: Nasomi's Quest by Enock I. Simbaya

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 995 views
    Milton

  36. AALBC Review request

    Rosey Lee,
    • 2 replies
    • 907 views
    Rosey Lee

  37. The 14th edition of the 2024 Richard Murray Newsletter

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 302 views
    richardmurray

  38. Kiratheartist- I love my hair 2

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 305 views
    richardmurray

  39. CASTILLO IS SO GHETTOHEAT

    HICKSON,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.8k views
    HICKSON

  40. BLACK PEARL 2.

    alidawriter,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    alidawriter

  41. 2015 Phillis Wheatley Awards -- Harlem Book Fair

    Guest,
    • 1 reply
    • 985 views
    CDBurns

  42. To .99 cents or not .99 cents?

    CDBurns,
    • 9 replies
    • 3k views
    Troy

  43. Oprah's Latest Book Club Pick

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.6k views
    Troy

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

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

  45. How Filter Bubbles are Created on Facebook (or Boycotting Amazon's Bookstore is a Religious War)

    Troy,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Wendy Jones

  46. 1919, The Year of Racial Violence: How African Americans Fought Back by David Krugler

    Kareem,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Kareem

  47. Voices of the Harlem Renaissance with New Intro by Troy Johnson

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 912 views
    Troy

  48. Book Review Request: Made specifically for black children!

    Alexis,
    • 2 replies
    • 840 views
    Alexis

  49. In Audre’s Footsteps: Transnational Kitchen Table

    Dr. Heidi R. Lewis,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Dr. Heidi R. Lewis

  50. Octavia E. Butler's KINDRED Adapted to a TV Series

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.3k views
    richardmurray

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